Today I got to shadow Richard Henderson from the Marketing department. When I got there initially, I was escorted to the Customer Briefing Center (a very nice conference room at the end of a very nice hallway), where Rich was already giving a presentation to representatives from North Carolina Central University. After about three minutes, he turned the floor over to another presenter and we rushed to another meeting (about how Lenovo can better incorporate Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality into education)! Ah, the life of a marketer!
The focal point of the day, surprisingly, had nothing to do with Lenovo, marketing, software, or hardware at all! I got to attend a surprise bridal shower for one of Rich’s direct reports! The party was largely set up by the time we got there, and it didn’t take long before she showed up and we all yelled “Surprise!”, as one does at surprise parties. Then we all got together and played an odd version of charades where you talk but you can’t say certain words and the other team had to guess. It was a lot of fun, but Rich and I had to leave early (in classic rushing businessman fashion) so that we could attend yet another meeting about Augmented and Virtual Reality!