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On being an IBM'er and the road less travelled.

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Cross Cultural Communication. It's a phrase a lot of people are familiar with. It's thrown around board...

Published 25-Aug-2011 7:26 by Emily Gray

Filed under: Culture, IBM, China, communication, Shanghai, Emily Gray, Global Scot., Graduate Employment, Attitude

By Morning Light, Muse and a BIG Cup of Coffee

So it's 6:50 am, I've been up since 5:20, and right now I'm on a train to Switzerland to see the sights of Zurich. Knights of Cydonia is playing loudly enough to wake the dead and caffeine is being fed to me through an intravenous drip. Well...

Published 31-Aug-2010 22:10 by Iain Morrison

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Culture, week 6, Fresenius, Germany, Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Challenge, Exploration

The start of the winding down period... Week 7.

Its crazy but I still can't believe there is only one full week of my Liberty Mutual Group Benefits internship left. It is a sad thought that I will have to leave next friday; I will greatly miss my new friends and the lively City of Boston. I have...

Published 25-Aug-2010 17:00 by Lynn Aitchison

Filed under: internship, Boston, Culture, business development, Marketing, America, communication, week 7, Business., liberty Mutual. marketing, cambridge, Liberty Mutual. Boston, contribution, Boston. Liberty Mutual. Collaboration. Commerical Marketing., Challenge, Market

Scottish - It's The New Irish

Explanations about the title will follow but let's start with the important bit. Life in Daimlerstrasse 15 (our R&D department) has been business as usual - meaning there is no routine or pattern to follow except meal times! Every day brings different...

Published 19-Aug-2010 23:56 by Iain Morrison

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Culture, week 5, Fresenius, Germany, Adventure, Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Luck

Please excuse the delay...

My apologies to the Saltire team and to the other interns who found time in their busy schedules to blog over the last two weeks! I can only say that I have been busy having a fantastic experience within DHL and Tokyo in general, and that I promise to...

Published 09-Aug-2010 13:22 by Rachel Lippett

Filed under: Culture, Tokyo, Japan, business development, Heriot Watt, DHL Supply Chain, Manufacturing, fireworks, Scottish Development International

Half way through week two already!!!!!

Its completely unbelievable that I am now half way through my second week already. The time is going too fast... This week has been great; I recieved my project list on Monday which lists 5 projects in different areas of the department which is brilliant...

Published 21-Jul-2010 23:58 by Lynn Aitchison

Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, Boston, Human Resource, Culture, week 2, business development, Marketing, Scottish, Scots, Project, cambridge, Liberty Mutual

Location, Location, Location...

I am now finishing my 6th week out in Houston and my second working in management Services. This second project is heavily based on Microsoft SharePoint software. Very simply the intranet systems that Wood Group has been using, is no-longer fit for purpose...

Published 21-Aug-2009 15:29 by Robert Steele

Filed under: opportunity, Culture, Houston, legislation, business development, Pride, America, Awareness, Advice, growth, Location

Keep your eye on the ball

A lesson in life and business driven home, in the most unlikely of places... Myself, and the other 4 Wood Group Interns spent a fantastic evening being entertained by the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers in their MLB game (that's Baseball...

Published 12-Aug-2009 15:59 by Robert Steele

Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, Culture, Houston, Eye-On-The-Ball, Awareness

This word or that?

As my stint in the Wood Group HR department has finished I am able to reflect over what I have learnt so far. Being placed in HR initially I think was a great opportunity for me to really understand the culture within Texas and the Wood Group, which I...

Published 07-Aug-2009 16:17 by Nina Spencer

Filed under: Culture, PR, corporate communication

Home Sweet Home

I really feel settled in now, here in Shenzhen. I'm now in my 5th week and I am very used to my daily routines. My morning taxi journey to work - which in my first week I could probably only describe as the scariest experience of my life - is now...

Published 03-Aug-2009 4:48 by Adam Muir

Filed under: Culture, IBM, China

America to excess….Part 1

It is now nearing the end of my first week working within Wood groups, Business Systems Team based out in Houston, Texas. Looking back at what has already happened; it’s hard to know where to begin. On arrival at the airport in Houston last Saturday...

Published 17-Jul-2009 21:38 by Robert Steele

Filed under: gas, Culture, Houston, Texas

The Open Doors of the Lone Star State

We arrived in Houston, Texas on Saturday, to be welcomed by unbelievable heat and freeways glittering with Lone Star State flags. It was immediately obvious that our two months were not only going to be scorching hot but also drenched with Texan culture...

Published 17-Jul-2009 15:10 by Nina Spencer

Filed under: Human Resource, Culture, Houston

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