Michael learns to rock !

I believe XIMB has many talents and powers running around its campus. It’s good that now, they can reach out to the world instead of remaining between campus walls and ‘disappearing’ into the strategies of Indian Corporate Industry after two years of broad learning.

In this way, the 3CMGM experience brought me three different ways of being a student. In Belgium, you are a competitive partner for faculty. You are being challenged by teachers and your classmates to show what you got! In NYC, you are a citizen of the greatest people magnet in the  world. You walk the streets like you own them. Simultaneously, the city eats you alive!
In India, you are a member of a larger XIMB campus. You see the dynamics between students, office and teachers, and you follow the rules of the place, both formal and informal, and both strange and rewarding !! This is also where we worked the hardest! We had so many deadlines for presentations, group works and papers. And the faculty would give us more work every day. We were challenged to be flexible, and I remember turning down many invites of Indian students for playing music, hanging around, playing football etc.. I participate in some of course. Most of them were night time activities… as the tradition of the XIMB student lifestyle prescribes!

One can understand that all this brings about a life changing rollercoaster ride across places. Places where you can do no more than being yourself, and gain friends with that. The best thing about this is that you learn about management and global organisations along the way. What appeared to be my priority when I chose this program (that is to learn about management), it became an added value to my global citizenship! 3CMGM brings about change to your heart and soul, and then to your brain.
I am now a global citizen. I have three clocks on my desktop (Mumbay, Nyc and Alaska) because I have friends there, and I wonder what time of the day they are having.

In second degree, I am a future colleague, service orientated, client friendly and flexible. One that understands his place in the value chain of a (global) industry. I also am trained to understand (and question) the strategy of my future company and the position my fellow colleagues are placed in. I am also trained to identify and to take care of stakeholders in the business I will do, and in this way, to do business for a better world.

Michael Ghysels