グアテマラ・エルサルバドルSE@Gの旅 Part2:コーヒー豆の「最初の10フィート」との出合い
多くの社会人がそうであるように、私も毎日、温かいコーヒーで一日をスタートさせています。 会社の休憩室でKカップに手を伸ばすとき、豆を買うとき、淹れたコーヒーを注文するとき、私はたいていこれからコーヒーを飲むことに集中しています。
多くの社会人がそうであるように、私も毎日、温かいコーヒーで一日をスタートさせています。 会社の休憩室でKカップに手を伸ばすとき、豆を買うとき、淹れたコーヒーを注文するとき、私はたいていこれからコーヒーを飲むことに集中しています。
Like most working professionals, I start pretty much every day with a warm cup of coffee. When I reach for a K-cup in the office break room or purchase beans or order a brewed cup of coffee, I’m usually focused on my forthcoming coffee-drinking experience.
Over winter break, I participated in an international colloquium sponsored by Social Enterprise @ Goizueta. Professor Peter Roberts led 20 Evening MBA students through Guatemala and El Salvador to learn about social entrepreneurship and specialty coffee in these countries.
Entrepreneurial empowerment takes on a breadth and depth unknown to me in any other context. This El Salvador Executive MBA trip was an amazing experience from beginning to end, enabling students and alumni the opportunity to experience social enterprise in an emerging market context with the political, historical, social and cultural layers unique to El Salvador’s rich history.
We asked a few of our fresh Two-Year MBA current students to blog regularly in order to provide a snapshot of their Goizueta experience over the course of their first semester. Meet Giselle Barrera 15MBA. Name: Giselle Barrera Class Year: Class of 2015 Concentration: Strategy and Operations Management Previous Employer & Position: Chevron –...