From 30 April to 10 May this year, an igloo-like tent - a dome - has been erected in Riga by the Rainis Monument, where anyone interested can enter free of charge and learn about the possibilities provided by European space programmes here on Earth.
It turns out this bubble-blowing event has been taking place for the fifth year running. Young and old gather with various containers of soapy water and blow soap bubbles of all sizes. After the gathering at Bastejkalns, a procession follows through the streets of Riga to Dome Square.
Bunting garlands like these make me think of fairs or festivals in cobblestoned or maple-lined old-town squares, where on weekends there is bustle and trade, live music plays, the air smells of cinnamon, lollipops and freshly baked bread. The traders' pop-up stalls are bathed in sunshine. People in such an atmosphere become especially talkative, smiley and friendly, as if all the everyday worries had somehow quietly slipped away.
Tomorrow we celebrate World Penguin Day, which is traditionally marked on 25 April each year. Conventionally on this day or around these days in Antarctica the mass migration events of penguins begin. A few instructions on how to properly celebrate Penguin Day.
More and more is being said about the importance of networking for making contacts that can ultimately help establish successful collaboration or meet a potential client. Some Latvian companies have already taken to organising business breakfasts or afternoon sessions - but how productive these are from the standpoint of expanding a quality contact network is another question.
Browsing through a bookshelf of long-untouched childhood and school-era books, I found a couple that, upon leafing through them, made me wonder whether my mind was starting to slowly rust. I opened a few puzzles made from matchsticks.
In the meat hall, food lovers can feast their eyes on eggs from those web-footed, quacking creatures (ducks and geese). Goose egg - €1 each. The aforementioned creatures are also available in chilled form. Two vendors were spotted facing each other, though the second had nearly sold out. Rabbit carcasses right next door.
Every entrepreneur essentially walks their own path of growth. For one person it is long, full of trials, and winding before stable financial growth is reached. For another, everything seems to fall magically into place. Perhaps the latter has intuitively felt their way there, or consciously chosen to do only the things that deliver results.
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Today the world celebrates International Rock and Roll Day. In the first half of the 1950s, an entirely new group of music listeners and consumers emerged in the USA. It was the baby boom generation - those born during the Second World War. These young people had not the slightest interest in the sentimental popular music beloved by older generations. Elvis Presley conquered the world with rock and roll.
The actual title that the Organisation Development Club representatives gave this seminar topic at the Swedbank Business Network morning networking session was far more elevated - The 9 Elements of an Outstanding Business. But summing up what was heard and practically analysed together, I would call it a well-structured business self-analysis.