Strategic problem solving

Subtitle: How and when to post something irrelevant so as to procrastinate and not do the things you really should be doing...

Today was spent in a one-day seminar on strategic problem solving, offering us frameworks to think through problems and present findings in a convincing and logical way. Really useful stuff, I'm glad we had it. One major lesson learnt is that it's easy to grasp the theory, but when it comes to applying it.... a whole different ballgame (or should I say: cricket game).

Yesterday was the Media Club presentation, and I'm excited about all the events they're organising this year. On November 4th, the annual Media Conference will be held, and during the year they'll be offering loads of workshops and sessions on the different aspects of the media industry. I'll keep you guys posted!

One thing I've learned so far at London Business School is to expect the unexpected and be very flexible. A point to illustrate this lesson learnt: I was having lunch today with some of my classmates and another classmate walked up and asked if me and my other female classmate who I was having lunch with wanted to be in some pictures they were getting taken for next year's brochures.... so you might see me appear as a happy, smiley girl next sitting outside having fun with my classmates on a brochure near you sometime soon! Woohoo!

I didn't get to go to the Jack Welch session today, so I can't really say how it was, although I've talked to a lot of people who were all very impressed. Maybe RSR (who I know sneaked in) can tell us some more? [edit: RSR actually did post about Jack Welch already, have a look at this]

I feel I shouldn't procrastinate any longer now, my Personal Development Plan is due tomorrow morning at 10 am and I haven't started yet. At least I've got one development point to put in there: improve my time management/reduce my procrastination!