I have been on the road a lot the last few months and this month tops it all. I just arrived back home and realized that by the end of this month I will have been home 6 days out of the 31. Guess I am living the movie “Up in Air”. When I started this series of travels a couple a months ago, I was picked up one morning at 4:30am by an entrepreneurial young cab driver. He inquired if I traveled a lot and offered a minor discount for using his services. The discount is nice but I was more interested since he didn’t drive like a maniac and was punctual so I told him I needed a ride the next week. The whole conversation took less than 3 minutes. …continue reading →

While I was in Italy for the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting, I took the advantage of sneaking away for a few days with dear friends for a four day motor cycle ride around Lago Maggioro. Having been born and raised in northern Europe, May for me resembles the month that finally the sun comes through after the dark winter months.

Even though the forecasts said that it would be raining most of the time, I was convinced since it was May the weather would be nice. Of course I was proven wrong and ended up having to borrow a rain suit from the motor cycle shop owner which really saved me since it rained three out of the four days. One of my friends had the same over optimistic look and also had to borrow a rain suit of one of the other riders who was better prepared. …continue reading →

I was fortunate enough to attend the PMI EMEA Leadership Institute Meeting in Milan a few weeks ago. The keynote speaker was James Bellini. According to his website he is a leading futurologist and author with a considerable reputation as a thought-provoking speaker and moderator at top-level management conferences and business schools around the world. His speech was definitely thought-provoking and set the tone for three days of leadership meetings. …continue reading →