Genesis Wizards

The first four days of the Genesis course have gone by in a whirl. We have been dazzled by Lyal White on his knowledge of Dynamic Markets, cajoled into insights by Terrence Taylor and video-taped doing hatchet Limpopo Aid budgets by Jonathan Cook.

Not all of it has been pretty. An “Amazing Race” simulation in Johannesburg brought out the best and worst in the MBA first years. Most adopted a win-at-all-costs approach, while others quite frankly didn’t know what they were doing.

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A few insiders have given stories of near nuclear fallouts in syndicate relationships, while others have moulded firm(ish) bonds.

Like in the movies where the protagonist is placed under pressurised situations in an escalating fashion to reveal true character, so too did the GIBS MBA class of 2011 “Amazing Race”. Our “representatives” were replaced by our more revealing true-selves. A scary image.

Some of the second years came to speak to us today and we learned some new jargon:

Ants in your pants – first year job move

Wizards and lizards – those that are subject matter experts, and those that are not

Date night – for single student this means staying at home eating dates. For students with a partner this means setting a date once a fortnight to get some love back into the relationship.

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