Overcommunicating Is Essential in Our World

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In March, Global Business Fellows (GBF) students presented their final consulting report to executives at Uber in Madrid, Spain, as part of their Global Business Experience course (GBE).

“My biggest takeaway from working with a foreign client was that sometimes overcommunicating is essential,” said [Lindsay (SFS’22) Bing [a member of a student team that consulted for Uber on three different business challenges in the areas of commercial partnerships and customer experience]. “We found that being prepared with a lot of questions for our weekly check-in meetings was the most effective use of our time to both clarify expectations and refine our work."

Read on to see how this was such a culturally and professionally enriching experience for all involved.