O Canada

After spending 17 weeks in Vancouver, the second best city for study in the world (Zlin is the first), I´m back alive and kicking. And I brought some cool insights on various topics such as the true meaning of the word "English study" or "cultural diversity". Whereas the former--not so surprisingly--made me a true, definite enemy of the Czech teaching system and methods (this is not solely about languages), the latter provided me with some life lessons and observations one could barely balance with money.

Without any doubts, it was a tremendous lifelong experience; many of the people I met were merely terrific guys: Mexicans, Japanese, Germans, Koreans (not North Koreans :-), Brazilians, Canadians. If Canada is believed to be one of the best places to meet and learn something from young people all around the world, Vancouver is, at the same time, arguably the best choice for that within Canadian borders. "Work hard, play hard" was the ultimate law we had to roll with. And quite often we went far beyond that, finding ourselves being inspired or even coached by each other.

So, as I´m not gonna bore you with more sentimental memories :-), let me get onto our blog issue now. I thought I was going to run a weblog before I actually left my country. I´m glad I didn´t. I wouldn´t have had enought time for this. Well, something tells me I won´t have that time from now on either, yet I have got a lot more confidence and motivation than I had before.

From the get-go, what I´m going to write about is basically the marketing management branch related stuff, including some particularly enticing topics they won´t tell us / we won´t learn at school. Considering marketing as a multidisciplinary course with a single most ultimate goal--to strenghten/improve/burnish businesses through anticipating, creating, and managing customer demand (and vice versa)--I will hit several themes beyond the actual marketing stuff: leadership in particular.
NOT everything is going to be in English.

My only and most important intention here is to share opinions/ideas by inspiring/being inspired, or coaching/being coached by others.