Nik's Time @ ISB !

Trauma Transforms!

Trauma Transforms ......... That is what the alums told us during our orientation when we asked them if we would be able to cope with the pressure, how difficult its gonna get, etc. I am not sure if all of us had understood what it exactly meant until recently.

After spending hours together with our respective teams discussing Competitive Strategy, deciding marketing plans in the Markstrat world, doing countless assignments together, having major debates, fighting over trivial issues like which font to use, etc I believe our team (Group D1) has transformed and come a lot closer to each other. Initially when we kicked off, we were all very defensive, trying to show who has the upper hand, etc but now all of us seem to have fallen into our chosen roles very seamlessly. Of course, we still have fights about our personal favourite fonts but now I think there is also mutual respect for each other and we seem to have bonded pretty well (Touch Wood!). Like SS said today, 'If all of us get together and form a company, I think we will do very well'. I thought it was absolutely true for 2 main reasons - we were a pretty diverse group (Pharma / Mechanical, CA, Advertising, IT, Sales / Marketing) and most importantly we seem to be working vey well together.

I really do hope this stays on all through our ISB time and hopefully beyond .......

posted by Yi Bhopal @ 3:44 AM