Today I had my first lecture at Beijing Jiaotong University, from 9 am to well after 11:00. The theme was PPP (Public Private Partnership), taking as an example the Bird’s Nest in Beijing (“National Stadium”). It forced me to retrace some of the colorful stories and details about my work for the project. One could call it, the “untold story of the Bird’s Nest”. Indeed, many things happened on the way and today I mentioned some new facts.

In the afternoon, another delegation from the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (AOG School of management), a group of Dutch managers from the MBA program, led by Philip Wagner of the Wagner Group.
Location: Duge Boutique Hotel, Qianyuan’ensi Hutong, near Nanluoguxiang. A hidden old Chinese gem and friendly staff.
The near 2 hour seminar was the usual (and rather unique) introduction to what is China today, the tremendous changes over the past 30 years, doing business in China, its present challenges, plus my book “Toxic Capitalism” and yes, a look back at the 2008 Olympics (as always requested by our Dutch friends).
Enough talking for today…