'work' trip to San Fran

Heya - Sure have a high feeling right now. Just got off AirBart from the Oakland airport and heading to the City via a very plush BART train. Got a little ragweed on the box and homework prepped to do. I know that doesn't sound like a really great time, but can you imagine a better way to be satisfyied? High performing life including school and work???

This morning was great. I sat with my new boss for a 2 hour meeting trying to incurr a realization that there was a breakdown of communication and that we, our small consulting company, had the methods to fix it.

We have been strategizing with the executive level team and the director level team for their client. Not bad for this kid from the sticks to be sitting in such meetings. There are somethings that I need to work on... Don't introduce myself as a student for starters. Maybe apply some Groucho Marx shoe polish to my upper lip and brows.

Anyway, that is about it for my recent past. In some sort of tunnel going under, no doubt, the expanse of the east bay. Or perhaps we are going under the bay proper. There is a little hotel downtown that I have reservations in tonight. Appearantly something that was built on the car dealer strip back in the day and catered to new automobile owners.... there is a route from the parking lot to the ballroom... It'll be a one mile walk from the civic center up Vann Ness to the hotel and I am looking forward to the walk. Then I'll grab a dog and head to the room for the dreaded accounting and finance homework. Actually looking forward to the numbers games. It is the strategy class that I dread.

Better get back to it... Just entered West Oakland :-)

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Matt Horvat
To innovate is to create new configurations of action that deliver new competitive customer satisfaction and value. - Robert Dunham, 1997