While most of my fellow shapers were already traveling half of the world on Friday, my journey to The Netherlands started Saturday morning in the train station of Sint-Niklaas. I took the train to Antwerp were I met my Belgian … Continue reading →
Caroline Fischer joined Global Shapers: Generation 2015. In this blog she reflects on the Arcadis Global Shapers experience. Read more about her journey below: I’m back in the US after my Globalshapers trip to the Netherlands. What a trip! After … Continue reading →
Alexandra Cadiz (CallisonRTKL) Joined Global Shapers: Generation 2015. She was a ‘Workflow Captain’ of the workflow The GS Show. This means that she had the lead in creating and organizing the event in which the Global Shapers connected with the … Continue reading →
The face-to-face program of Global Shapers – Generation 2015 has been a great succes. In the coming months you will find lots of experience blogs from the Global Shapers on this page. Stay tuned! For today we’d like to share … Continue reading →
My Quest took me from my home office of ARCADIS Germany in Darmstadt to the EC Harris office in Shanghai, China and began with an eleven-hour direct flight from Frankfurt to Shanghai. When I arrive dazed and confused, I was happy about my prearrangements for the last part of the journey: the transfer from the airport to the office of EC Harris: I prepared maps to all my destinations with written directions in both English and Chinese – in hindsight, this was very helpful! The cab ride was thrilling: In Shanghai (and other cities in China), the taxi drivers weave in and out of traffic like a drag race you might see in ‘Fast & Furious’. They exploit their steering wheel horn even though they are clear of traffic. Note: I was later told that the horn was a symbol to state who has right of way and who is more important on the road. The new office, in which ARCADIS, CallisonRTKL, EC Harris, Hyder and Langdon Seah removed in June this year, is located in the “Changning Distric” in the midst of shopping malls, hotels and branch banks. My first impression of the new office was WOW, this is very different (even to our brand new office in Darmstadt). The office was open concept with a variety of work stations, meeting rooms of varying sizes in the center and lockers for employees. It was bright and airy – and “well-stocked”. My next impression was how friendly and helpful employees […]
One of the main goals of the F2F during Global Shapers 2015 is to make new connections; connections with fellow Shapers from across the globe. We decided to put our Global Shapers to the test and find out how well … Continue reading →
Arcadis is the leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets, but it goes far beyond that. We asked our Global Shapers to reflect on the Arcadis experience – here is what they had to say. Who … Continue reading →
Imagine if you put all the people in the world in one place. It seems impossible, but it’s happening right now. This year’s Global Shapers come from Europe, the UK, North America, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and, for … Continue reading →