My stories about living abroad, and other things I find interesting or useful
Jan 2nd, 2012 by Jeroen
In May 2011 I faced a tough decision: Pursue my own business or do an MBA. I felt I lacked key skills and connections. On top of that, given my age I felt it was now or never for the MBA. Therefore I chose to pursue a top-MBA and went to IESE Business School. Let me share my experiences thus far. Continue Reading »
Jul 28th, 2011 by Jeroen
After having worked in France for more than three years, I’ve had my share of cultural experiences. This post explains one of the many instances of cultural shock: “the day I thought my boss was getting fired”.
Jul 20th, 2011 by Jeroen
When seeing people first thing in the morning usually you shake hands and ask how they are doing. There are many ways to ask: “how are you doing? The most well known one is: Ça va?, however there are many other ways to say this. Continue Reading »
Jun 23rd, 2011 by Jeroen
In the series of my language mistakes there hasn’t been a post for a long time. However I keep making them from time to time. read on to see the latest edition.
Dec 11th, 2010 by Jeroen
I create a very serious amount of PowerPoint slides for my job. PowerPoint is where a big part of my day takes place. It is very easy to say that we shouldn’t just produce slides. However they do have a use. Let me explain to you why I think so… Continue Reading »
Mar 22nd, 2010 by Jeroen
For my work as a strategic analyst I have a lot of presentations to make. These presentations always contain a lot of figures, graphs, footnotes and the likes. As I was not born with the ability to directly spot all these kind of details I need to force myself into a mode of working that still produces good quality work. Therefore this cheat sheet. Continue Reading »
Mar 13th, 2010 by Jeroen
This week I sat in on a demonstration of a large company’s presentation of cartography software. I was wondering to find out how this would be different from the one’s I had attended in the Netherlands. Unfortunately it was not. Listen to this if you ever want to sell me something. Continue Reading »
Dec 27th, 2009 by Jeroen
Some Months ago I bought a 125cc motor cycle and have since used it for my daily comute. Let me share some of my experiences with you. Continue Reading »
Jun 1st, 2009 by Jeroen
Today we are living one year in France. It is one year ago that we packed our stuff and moved to this beautifull country. Continue Reading »
May 20th, 2009 by Jeroen
It has been some time now since I’ve written anything. I have been making less language mistakes worth mentioning and life has become a little more “normal”. However recently I’ve been at it again and so I present to you number 4 of my language mistake series. Not suitable for our younger readers. Continue Reading »