Last week was the orientation week at INSEAD, or what is traditionally called the Welcome week. The week had a variety of activities, from cocktail parties to whole day lectures, from mapping tunnels to barbeque dinners...giving us a glimpse of the range of activities at INSEAD and showing us that time is the most essential commodity around here. Until the first day of registration this whole talk about diversity was just something I had read and heard people talk about...but on that day I was completely amazed by the people in my class and each one of us spent the whole day talking to one another and trying to understand their backgrounds, interests etc. etc. etc. We were all so hung up on getting to know each other that even after a long day of registration procedures and speeches most of the class managed to find energy to get to one of the highest bars (71st floor) in Singapore to party till midnight! The first challenge was not to remember all the people you were meeting but to pronounce their names correctly....diversity, I tell you! :)
The week continued with our language tests and also an outward bound program to get to know our study groups...the typical team games and leadership talk happened on one of the most beautiful islands around Singapore...though we would have preferred to relax there with some beer than try to find trees blindfolded! The last couple of days of the week we were introduced some interesting topics on general management, cultures, values, ethics in the most entertaining ways possible...the professors here can easily passed off as good actors with a great timing for humor! After a full day's class on saturday we ended the Welcome week in grand style...in the Sentosa Island at a beach resort with a pool AND drinks on the house!!
Welcome to INSEAD, the business school for the world! :)
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