My mission is to write about the leadership dinner with Dr. Nishimura that took place earlier this week. The location was the beautiful Saltmarsh Room that is tucked away up several flights of stairs in King’s College. It was my first time in the inner sanctum of King’s College, and all I could say was, “Toto, we aren’t in Hughes Hall anymore!” When you’re surrounded by works of art that is in all likelihood older than my home country Canada, the gravity of being a part of an 800 year old institution really hits home. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m certainly not downplaying the value of those heated towel racks in Hughes Hall!
Back to the dinner. It was a fairly intimate affair with a total of 9 students attending so we had the opportunity to ask one to one questions to Dr. Nishimura in an unrushed manner. The discussion topics ranged from an extension of the presentation Dr. Nishimura made earlier in the night on the interconnections between the outwardly divergent topics of globalization, ageing, and asset prices to .....the Washington Bridge in New York! Dr. Nishimura spoke candidly on all the topics and I for one garnered a lot of insight from him. One thing that struck me was also one of the last things he said which was the idea that the only relevant capital today is Human Capital. I thought that this was quite appropriate given that we are all trying to raise the value of our own Human Capital during our MBA!
Xiao
'Toto, we aren’t in Hughes Hall anymore"... truer words have never been spoken.
I agree with the comment on human capital. Very fitting indeed.
Xiao, I am so envious that you got to see the innards of King's! It sounds like a great night!
Jen :-)
Good post Xiao! Thanks for sharing your experience :-)
I specially liked the part about the Human Capital importance.
Very insightful! As I sometimes say to candidates, it does sometimes come down to a choice of history or hot water with Colleges. :)
James.