4th Day – 21 June
Yoga in the morning is becoming a very pleasant ritual – and more and more enjoy it and try some even on their way to Yoga as Ajay and John…. And I believe this was the first day where we saw the sun in the morning, and the Great Wall looked so mysterious in the distance in the morning light!
Today we started the morning session with a discussion of "transitions". For example, what happens when we are in the field, what are potential trigger points that may cause anxiety or stress for each of us when we are in the field facing uncertainty and discomfort. For some it is possibly a situation where there is no defined plan or goal and/or where we do not operate to a schedule. There were also concerns around food, water, climate, team relationships and whether we have the skills to survive successfully.
Another big discussion surrounded sustainability and the impact of business on the world in our current environment of public mistrust and climate change. We discussed the dilemmas of multiple stakeholders, the triple bottom line of 'people, planet and profit' and how should we think about who we are as a firm and how do we compete at the brand level. We also used some time to discuss the new PwC branding concept -
We then spent two hours talking about poverty, our roles in the field and how we need to be prepared for the emotional struggle of being dropped into areas of poverty and feeling guilty for being privileged and inadequate for the limitations of our impact. We were given some information around poverty and listened to a song ‘I hope you dance’, where I have attached the words below – the pictures, numbers and music really touched a lot of us. There were very sad statistical numbers such as e.g that 1 child living in poverty dies every 3 seconds around the world. Anna (our team's coach) shared her experience in Sri Lanka at the time of the Tsunami and a 2 year girl she found who had lost her twin brother and continued for months to save half of every meagre meal for her brother. In the moment, and after several days of introspection, it brought up very powerful emotions and many of us cried.
The afternoon was at our disposal and I used it to climb the Great Wall from a different point and had compared to my first experience a wonderful view, which I share with you in my pictures. Please especially note the camel under a sign – not a lucky hero until one reaches the great wall …
Tonight the Leadership Dialog was with Rick Millen who leads PwC's approach Community Service Responsibility. He described the firm's work on "Global Communities". It was set up about 12 months ago with the goal of aligning PwC's efforts around community efforts to achieve consistency and ensure we are using our size to optimize our contributions. There is a lot of thinking happening looking at how we can get more focused on e.g climate change.
Tonight I also said good-bye to Mike Mueller, the Global PCS leader who officially retires on 1 July 2007 from PwC. Mike - thanks a lot for your advice and even more for your friendship! I wish you and your family all the best for your new chapter you are hopefully enjoying from this July
more photos are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Guenter.Blog/4thDay21June
I hope you dance
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
Your God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
Chorus: I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking
Loving might be a mistake but it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
I hope you dance (time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance (rolling us along)
I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance (where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
dance, I hope you dance,
I hope you dance (time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance (rolling us along)
I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance (where those years have gone)
(tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
(where those years have gone)
Tia Sillers and Mark D. Sanders
Today we started the morning session with a discussion of "transitions". For example, what happens when we are in the field, what are potential trigger points that may cause anxiety or stress for each of us when we are in the field facing uncertainty and discomfort. For some it is possibly a situation where there is no defined plan or goal and/or where we do not operate to a schedule. There were also concerns around food, water, climate, team relationships and whether we have the skills to survive successfully.
Another big discussion surrounded sustainability and the impact of business on the world in our current environment of public mistrust and climate change. We discussed the dilemmas of multiple stakeholders, the triple bottom line of 'people, planet and profit' and how should we think about who we are as a firm and how do we compete at the brand level. We also used some time to discuss the new PwC branding concept -
We then spent two hours talking about poverty, our roles in the field and how we need to be prepared for the emotional struggle of being dropped into areas of poverty and feeling guilty for being privileged and inadequate for the limitations of our impact. We were given some information around poverty and listened to a song ‘I hope you dance’, where I have attached the words below – the pictures, numbers and music really touched a lot of us. There were very sad statistical numbers such as e.g that 1 child living in poverty dies every 3 seconds around the world. Anna (our team's coach) shared her experience in Sri Lanka at the time of the Tsunami and a 2 year girl she found who had lost her twin brother and continued for months to save half of every meagre meal for her brother. In the moment, and after several days of introspection, it brought up very powerful emotions and many of us cried.
The afternoon was at our disposal and I used it to climb the Great Wall from a different point and had compared to my first experience a wonderful view, which I share with you in my pictures. Please especially note the camel under a sign – not a lucky hero until one reaches the great wall …
Tonight the Leadership Dialog was with Rick Millen who leads PwC's approach Community Service Responsibility. He described the firm's work on "Global Communities". It was set up about 12 months ago with the goal of aligning PwC's efforts around community efforts to achieve consistency and ensure we are using our size to optimize our contributions. There is a lot of thinking happening looking at how we can get more focused on e.g climate change.
Tonight I also said good-bye to Mike Mueller, the Global PCS leader who officially retires on 1 July 2007 from PwC. Mike - thanks a lot for your advice and even more for your friendship! I wish you and your family all the best for your new chapter you are hopefully enjoying from this July
more photos are available at: http://picasaweb.google.com/Guenter.Blog/4thDay21June
I hope you dance
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat, but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
Your God forbid love ever leave you empty handed
Chorus: I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
and when you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
I hope you dance, I hope you dance
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances, but they're worth taking
Loving might be a mistake but it's worth making
Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
I hope you dance (time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance (rolling us along)
I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance (where those years have gone)
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
dance, I hope you dance,
I hope you dance (time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance (rolling us along)
I hope you dance (tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance (where those years have gone)
(tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
(where those years have gone)
Tia Sillers and Mark D. Sanders
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