Day 1 – Thursday
First impressions of Cairo are heat, traffic and extremes of wealth and poverty. One block away from the opulent hotel are crumbling concrete apartment blocks from a different world. All this is more or less what the guide books say.
What the guide books don’t tell you is the incredible level of energy and enthusiasm amongst the Culture Shift participants. People are really eager to chat and explore ideas. So many people come with new ideas that we schedule an extra session of one minute presentations for people to present potential projects to be voted on. At least one gets through and several get incorporated with existing ideas.
In some ways, the projects themselves seem less important than the ways people are starting to work together. Everyone seems really hungry to be creative and tomorrow we explore ways to direct this amazing energy.
