TED Community » Alex Ostermann

About Me

Location:
United States, Houston, TX
Current organization:
Royal Dutch Shell
Gender:
Male
Areas of expertise:
Planning and business appraisal, Organizational design, Forecasting, financial valuation & analysis , Strategic planning and development
I am:
Concerned citizen, Finance professional
Associations:
Rice Alumni Association, University of Houston Alumni Association
Languages:
English, Spanish
Universities:
Rice MBA, Jesse Jones School of Management, University of Houston (Bauer College of Business, Houston, TX, USA)
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I'm passionate about

Learning more about cities and current energy, transport, environmental & sustainability issues. Learning to unleash my creativity. Re-exploring my dreams of old. Re-learning how to run

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Sustainability, current urban societal, energy, transport & environmental issues, challenges and solutions in particular. Unleashing and harnessing personal creativity. Better running.

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    A comment on Conversation: How could we relate to the world around us without the concept of time?

    Jul 12 2011: I've very much enjoyed reading this conversation and the many different and interesting views, one can have loads of fun debating about concepts like time for days on end -- great question by Indigo! I, however, after reading all this and debating in my mind, am unable to reach any other conclusion than the most pragmatic for me: TIME EXISTS ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE FINITE. I have been trying to remind myself of this conclusion these days as I battle the fear of making some important and potentially "risky" decisions that will change the current direction of my life.

  • A comment on Talk: Paul Romer: The world's first charter city?

    Jun 10 2011: So, basically creating city states within a country but under the auspices of other nations and or corporations (that built and financed them)? Dicey proposition. Central America is no stranger to coups. Guatemala being exactly the most recent country in the region to have one. How do the investor nations / corporations get assurances of safety? Questions like this are endless. Good and novel concept with an even nobler heart behind it. I wonder what it will turn into when it grows up in the real world.

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