CSC Getting Ready for Tianjin

As a teenager in the mid-60's I had a strong desire to join the Peace Corps and help those individuals that required aid in 3rd world countries. For various reasons was never able to fulfill that goal. The world has changed quite a bit since that time and here we are in 2011. It is hard to believe that in a few more days am going to embark on a journey of a lifetime with a talented group of individuals from Brazil, Germany, Hungary, India and the United States. We will be deployed in Tianjin, China for four weeks. In the preceding months we have become very comfortable with one another and feel like we have known each other for a long time. Each member of the team has experience in various disciplines / organizations. Rizwan, our team facilitor and a former CSC member, has been instrumental in briefing our CSC China team on the expectations of our upcoming assignment. Rizwan shared insight on his team's CSC experience as well as provided us with the necessary foundation so that we can also be successful. While on assignment we will be assisting several clients with various issues that include developing a successful talent strategy, team work, cross-collaboration, global market development, business model innovation as well as a host of other areas. Additionally, the women on our team will spend one half day with a woman's incubator project helping them manage their work / life balance as well as providing them with the necessary tools to use as stepping stones to become successful in the marketplace. I feel honored to have been selected to serve on this magnificant project and look forward to further developing so many skills and learning so much from the people in China.

The team will have several student interpreters assigned to them as they will be instrumental in translating our framework and recommendations to our assigned clients. Am anxious to start this adventure and look forward to sharing more about our travel, Chinese culture, interesting cuisine and "The Tianjin Experience."

Speak with everyone soon.