As part of the team building and leadership development in the TPP program, all incoming TPP students are required to register for the Leadership Seminar that is taught by Prof. Dava Newman - the director for the TPP program. The highlight of this Leadership Seminar includes a trip to Outward Bound on Thompson Island. There, I was assigned to a 10 member team, which consist of Jen, Jasmine, Liz, Yoko, Yoshi, Matt, Loic, Bob, Richard, and me. Being in the military, scouts, and Outward Bound in my younger days, both as a participant and instructor (more as a participant than an instructor), I am familiar with the format of the exercises that the instructors at Outward Bound Thompson Island had our team do. However, it is always still refreshing to still be participating in the team-based exercises because to do well and to reap the benefits of these exercises is to go through the problem solving as a team. To this end, our team performed really well. But importantly, we stimulated a lot of learning and developed camaraderie on the team The experience last Friday and Saturday was definitely a great way to soak up the TPP experience. .

9/18/2005 11:14:32 PM (Eastern Daylight Time, UTC-04:00)

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