Follow Class 24 of the Hoeft Technology and Management Program on their immersion trip to China!
Microsoft Garage has an intrepreneurship program with an unclear end goal: build your personal project and acquire funding all in house, but at the end of the day you may or may not be able to spin off your project into a personal venture. Regardless, the garage was pushing innovation in their culture and this … Continue reading 5/17: Get moving
The corporate visit to Microsoft was great because we got to see what an innovation hub looks like in China. My main takeaway from the visit was that Microsoft in China is trying to adopt an American culture and put their own spin on it (moving from heavy importance on seniority to less importance, horizontal … Continue reading Zhangjiakou/Beijing – 5/17
The morning began with a speech from Cindy Bain. She gave an overview of John Deere’s operations in China. Worldwide, Deere has 50,000 employees and $37 billion of revenue. In China, Deere has 2,400 employees at five factories. An interesting fact she mentioned was the fact that China has less farmable land than the United … Continue reading John Deere debrief
Walking the Great Wall of China was beautiful. It is such an impressive physical feat. I only tripped twice while walking up the stairs. This morning we also had time to have a quick session with Microsoft. This specific office was an innovation center for the company, and the gave us an incredible presentation on … Continue reading Day 4: So many beautiful stairs
Today was one of my favorite days so far. We started with a very interesting visit to Microsoft Garage, which I was especially excited for because my brother works at Microsoft in Bellevue (Seattle area). I was not disappointed because I think this was a very real example of how companies implement organic divisions. I … Continue reading Microsoft and Great Wall
Today, we visited the Microsoft Garage and the Great Wall of China. Starting with the garage, I think something that stood out during the presentation and videos was the bigger focus on the interdisciplinary work between engineering in business. During our Boeing debrief on the bus yesterday, we talked about how one of the tour … Continue reading Friday 5/17/19
Today was a long a really fun day! We started the day off with visiting Microsoft Garage! It was a really cool office space that encouraged innovation. Something that I really enjoyed was hearing about the hackathon and how all the employees pitch ideas and 4-5 of them are worked on in the Garage. I … Continue reading May 17 Blog
This morning we left Beijing and I was so sad to be leaving the awesome buffet at the hotel! But, we had an awesome day! First, we went to the Microsoft Garage. Once again on the topic of the government and it's relationship with businesses, I was curious to see how the business was affected … Continue reading 5/17- blog #4
I definitely questioned my personal brand statement today when I was late to attendance. I think it’s important to realize that this trip is an opportunity to prepare ourselves for professionalism and being on time in the real world, and I will be sure to be on time for the future. Walking the Great Wall … Continue reading Reflection 4/17
Today we had our last office visit in Beijing at the Microsoft garage. I personally think it was an interesting and informative visit. It was super cool to learn about the internal Hackthon and how different projects impact people’s life. The project that’s about the integration between art and technology is particularly attractive to me. … Continue reading Last Day @ BJ – The Great Wall Tour
Hoeft T&M Class 24: China Immersion 