365 China Photo: One-A-Day

Day five of Maestro and the programme was over. Our team had survived the course, which had been an intensive experience for everyone. During the five days we had learnt a lot about ourselves and also about other people. This was especially true about my other team members all from different disciplines and different WPP Group companies. As a group we learned many things through shared experiences and tested each other to the limits. Despite the intensiveness and tiring experience we had a lot of fun and made some new friends. I have tried not to discuss the programme in detail as it is something you need to experience for yourself. However I had a great time and was lucky to have a great team to work with. We also had a great team coach, Annette, who pushed us hard and made sure we worked outside our comfort zones. I took this photo of the A-Team (stands for ‘A’ in Annette) just before the course ended so you can see the relief on everyone’s faces. Pictured left to right; Me (Landor, Beijing); Annette (Team Coach, Zurich); Charlie (Burson Marsteller, Asia); Ben (Hill & Knowlton, Beijing); Sunitha (Mediacom, Jakarta); Dennis (JWT, Hong Kong). On day one we started off as strangers and having to write our first impressions of each other. Over the days some of those thoughts crystallised and others were thrown away and replaced as we learnt more about each other. Although we are all different and have different skills, strengths and backgrounds, we learnt one important lesson. That despite our differences we can unite as a team and if we ever had the chance to work together on a project we would be awesome! Thanks guys