We had invited Andreas and Martin for dinner at home tonight. Martin could not make it since he had a meeting until 8:30 pm. But Andreas could make it and we had shabu-shabu. We ate and talked until well past 11 pm.
Once the last grappa glass was empty Andreas went home. Chie went to bed. And I went to work… Well, not work work but I went to work cleaning up after the dinner. It is kind of my duty since Chie usually, like today, do most of the preparation of the dinners 😛
Today we had an All-hands meeting where the top managers of the company present ongoing initiatives, budget, directives etc. Usually this is carried out by the local top managers.
Today, however, we had two prominent visitors. The old president Komiyama-san and the new president Bert Nordberg. While Komiyama-san reflected over the past (natural when you are resigning perhaps) Bert Nordberg was reflecting over the future with some messages about why and how we are moving forward. The best All-hands meeting I attended so far.