New Zealand

Just landed in New Zealand. Enjoyed the flight. It's about 12 hours from Los Angeles. Take off, get set and chat for a bit, pop an ambien, wake up and watch a flick and just when you are about to prepare for the long flight ahead by taking out your work-- shucks, time to land. I could do that all day.

Anyway, New Zealand is a country of just over 4 million people, over a third of who live here-- in Auckland. It's a beautiful, unspoiled and ambitious country. I have been asked to join a commission of seven from North America, organized by the NZ government, to work with companies here to bring them to America and beyond. The individuals involved are an illustrious group and I suspect, like at Harvard, I'll get just as much from the company as from the actual agenda. We start tonight.