Mee USA Trip Stanford&Dominican Green MBA

First of all the purpose of this travel is to open the world of entrepreneur in USA where totally different from Thailand.  I can see the energy and possibilities that normal person with great idea can become entrepreneur and it could happen in Thailand too.  The more important is the core idea of opportunity is everywhere and entrepreneur is the one who can siege that opportunity and turn it to what we call “innovation” 

Starting with Silicon Valley Stanford University, the facilities were great.  I have a chance to meet Tina who teaches us about 6 hats, 6 habits.  The activities made me realize the character of who I am and people in the team.  We perceive thing on how we think not how we see it.  The design rooms where student can gather together discuss and brainstorm idea till present idea to the class was the greatest place in campus.  This place is where idea came out and it has very dynamic design for study.  Many prototypes from student can be found in here. 

Moving from Stanford to Green MBA, I met Mr. Brian who teach us mind map and speed reading.  Those two skills can be trained within 3 days.  It is very useful for academic and daily life.  Mind map is how you use the schematic way of thinking conclude what you have learn in to one map where the ideas link together.  This method helps me recall the content of what I have learned shortly when back to see it again. Brian is a very talented teacher.  It was the great opportunity to learn from him. 

In Green MBA, Dominican University, we started the first day with graduate ceremony of Green IMBA student.  If you never join this event you would have no idea how great it is to be a part of it.  It was the business Plan presentation, where all students stood up on stage in front of teachers, students, family and community.  It was full of courage and energy during the presentation.  It should become our IMBA model somehow.  Key point is community also attended and has contributed on the student business Plan.  You would never able to see any situation like this in Thai.  The idea can spread out to general public, to community they live and create the mutual benefit to the society not just only show off to the teacher in the class.

In the class and the entire trip we had visited, they were talking around the word “sustainability”  Professor john’s house was a great sample of how sustainable life look like.  We went to red wood and some preserve area for salmon breeding.  It was so hard and costly to bring back what you have lost than preserve what you have. 

Beside from study, the flexible schedule of arrival and travel by car are extremely convenient and made the trip become incredibly interesting.  I could sometime make a trip to visit some outlet mall and restaurants you prefer.  Overall the trip was great, definitely worth join it.