Rolled out of bed down to the Ross for an OCD (Office of Career Development) workshop this morning. Very interesting stuff. Al Cotrone and Kris Nebel were there sharing wisdom and spreading advice. One of the constants in any OCD presentation is a recap of "the numbers." Luckily for we the MBA Class o' 2007 the numbers looked much better this year. Unluckily, Al hypothesized, this year's numbers may have represented a spike as pent-up demand swept through the rank and file.
My fears at b-school doings are centered on small. Everything at Stephen M. Ross is big time, big, big time. The students, faculty, staff, and reputation are big. So small is a concern for me - small being a size, not necessarily a time. There must be some adjustment from small (tiny, perhaps?) to big (huge, perhaps?) and that has crossed my mind. Sometimes small is big time and I like to think that that's a portion of what I've been up to so far, but small big time is no match for big big time. Time to step up.
Saturday, August 06, 2005