Hello from the Netherlands!
After a 4 hour flight from San Francisco to Chicago and then another 8 hour flight from Chicago, I (and my fiance Blake), finally made it to Amsterdam where I will be keynoting The Social Conference. We are staying in a hotel that once used to be a prison during World War II; kind of creepy but also a pretty cool and unique experience. It certainly has a lot of character with steep marble staircases, long corridors, and unique room layouts. We have a nice view of the river from all the rooms in the hotel which is nice.
The weather here is freeeezing, ok maybe not freezing, but 40 degrees is pretty darn cold for us Californians! Blake and I had to turn back a bit early from our all day adventure because we thought we were going to freeze on the streets. Thankfully hot coffee is a good anti-freeze!
My session is tomorrow morning (the 13th) and my topic is going to be all around building a collaborative organization, something I’m quite passionate about and have been spending quite a lot of time working on and researching. I’m looking forward to sharing my ideas and also learning a lot from the Dutch crowd of around 350-400 people.
I think it’s the first time Blake and I have spoken at a conference together but we get to spend Valentine’s Day in Amsterdam which is a unique experience. I’m lucky to be able to travel to great places around the world and share my thoughts and ideas around the future of work and collaboration. I’m even more lucky that I get to do it with Blake!
Hope you are all having a great week!
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