I'm a Member of the Mock Board of Directors

Recently, I had an extremely unique experience. I was literally sworn to secrecy, so I will just give a very broad overview:

The one of the largest investment banks in the world is about to make a huge business proposal to one of the largest corporations in the world (this is an investment bank that every reader has certainly heard of). I participated in the preparation for this presentation as a mock board member.

The investment bank sent us confidential materials to familiarize ourselves with the issues. There were also suggested additional reading materials for further research.

After preparing myself for the event, I sat and listened as the investment bank's managing director gave us the presentation as if we were the board of directors (yes, it was the MANAGING DIRECTOR we interacted with). We were invited to interrupt him, ask plenty of questions, try to stump him, and then, finally, vote on his proposal. At the end, we were asked to explain the rationale for our vote.

This was an experience that I will certainly never forget.