{"id":3877,"date":"2015-10-20T09:34:27","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T09:34:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2023-10-05T09:40:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T08:40:38","slug":"new-york-glorious-new-york-bertelsmann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/new-york-glorious-new-york-bertelsmann\/","title":{"rendered":"New York, glorious New York with Bertelsmann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It happens not so often that a nice corporation, or rather, a German family-owned conglomerate\u00a0flew you half-way across the world for a visit to their Empire State headquarter while putting you nicely in the cozy Empire Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Which is exactly what I just got to experience during the\u00a0first\u00a0week of October with Bertelsmann, a lovely sprawling media empire founded in 1835, who is so big it takes up space on your bookshelves, magazine stands and television screens around the world.<\/p>\n<p>It it funny how you look back and start to connect the dots in your life. As I was standing on top of the OneWorld Trade centre during a hurricane in New York, I got to reflect about how this chain of events already started\u00a0a few years back\u00a0with my short stint at the biggest publishing house\u00a0in Denmark, Politikens Hus. (Oh\u00a0the here and there that\u00a0have all conspired to lead me to right here right now.) <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/12143109_10153595634188433_8779525812714362482_n.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3877]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3880 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/12143109_10153595634188433_8779525812714362482_n-345x460-1.jpg\" alt=\"12143109_10153595634188433_8779525812714362482_n\" width=\"345\" height=\"460\" \/><\/a> For thanks to this brief spell working with Politiken that got me involved in the media industry, I plucked up enough courage to apply to be part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talentmeetsbertelsmann.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talent Meets Bertelsmann<\/a>\u00a0event. After passing a selection round against other 660 candidates from 78 countries, and going through a (comically painful) first-time video interview, I was invited to Berlin in July for the three days of rigorous challenges and mega-loads of fun. And then happened to win the First Prize with my super team. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150630_CC_Bertelsmann_TMB_CYOC2015_Berlin_0936_20x30cm_300dpi_1280px_72dpi-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3877]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3878 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/150630_CC_Bertelsmann_TMB_CYOC2015_Berlin_0936_20x30cm_300dpi_1280px_72dpi-2.jpg\" alt=\"150630_CC_Bertelsmann_TMB_CYOC2015_Berlin_0936_20x30cm_300dpi_1280px_72dpi 2\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a> Supremely\u00a0well-organized, TMB 2015 was loaded with creative challenges and enviable treats. The super-location at\u00a0Unter den Linden 1 in Berlin,\u00a0\u00a0the\u00a0unfailingly hippie-charm\u00a0Neue Heimat\u00a0exclusively deployed for the Closing Ceremony, hippie food galore, drinks and music all night, not even counting an exclusive concert with\u00a0Jonathan\u00a0Jeremiah\u00a0from the UK, were among the highlights. So needless to say the entire event was a feat and a feast. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/img_1435923433451.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3877]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3884 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/img_1435923433451.jpg\" alt=\"img_1435923433451\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a> The magnanimous\u00a0\u00a0Bertelsmann further charmed us heads over heels by inviting the First Prize team\u00a0for a trip to New York, flying us half-way across the world, promising a packed corporate as well as social agenda&#8230;But pardon, let me stop enthusing about all these flashy corporate perks and get down to Business\u00a0\u00a0\ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/TDtn2gkVJxX58JBLBH8E3QMLTydMftAcCW8M6iBO790.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3877]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3910\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/TDtn2gkVJxX58JBLBH8E3QMLTydMftAcCW8M6iBO790-460x345-1.jpg\" alt=\"TDtn2gkVJxX58JBLBH8E3QMLTydMftAcCW8M6iBO790\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a> During our stay in New York, we were privileged a look into the workings of Bertelsmann different divisions, through the eyes of the executives. What a joy to be able to listen to Penguin Random House employees sharing the love for their meaningful profession, the transformative\u00a0time that the publishing industry is in, and most especially about their biggest win and love affair with the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise. It\u00a0must also be cool to be able to brag that your company owns the\u00a0spawning\u00a0<em style=\"color: #363636;\">Pop Idol, American Idol<\/em>, and all the other\u00a0<em style=\"color: #363636;\">Idol\u00a0<\/em>competition programs around the world. We also got to learn about the Bertelsmann Digital Media Investment arm and their most exciting venture into the Virtual Reality world. A learning trip that showers us with plenty of disruptive ideas, dizzy happenings and revolutions in the digital and media world of today.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from the whirlwind travels, I am still so inspired and grateful\u00a0for all the opportunities bestowed on me since being\u00a0under the aegis of Frankfurt School. I remember since the very first moment sitting down in the beautiful hall of the magnificent Unter der Linden 1 building in Berlin, Bertelsmann had already sowed in us a powerful idea, that &#8222;It is no mistake that you are here.&#8220;<\/p>\n<h2>The message is clear, Get out there, be brave, catch any opportunity going your way. Be inspired, be awesome, and stand out from the crowd.<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/150629_CC_Bertelsmann_TMB_CYOC2015_Berlin_0807_1280px_72dpi1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3877]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3885 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/150629_CC_Bertelsmann_TMB_CYOC2015_Berlin_0807_1280px_72dpi1.jpg\" alt=\"150629_CC_Bertelsmann_TMB_CYOC2015_Berlin_0807_1280px_72dpi\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Remember, it is not a mistake that you are here.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It happens not so often that a nice corporation, or rather, a German family-owned conglomerate\u00a0flew you half-way across the world for a visit to their Empire State headquarter while putting you nicely in the cozy Empire Hotel. Which is exactly what I just got to experience during the\u00a0first\u00a0week of October with Bertelsmann, a lovely sprawling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":405,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,58,39],"tags":[184,97,98,126],"class_list":["post-3877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mim","category-mib-master","category-study","tag-industry","tag-international","tag-job","tag-management"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/405"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3877"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34556,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions\/34556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.frankfurt-school.de\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}