Notes

My Day in Three for today:

1. I’m back home in the Netherlands. Traveling on an overnight flight feels a bit like time-traveling to me.
2. I didn’t do any work this afternoon to decompress a little from my journey back home.
3. I worked in our garden this afternoon to stay awake and pass the time. Spring is definitely in the air now.

My Day in Three for today:

1. I’ve finished my last working day in Brazil. I used today for individual 1:1’s with my team and for reflection and feedback on everything I’ve learned and seen from our teams this week. Being back in Brazil was great. The people here are so friendly and welcoming. I hope to do the same in return someday.
2. I’m tired from all the events and conversations this week. I’m typing this post from the taxi and look forward to being able to close my eyes soon, as the ride to the airport will be long due to traffic in this massive city.
3. 🛫 São Paulo – Amsterdam 🛬 on a 11 hour overnight flight. Fun fact, this will be flight 200 that I’m tracking with Flighty.app.

My Day in Three for today:

1. 🛫 Porto Alegre – São Paulo 🛬
2. I’m halfway through my business trip to Brazil. The week has been intense, and there are a lot of lessons and experiences I need to process. As a result, I’m not sleeping too well. I woke up today around 4 AM and couldn’t get back to sleep because my brain immediately went to work. After today there is one more day to go before I head back home to the Netherlands.
3. For my final night here, the local leadership team took me to a restaurant called Loup. We had a great dinner, some lovely wine, and a great time together. As always during my travels I’m grateful for the opportunities I get.

My Day in Three for today:

1. Today was a long day, and I’m pretty exhausted by the time I’m writing this. By the time I finish my third bullet of this ‘My Day in Three’ post, I’m going to bed. But before I forget, I must say that I’m really enjoying the summer weather here. It’s very comfortable to be outside in 30+ degrees Celsius, but my body is actually still used to cold winter temperatures.
2. I had a wonderful day here with my Brazilian colleagues. The people are so friendly and engaged with work that it’s really fun to talk to them about their product journeys, client engagements, and personal career developments. I’m amazed by the amount of innovation the teams here bring to our company.
3. I took the team out for dinner tonight. The team got to choose the restaurant, so they took me out to a steak restaurant, since that is what the region here in the south is known for. Early tomorrow morning, I’ll be flying back to São Paulo for another two days with the team in that office.

My Day in Three for today:

1. 🛫 São Paulo – Porto Alegre 🛬. This was a short flight, about an hour. The whole airport experience this morning was, at least, ‘interesting’. Let’s say the airport efficiency I’m used to is a little different here.
2. I arrived in our Porto Alegre office just after lunch. The afternoon was filled with meeting people in person whom I had only seen online, and with product meetings where our local product managers showed me their products and shared their ambitions. The Porto Alegre office is our internal product and technology ‘labs’ environment. I like their entrepreneurial spirit a lot.
3. Tonight I didn’t have any formal dinner plans, so I went outside the hotel for a quick dinner in the neighborhood with two of my team members from Europe who are joining me on this visit. The area I’m staying in is considered safe, so it was actually nice to get some fresh air after being inside all day.