Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Week 3, Day 16

There were several significant activities & events occurred today.

We started the day off with finalizing the Recommendations presentation as the first rehearsal presentation was due later in the day. Of course that meant a working lunch.


The feedback / rehearsal meeting was held at a City Hall conference room. There were over 12 representatives from the city, higher education, and transportation business. The team presented for about an hour followed by another hour and a half of questions & answers. We all appreciated their feedback.



 It was about 6:30pm when the presentation meeting ended. We held a final debrief meeting at our favorite team room. Based on our schedule, this was our LAST visit to City Hall.
 We also had a chance to ride a city bus today from City Hall to our hotel. As the bus station was located at a busiest area of the city called "T-zone", there was very little wait time before we all hopped on a bus to our hotel. One of the city officials guided us to a right bus to take which made this process very easy for us. However, as we were not used to riding a bus, we had to be extra careful to maintain our balance from sudden start/stop and fast turns.

A final thought of the day....

A couple of days ago, a Korea based teammate and I were discussing some differences in working philosophy between Korea and the U.S. In Korea, although the final result is important, the effort & the process required to complete that deliverable are considered very important. In other words, generally speaking, one has to work long hours to demonstrate commitment and sacrifice into completing a particular task. In the U.S., I think the final result is probably given the most weight. If that deliverable was completed with less effort, I think it's viewed as a productivity improvement vs. a lack of effort. This is obviously a general characterization, but I just wanted to share as we have readers from both Korea & the U.S. A food for thought.


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