Already April!

Time flies so fast, I can't believe it's already April!

Today I have been to a seminar held by the Swedish Chamber of Commerce about "leading organizations to higher performance in difficult times". Quite a title to live up to... but it was an interesting seminar, or at least the discussion that arised in the Q&A session about Swedish/Scandinavian business culture vs. Chinese and American business cultures. In Shanghai there is really an international mix of people at all these kinds of events!

This week it has been quite chaotic in the office, we have all changed desks since the office layout is changed to prepare for the other Orkla companies in Shanghai that are moving into our office within the next few weeks. At one time on Monday morning there were chairs, desks, computer screens and flowerpots standing around everywhere, but somehow we all managed to find our new places and get the normal office work running again. After Easter our colleagues at Borregaard and Lilleborg are moving in.

Otherwise I've continued working on my projects, no travelling these past few weeks. But next week I'm taking holidays to go to Chengdu in Sichuan province together with my boyfriend who will come visit me. Chengdu is famous mainly for two things; very spicy food and its panda breeding centre. Before leaving China it's a must to have seen a panda in the nature!