Thin Air
Michael and I travelled back to New York together, although he had originally said I could stay longer if I wanted to. I never did go and see our IT people in Tokyo.
For the first few hours of the flight, while still in daylight, I could see through my window the darkening blue space above and a near-cloudless view of the sea below.
I asked him if I could take time out to think about what he had instructed me to do, and he said this was no problem at all. Although Lucy had said that he enjoyed people’s company, I noticed how he seemed happy to be on his own, as well.
My problem was that I did not know where to start. A blank sheet of paper can be hard sometimes. But I knew that Michael wanted me to design the repeatable journey myself and verify it with colleagues in our businesses, rather than pull out one that someone else had already prepared.
Also, the more Michael expressed his confidence in me, the less I seemed to have. I began to wonder who I might turn to for support...