Weaver Adventure Blog for Week of July 10, 2012
Performer in Our Midst
One of the advantages our Korean business has is the
relatively small geography of the country.
We can get everyone together for a meeting or dinner with ease because
the farthest anyone needs to travel takes around three hours. And only a few employees live that far
away. The bulk of our team here lives
within 45 minutes of the office. So, as
we are rapidly expanding and want to build community and foster a strong
culture with the new people, we meet once a month in a nearby conference center
to discuss themes central to Cook culture.
After our June meeting, one of the reps from our Endoscopy
division, Kwang-Seok Choe, suggested we include a little entertainment into the
agenda for the next meeting. I assumed
he was volunteering, so the next thing he knew he was to perform three songs at
the July meeting. He plays the guitar
and sings.
And has for a long time.
He has been playing for 16 years.
And loves it! As he puts it, “In
my life the music makes me feel happy and alive. The most important thing is to play for
others to try to share my happiness with them.”
Kwang-Seok chose three songs for the event. These were all covers of famous songs from
the radio, but he has written over 100 original songs and performs in Seoul
about once a month at venues that host acoustic nights and open-mic
opportunities. It is truly a
passion.
And it showed.
Everyone really enjoyed hearing Kwang-Seok, who has only been with Cook
for five months, and we also got a glimpse of what makes him fit into Cook so
well – after the first song, his beloved guitar amp, which has been with him
since his first lesson, died. So what did he do? Finished the
set “unplugged”! It was a great
performance, and added a fun new facet to our monthly meetings. We’ll anticipate an encore! Check out the clip below. (They are the same clip. Not sure why there are two.)
Thank you, Kwang-Seok!
Until next time.
Weaver
