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This was day 2/2 of “MBA-PD” (the PD stands for Professional Development), which is designed to prepare us for the actual work that will start next Monday.
In the morning we learned about writing techniques, and did a speedwriting exercise — writing for 2 minutes straight for as fast as you can. I ended up with 180 words in 5 minutes — on the low end of things. I suspect that number might’ve been slightly higher it the test had been typed instead of written 
In the afternoon we learned about what makes effective teams and did some teamwork exercises. A lot of our assignments will be in teams, so this was very important.
At the end of the day, we found out what our assigned teams will be for the term — you are assigned 3-4 other classmates semi-randomly and do all group projects with them for the next 4 months. I was very lucky and managed to get on a great team. I’m not sure how the other teams turned out, but ours is extremely balanced in terms of age, experience, and subject expertise. I don’t think we’ll have much trouble working together and accomplishing a lot.
Can’t write anymore tonight.. Gotta get ready for the big “team building” event tomorrow — a “Survival”-style course with a bunch of crazy tasks (like getting your entire team over top of a 12-foot wall). Should be fun!
