Back in town!

Fabulous! I am back in Atlanta! This is where my “US journey” started in 1979. At that time I got a scholarship from Agnes Scott College in Decatur. Little did I know that this one year stint would turn into a longer stay in the US.  The year at Agnes Scott was a phenomenal experience and I subsequently wanted to stay in the US to get a Bachelor degree. Too expensive at a small private school – but affordable for me at Georgia State University. They also  let me take “CLEP” tests (not sure I remember that name correctly) on subjects I had already covered in high school in Germany….so I got a head start on credits and was able to get my degree in one and a half years. From there I went to Miami to get an MBA at the University of Miami…

And now I am back in downtown Atlanta which looks quite different from 30 years ago – Oxford Bookstore is gone and so is Jagger’s which was one of my favorite restaurants close to Emory…..well, time moves on!

I am thrilled to be back here for the Global Business Forum on the Future of Sustainability – this is a great meeting that AIESEC has initiated with the J. Mack Robinson College of Business to  allow students to gain a real-world perspective on the themes that are covered in GSU’s “Globalization and Business Practices” class. I get to deliver the keynote and talk about the work we do at Hewlett Packard in Sustainability – sure hope that the programs and examples I will share will help the students get excited about creating shared value in their future professional life – value for their respective businesses at the same time they are creating value for society. We have a lot to do together – all of us!

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