Harvard Business School - Day 55 - Final Thoughts

Saturday, 31 Oct 2009
It is 7:00am and I am due to catch the 8:00am bus into Boston Logan Airport. The living group area is deathly quiet, every one has gone. The Charles River looks pristine, regal, and surreal outside the window as dawn breaks over Cambridge, MA. I will miss this place, it is so full of enthusiasm and hope; all the bright young people at the various schools of Harvard, all striving for their place in the world, with a few program participants such as ours where the enthusiasm is retained but the average age grows considerably and so (hopefully) does the collective experience (and the waste lines!).
Having spent time in the U.S. before it is hard to see Boston as American, it is different, more old world, more European, with a sense of grace and poise that comes from age and perhaps wisdom. The coffee is still bad, the food is better than elsewhere in the States but is still pretty bland. America for all its problems is a great country, full of diversity, but united in an incredibly patriotic way. The American's I have met have all been fantastic people, great hosts, proud people, intelligent and generous.
So I say goodbye to Boston, Cambridge and Harvard. I hope I get the chance to come back some day soon.

The photo above top is of our team (minus Steve who had his family in class and Ajay who is just out of shot) at the final lecture of the program, set through to me by Philippe. The second one (also provided by Philippe) as is the one take on the final dinner which includes us all.