D - Dubai, Desert, Deflate

I was in Dubai a month ago, my first visit to the Gulf Region. During the flight, I already saw massive yellow coloured the navigation map after Istanbul. Indeed, that's the theme colour of Dubai - the booming hub between Europe & Asia. Desert is seen everywhere, even the green plants are dusted by the sand. One of the interesting experiences we had there was "Desert Safari". I was expecting to see animals running in the desert. Instead, we were put on a jeep and driving towards the centre of desert.

After arriving at a stop point, the driver double-checked everything and began to deflate all tyres. "What are we going to do?" "Oh, we're going to enjoy the sand surfing!!!". That's the essence of a desert safari. Somehow, I related it to the leadership development approach during IMD MBA. The course was built in such a way to "destroy" you first, from inside out, challenging you on where you're most proud of and then "build" you up, through reflecion, counsellig, practcing. It's also a good analogy to the current economic situation. In a crisis moment, we'd better get back to the core, down-to-earth and be releastic.

"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (French Pilot, Writer and Author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944)