On 21 November, one more of my frequent seminars/lectures.
This time a large MBA group from Denmark and the seminar was organized in the modern setting of the famous Tsinghua University. As usual the group was very alert with frequent sharp questions.

part of the group

The focus was first on Chinese attitudes and behavior in life & business and then about “how to do successful lobbying in China”. Most speakers shun such a subject but I don’t. I took two real cases: how we managed to convince the Beijing authorities to allow the donation of the “Athletes Alley” (from Olivier Strebelle) and how I restarted metro projects in China through the contract of Shanghai metro Line 3. All this without (the usually expected) “greasing the wheels”.
Foremost needed is tons of patience and understanding how the Chinese bureaucracy works (and doesn’t at times).