I don’t remember whether I was walking in Hyde Park or on the banks of the Hudson. As usual, busy calling or tapping on my miracle machine where I kept an eye on almost all my business interests. How used to being in a hotel for a few weeks so that this deal could be arranged on the other side of the world.

Zoom and Teams are extremely useful, but I want to look my people and my business partners in the eye and feel their facial expressions. The hotels I usually stay in are great, but every evening in that same restaurant, with the menu that I could already dream of, I was quite bored. I can already hear you thinking: you are not going to spend a few weeks in a short stay apartment or temp housing as the relocation business calls it these days.

Well no, or yes… because when I look at myself, the best ideas don’t come from behind a desk but in the morning or evening when I’m busy with the daily routine. Yes, that sounds crazy, but while taking a shower or making a bowl of muesli with fruit, as a corporate pro, things continue as usual.