Omluva za odmlku

Mam ted na koleji potize s Internetem, takze prispevku zrovna nejvic neni. Nicmene pisu si do zasoby, takze jakmile se pripojim (asi o vikendu), tak pak opravdu budete mit co cist. Abych nezapomnel, mam uz finske cislo:
+35 844 916 1222 (v prvni verzi prispevku jsem mel misto osmicky nulu, bacha na vec)
Jinak ve zkratce: nalada dobra, pocasi vetrne, vzduch primorsky, jidlo chutne a syte, lide prijemni, sauna primerene vyhrata, stesk po domove a blizkych odpovidajici veku a zavazkum a v patek od ctyrech pisemka z podnikatelske etiky, tak na me, prosim, myslete :-).

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Trpelivost ruze prinasi.

Prvni dojmy

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Den jsem zacal vydatnym spankem, po shonu dnu minulych to bylo jen uzitecne.


Snidanove zatisi

I tak jsem ale sraz ve dve odpoledne u helsinskeho nadrazi stihal jen tak tak. Jeli jsme tam s Unji, abychom se tam setkali Gaborem.
Plan jsme v celku nemeli, pocasi bylo vetrne, ale prijemne, takze jsme sli courem ke katedrale (kde jsme stihli i vychazejici svatebni pruvod), a pak k pristavu. Gabor nasledovne vyrukoval s okruzni tramvaji, coz byl nepochybne dobry napad: nejen centrem zivo je mesto, navic mame ted vsichni listky na tri dny, takze jezdit je mozne do omrzeni.

Svatebni pruvod

Jizda krze sirsi centrum ukazala, ze zadne velke rozdily aspon na prvni pohled videt nejsou. Kvitovali jsme, ze z peti lidi, kteri si k nam prisedli, tri nevahali a ruzne nam radili, co kde je atd. Vedla v tom asi 60-leta dama, kterou jsme posleze pasovali na byvalou pruvodkyni (nebo proste byla zkusena a znala). V tomhle, myslim, by cizinci v prazske tramvaji pohoreli. Tedy pokud by treba ve 22 nenarazili na tmavsi spoluobcany, kteri jsou neobycejne pritulni a nedostatky v mluve dovedou nahradit zrucnosti.

Panoramaticky pohled na pristav (a tady je zive)

Casem nam vytravilo, tak jsem se ruce nabidl, ze najdu vytecny arabsky fast food, ve kterem jsem poobedval minuly brezen. No, nenasel jsem ho (budiz receno, ze jsem ho nakonec nasel za rohem fastfoodu mexickeho, kde jsme neco pojedli).
Unava ze vseho byla preci jen uz zmahajici, cili se zaclo schylovat ke konci: v nakupnim stredisku nam zavreli, takze Inju jela domu a je jeste ke Gaborovi na kolej pro kartu na wi-fi, ci co to presne je (diky tomu jsem kazdopadne ten pripojen na net a muzu vas tak travit svymi vyplody).
Gaborova kolej bude od pristiho tydne i moje: vlakem asi 15 minut z centra, pak asi deset minut skrze park (citit vuni dreva nema chybu). Myslim, ze to bude dobre, i kdyz designove je soucasna kolej lepsi (a o 130 EUR drazsi...).
Pri zpatecni ceste jsem jeste obdivoval skupinky mladezniku tak kolem sedmnacti osmnacti, kteri se srocovali s lahvemi piva na nadrazi, pripadne sedeli v podzemnich pasazich primo na zemi a uzivali volna. A krom toho jsem zaznamenal i jisty pocet osob jiz evidentne zmozenych. V Cechach bych tohle nepotkal (nasinci v tu dobu teprve kraceji do osvezoven).
Tak to je ze soboty asi vse, kdyz o tom tak premyslim. Takze asi pujdu, jak jinak, do sauny.

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Na prvni den nebylo tech zajimavych veci rozhodne malo: vetrno, mexicka kuchyne, pomahajici Finove v tramvaji, opilci i vune dreva. Budiz i ty dalsi dny takhle pozehnane.

On the road

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Odlet naplanovany na 15:00 se opozdil o deset minut. Ale snad bych mel nejdriv podekovat me drahe polovicce, ze me doprovodila, a ji a sestricce, ze byly te lasky a z pripravenych surovin me obdarily vytecnymi bagetami. Ja jsem na to v tom silenem shonu nemel cas (ano, klasicky problem nechavani veci na posledni chvili - stejne ale za touhle nectnosti musi byt schovan nejaky uzasny adaptacni mechanismus, ktery zpusobi, ze se vetsinou vse tak nejak stihne).

Cesta do Curychu probehla OK, obcerstveni na palube v podobe zmrzliny od Movenpicku nemelo chybu. Let nad Svycarskem jsem moc nevnimal, jednak jsem podrimoval, jednak u okna sedel manik, ktery neodpovedel ani na jeden z pozdravu. Podle vizitky na pocitaci pracoval pro Siebel.

Letiste v Curychu je puvab sam, respektive jeho nova hala. S digitalem jsem se teprve seznamoval, takze fotografiemi vas neobdarim. Snad po zpatecni ceste. To hala u gatu uz vyfocena byla. Stoji za zminku, ze tak mezi patou a sedmou tam skoro nikdo nebyl. Buh vi proc.

Samota curysskeho letiste 1

Samota curysskeho letiste 2

Nekolik kulturnich postrehu: svycarska poradkumiluvnost je povestna, ale videl jsem i cistsi zachody. Nebyly spinave, ale proste bych cekal vic. A bilboardy ruznych bank neinzerovaly tu uvery, tu karty, ale privatni bankovnictvi. A taky jsem se docetl, ze Swiss ma zvlastni business linku, kde jsou jen sedadla business class a vzdy je mezi dvema obsazenymi jedno volne. Lita z Curychu do New Yorku...

Dama na curysskem letisti

Zajimave, ze kdyz jsem cekal na zpozdene letadlo do Helsinek (asi o hodinu kvuli bource v H.), zdalo se mi, jako bych vsude slysel cestinu. Castecne asi podvedome, i kdyz jednou to taky byly Polaci, kteri mluvili s velmi zvlastnim prizvukem, takze jsem jim skoro nerozumel.

Na ceste do Helsinek to trochu hazelo, i kdyz letadlo to bylo docela velke. Oproti narvane lince z Prahy nas bylo par. Pojedl jsem masove kulicky s bramborovou kasi a nez jsem se rozmyslel, jestli si mam dat i nejaky alkohol (po cem bych moh' pekne rychle usnout), tak jsem usnul. Probudil jsem se tesne pred pristanim. Na letisti na me cekal Fin Anton a Madar Gabor - z nej vylezlo, ze mel vahu 86 kilo. Mluvi se o zavazadlech a neni to preklep. Ja mel 22,9 a strachoval se, abych nemusel platit za presvahu. On cast sveril nejakemu Finovi a neplatil nic. Radost ze shledani byla zkalena tim, ze mi zrejme zmizely klice od domova, coz neni moc potesujici. Kapsa, do ktere si je obvykle davam, byla otevrena a prazdna. Zkusim to nejak vyhledat, ale...

Anton me vzal autem na moji docasnou kolej (po tydnu se budu stehovat na jinou, uz definitivni). Vecer jsem toho moc nevnimal, ale spatne misto to tu neni. Snad jen dodam, ze jsme mirne prekvapili Korejku, ktera prijela o den drive. Jmenuje si Unji, na spravnou transkripci si narok nedelam.

Jeste nahlednuti do meho pokoje kratce po prijezdu. Ta asketicnost je jen zdanliva, je tu jeste stolek, skrin atd.

Cela az trapisticka

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Cesta to byla pekna a v mnohem poucna, skoda jen tech klicu. Ty uz asi peklo nenavrati. Cert je vzal.

Dulezite zivotni rady

Rozesilal jsem svym kamaradum rozluckovy mail s upozornenim na tuto stranku. Dostalo se mi mj. nasledujici odpovedi:
"No jo, cece, pekne to uzij a v zadnym pripade nejezdi lodi do Stockholmu. Trajekt je misto hrichu a moralniho zhrouceni...! A diky za odkaz na blog, rad si poctu. :-)Maj sa krasne!"

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Kdepak, neni nad zkusene pratele, kteri jelimankovi poradi.

Finska jezerni idylka

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Proste jsem nasel pekny obrazek.

Uz se to blizi

Tedy:

• zaprve jsem si rezervoval letenku (ano, je to pozde, vim, ale penize jsou vzdy az na prvnim miste), mel bych letet se Swiss(air)em pres Curych, cemuz jsem rad, protoze Kodan uz trosku znam (pres ni bych do Helsinek letel s KLM). A kdyz uz jsme u letist...
• zadruhe mi prisel mailik od mych tutorek/buddynek (i kdyz za zensky rod nerucim) o tom, jak uz na me cekaji (jeste nevedi, ze priletim skoro o pulnoci), takze dale vybiram z toho, co povazovali/y za hodne sdeleni

"Hey!

Congratulations for choosing Helsinki as the city to study, party and have a great time for the next half a year! We, your tutors Terhi and Tiina, promise that you won’t regret this. There will be so many things to see and live that the time will pass by SO quickly that you hardly notice that you even got here :-). That’s why you need to be well prepared:

First thing you need to do right away is to inform us when and how you’ll arrive here, so we can pick you up and give you a ride to your new apartment. We can help you to settle down and make your life a bit easier here. You can as well consult us in any issues concerning your studies, living here, partying, traveling, sports, you name it.

Second thing is to be prepared for all the events and trips our Student Union and we are going to organize for you. There will be cottage weekends, trips to Stockholm and St. Petersburg and several other party’s here in Helsinki. (NOTE to people coming from EU-countries: please bring your passport with you to be able to join the fantastic trip to St. Petersburg!) To get more information on our Student Union and practical issues here, please read the welcoming packages from the HSE International Affairs Office and Student Union’s International Affairs through carefully.

Third thing is to be prepared for the climate of Helsinki. The fall can sometimes be cold and rainy and the days can be quite short. The darkest time here is in November and December. In September it is sometimes still quite warm (meaning 5-20 degrees plus) but it will get colder… In November and December the temperature is usually between few degrees plus to -20 degrees. Usually we get snow in November or December, but sometimes later. It might be a good idea to travel a bit around in Finland to see the real winter.

And one more thing: Remember to bring the materials you’ve received from the HSE and the Student Union. At least you should have the letter of acceptance to verify your student status here, which in turn entitles you to a cheaper bus travel card.

And the most important thing: feel free to contact us, your tutors, the HSE or the Secretary of the International Affairs Niina Niemi, in any issues. See you in a couple of weeks!
Yours truly,

Terhi Heiskanen Tiina Turunen"

Za ztucnenim nic nehledejte, to me jen tak napadlo (po tech x-letech studia ma clovek podtrhavaci fetis).

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Blizi se mi to blizi. A prace pred odjezdem jeste az hanba... Uz aby to bylo za mnou.

Studie dnesni mladeze. Cast druha: poklady VŠE

Ne, tak nesoudny nejsem, to jen muj kamarad komentoval tuhle fotku. A taky pridal fotku moji chalupy. A mych kamaradu a me (zpravidla lepsi :-)) polovicky.

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Letni relax nema chybu. Skoda, ze tak rychle utekl. A Martin dela pekne fotky.

Management dnesni doby

Obcas kouknu na blog Nicka Lewise, abych si trosku osvezil mysl. Nickuv clanek Lessons from the Emerging Network Age me odkazal na jine, dosti dlouhe ctivo: What Business Can Learn from Open Source od Paula Grahama. Dlouhe, ale, sakra, stoji to za to. Cely management v jednom clanku (jen s mirnou nadsazkou).
Vybiram aspon par citatu:

• "Many employees would like to build great things for the companies they work for, but more often than not management won't let them."
• "So these, I think, are the three big lessons open source and blogging have to teach business: (1) that people work harder on stuff they like, (2) that the standard office environment is very unproductive, and (3) that bottom-up often works better than top-down."
• "So what will business look like when it has assimilated the lessons of open source and blogging? I think the big obstacle preventing us from seeing the future of business is the assumption that people working for you have to be employees."
• "And being a boss is also horribly frustrating; half the time it's easier just to do stuff yourself than to get someone else to do it for you. I'd rather do almost anything than give or receive a performance review."
• "Hackers tend to think business is for MBAs. But business administration is not what you're doing in a startup. What you're doing is business creation."

A pro anglictinare jeden pekny obrat: "glacial slowness".
Paula Graham je aktivni v Y Combinator, firme rizikoveho kapitalu, a napsal mj. clanky How to Start a Startup a Hiring is Obsolete.

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Tezko se sumarizuje. Kazdopadne mam o cem premyslet. Krom jineho i tom, jak dlouho to ten clovek psal.

Radost mirne skodoliba

Dostal jsem mail, kterym me vita helsinske oddeleni mezinarodnich vztahu - a prikladaji formular na Preliminary Registration. Podobny (ale ne stejny) tomu, ktery jsem odeslal CEMS koordinatorce predevcirem ci kdy... Trosku v mych ocich spadli z vysin, ale zase ta skodoliba radost, ze nejen u nas, ale i u nich obcas neco nefunguje :-).

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Jsou to taky jen lidi.

Co budu (asi) studovat

Prave jsem odeslal do Helsinek predbeznou registraci predmetu, ktere chci studovat. Krome blokoveho seminare Business Ethics me ceka jeste:

Marketing Financial Services (core)

• Contents: How to manage the marketing of financial services. The course penetrates into the relationship between the financial service providers and customers using the viewpoint of finance theory, on one hand, and the viewpoint of marketing, on the other.
• Objectives: The aim is to combine finance theory and marketing theory, more specifically marketing of professional services. Marketing of financial services is regarded as a challenge in today’s rapidly changing finance markets.

International Design Business Management (core)

• Objectives & contents: The objective is to give the students an understanding of the core competitive elements of profitable international design business. The course focuses on the following areas: design and high-tech as competitive edge, the role of new product development, marketing communication and brands, design and technology management, global logistics and distribution channels, production systems, internationalization process, and managing international design business. The aim is to give the students theoretical background and practical industry cases for each area of interest.

Marketing Principles: Markets, Relationships, and Networks

• Objectives: The student forms conceptual frameworks to understand marketing modes in different market and firm contexts. The student is able to apply the achieved conceptual tools for making sense of key marketing issues in different market and firm contexts.
• Contents: Major modes of marketing (markets, relationships and networks) and their role in the business strategy and the performance of the firm. Marketing and strategic management research traditions. Metatheoretical understanding of the development of marketing thought. Marketing capability as a key source of competitive advantage.

Comparative Regional Analysis

• Objectives & contents: The course provides tools for analyzing nation states and sub-national territories based on demographic and economic key indicators. The aim is to demonstrate how market potential can be identified based on country level and sub-national level data. The students are acquainted with such levels of analysis as units vs. territories. Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to identify how regions can be studied in terms of 1) the elements and levels of a region 2) according to the principles of thematic cartography. The course uses the software for Geographic Information Systems.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Objectives: To provide the students the necessary theoretical and practical background to successfully work with mergers and acquisitions.
• Contents: The course includes up-to-date information on both academic research and corporate practice relating to mergers and acquisitions. The focus is on financial aspects, but strategic, legal, and other considerations are covered in specific lectures. The course will be useful to students interested in investment banking or management consulting careers.

Nasledujici predmety jsem si nevybral (hlavne proto, ze se prekryvaly s vyse uvedenymi):

Business Strategies and East-West Cooperation (core)

• Objectives and contents: The course provides analytical tools to understand the institutional macro changes taking place in the Baltic Sea Region due to the post-socialist transformation and the EU Eastern enlargement. During the course, institutional changes in the financial sector, formal and informal business environment, and enterprise level strategies, are discussed.

Brand Management

• Objectives: The student knows the basic theories and concepts, research methods and research results of brand management. The student is competent to apply the knowledge to practical brand management problems and can evaluate the financial and imagery value of brands.
• Contents: Strategic brand management. Building and implementing a brand. Segmentation and positioning of brands. Brand identity, brand extensions, multibrand portfolios, brand equity and its measurement. Communicating brands and budget considerations. Global brand management. Tasks and responsibilities of product managers.

Financial Institutions and Capital Markets

• Objective and contents: To provide a comprehensive view of the major financing and capital market institutions both internationally and in Finland. After taking the course, the student should be familiar with the main participants and concepts of commercial banking and securities markets.

Mam tak jen dva ze tri nabizenych core predmetu, cili to budu muset dohonit na jare v Praze, ale na druhou stranu jsem chtel za kazdou cenu mit Mergers and Acquisitions. Tak je to snad dobra volba.

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Je to docela zajimavy mix. Pokud se budu dobre ucit, tak se vratim jako nekdo, kdo si dovede vybrat dobrou zem, v niz pak v odvetvi financnich sluzeb bude provadet fuze a akvizice a cele to bude zabalenov peknem designu :-).

Za tri tydny touhle dobou...

...bych uz mel byt v Helsinkach. Hodne zvlastni pocit. Asi uz na me leze cestovni horecka nebo co. Na zahaneni chmur je vzdy dobrym lekem krasa (Niklas Sjöblom´s Helsinki).

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Krasa velika.

Jak se usazuje ve Finsku

Narazil jsem na clanek popisujici zkusenost Americanky Kathy z Chicaga, ktera se roku 1997 pristehovala do Finska se svym americkym pritelem. Kratce po pristehovani ziskala praci v Nokii, kde pracovala v marketingu. Nyni pracuje v oddeleni Corporate Communication, kde "preparing presentations and speeches for Nokia's management" (ja chtel vzdy byt managerem...).
Ve Finsku si sveho pritele vzala a ma s nim dve holcicky; ac oba stale obcane USA, plati dane ve Finsku a uzivaji si i vymozenosti finskeho socialniho systemu, pokud jde o materskou, prispevky apod. (vzpominam na svoji americkou znamou, jejimz snem bylo zit ve Svedsku, a to kvuli vsem tem moznym i nemoznym socialnim "vymozenostem"* - *uvozovky skrtnete dle presvedceni).
Manzele si poridili ve Finsku domek - vzali si na nej hypoteku, i kdyz veskere relevantni dokumenty byly ve finstine (nevim, v Cechach neco podepsat...).
A propos finstina - Kathy se finsky uci, ale (prekvapive :-)) neni to lehke. Ze pry zvladne titulky novin, ale konverzaci ne. Hm.
Velkym zazitkem byla/je pro Kathy finska primost: pri obede s finskymi kolegy sveho muze (prvni den ve Finsku) Finka poznamenala, ze nema rada Americany. Tak chapu, ze tohle Americanka moc asi nepochopila... Ale aspon uznala, ze i tahle primost ma sva pozitiva: "The positive side of straightforwardness is trust. There is no need to try and interpret hidden meanings or connotations from what Finns say as they don't waste time saying things they don't mean."
Vyzniva jako sveho druhu idylka (ano, stranka je provozovana finskym ministrem zahranici...).
Pravda, nekomu nemusi vyhovovat snih a zima (viz obrazek, ktery mi pripomina slavny michigansky denik - zde adaptovany na nezname Arnostovice, s Michiganem to bylo lepsi).

Pokud mate touhu to taky ve Finsku zkusit, muzou se vam hodit informace ze stranek Expat-Finland, Going Global, Finland Forum, virtualni skoly finstiny, imigracniho uradu a pripadne si muzete pecist jeste jedan "expat" pribeh z Finska.

A verte nebo ne, expati zijou i v Cechach.

> SUMMA SUMMARUM < Slo by to.