Whew.

So I have been at the induction sessions for the Nokia Graduate Program for the past two days.
First of all, to clear things up, this is not another trainee/maternity replacement job. So everyone can please stop saying that I have too much education for what I am doing. Btw, the other people in this program have PhDs and MBAs and are from amazing universities, incl. MIT & Standford in the US (though I didn't have a chance to talk to them too much). I am very, very lucky to be in this whole program, a bit intimidated, and confused as to how I even ended up in it.
As I understand now, we are funded for the next year and a half with the expectation that we will focus on our specialization area (Environmental Affairs for me). Otherwise, we can arrange which units/projects we want to work on as we please. I think it is partially up to us, and also the powers that be, but the intent is that we follow our own interests to develop our competencies and skill sets so that we will make more well-rounded leaders in Nokia. In fact, I got an email the other day from the VP for Environmental Affairs for a personal meeting on how I can utilize this opportunity to be a "change agent" for sustainability in Nokia. Peaches, I hereby dedicate this post to you.
So these past two days have been filled with info sessions, networking, powerpoints... Intense. It has been fun to meet the other people from this graduate program though. And especially good to hear the motivation behind what Nokia is doing. Of course at the end of the day it is about surviving in this marketplace/game. But it seems like everyone who talked to us-- very higher ups who most people never get a chance to meet. Including our CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo who was with them on Tuesday and I missed it... doh. Btw, he sometimes eats in the canteen with everyone else. I've seen him a few times and he always eats by himself. When I have noticed he always eats soup (like me) and can eat it in 7 minutes (not like me). I timed him.
But I am too tired to write more now. While I was in these sessions I got some ideas (and some ideas with some friends... thank you all) about what I will write about next. Some include:

• Bollywood
• Treasure Hunt
  
• Economic Recession & Finland
• Nanotechnology
• Ovi & the web
• The concept of Resilience
• Misuse of the word Ecosystem
• My use of profanity
• The death of patience
• The Power of We
• The Internet and the Higgs-boson (woah... might have to smoke something for this one... j/k)
  

Pretty intruiging topics, eh? Stay tuned.