Look who's coming to town

No, it's not Santa, at least, not yet. I think. I haven't seen him yet...

One of the advantages of studying at London Business School is the amount of interesting speakers that come onto campus. A little taste of what's to come in the next few weeks and who was here over the last few weeks:

* Next Friday Jim Buckmaster, CEO of Craigslist will be coming onto campus to speak to students;

* Michael Grade, the Chairman of the BBC, is coming on November 22nd;

* Sally Greene, who owns a bunch of theatres including the Old Vic (yes, Kevin Spacey), was here three weeks ago (and she rocked),

* The CEO of Starbucks (shame on me, I've forgotten his name) came round the week before that,

* and to top the list of: Jack Welch was here early October.

Why do I list these things? Well, first up, I don't get overly excited about big names. Like my dear grandpa used to say 'they have to go to the bathroom just like anyone else'. But, I do believe there's some truth that if you pay attention, you can learn from example. And boy, are these some examples. Sally Greene was fabulous and so down to earth whilst being ambitious at the same time, AND wearing these hot red boots. Although the CEO of Starbucks wasn't exactly wearing red boots, he was still interesting to listen to (felt like a 60 minute commercial break)(but well done).