Business tour to Seattle from 14 to 20 January 2019

January 14/Mn. Acquaintance. Introductory lecture. Studying WeWork coworking.

Meet me at WeWork this morning. It is the largest coworking network in America. Their business model is copied by most other coworking sites in the world.

The WeWork community has 210,000 residents, 5,000 employees, 77 cities and 31 countries, including China, Japan, the UK, Israel and many others. The total area of offices is 930,000 square meters.

In coworking, we will first hold an introductory meeting. We will get acquainted with all participants of the tour and formulate tasks for the trip in order to get the most accurate information that will make your business cooler.

Then we’ll see how WeWork works. You will see how the company attracts people to its community and what benefits it gives residents.

Dinner at the Aqua Restaurant tonight. There is a great kitchen and panoramic windows that offer stunning views of Elliot Bay.

January 15/W. Visit to the Boeing plant. Meeting with a company employee. Sightseeing tour of Seattle.

Visit the largest production in the world. In Seattle alone, the Boeing plant employs 35,000 people around the clock: 20,000 in the afternoon, 10,000 in the evening, and another 5,000 at night.

The company is now 102 years old and a monopoly. Boeing aircraft have the same reputation as Rolls-Royce among cars. Last year, the company produced 700 cars. The cheapest was $86 million and the most expensive was $400 million.

You will walk through the workshops of the plant, look at the assembly lines on which real aircraft are assembled. The Boeing 777X is a new model that will be released in 2020.

Usually, several dozen people from different countries gather on such excursions, and the guide tells only general information. Our group will be individual. You can ask the employee of the plant your questions and get comprehensive answers. The group is accompanied by an interpreter.

After the production tour, we will meet with a representative of Boeing, who will tell you how the internal infrastructure of the organization is arranged. Such meetings are not included in the permanent program of excursions to the plant and are organized exclusively for our group.

You will hear how tasks are set and communication is built within teams. You can ask questions about the company, corporate culture and management systems at Boeing.

After lunch we will explore the sights of Seattle. We'll visit the first Starbucks. Admire the extraordinary architecture of the Central Library of Seattle. Walk through the picturesque places of Discovery Park. Visit the Space Needle Tower. From its observation deck you can see the beauty of the city, as well as the surrounding islands, cascading mountains and the Rainier volcano.

16 January/Cf. Visiting T-Mobile and meeting with a company employee. Meeting with the General Manager of WHOLE FOODS MARKET.

T-Mobile is the largest telecom operator in the United States with 75.6 million customers and $40.60 billion in annual revenue. The company is building a powerful infrastructure. For example, in the T-Mobile arena in Las Vegas, there is a fight between Nurmagomedov and McGregor, and the Stanley Cup is also held annually.

More than 50,000 employees work here. They do not have a corporate ladder: the trajectory of each is built individually.

In 2017, T-Mobile ranked first in Nielsen’s customer service ranking. And in 2018, it was named the best place to work according to the Glassdoor website, where people leave reviews about employers.

You will visit the headquarters of the company, see how the workspace is arranged. Meet an employee who will talk about T-Mobile’s corporate culture and principles.

Find out what motivation programs got them on the list of the best employers of 2018 according to Forbes and Fortune.

After lunch, we will meet with the team of the premium food supermarket Whole Foods Market. This is an American supermarket chain that specializes in selling organic food without artificial additives. The company uses a unique business model, working without hierarchies and bosses. For example, farmers who work with Whole Foods bring the goods to the stores themselves and put them on the shelves. Supermarkets focus on products produced locally within the city.

A representative of the company will tell how the work of the largest network in America, which Amazon bought for $13.7 billion.

In the evening we will relax in the famous Korean SPA. We will restore strength, discuss the knowledge gained and prepare for new meetings and insights.

January 17/Cht. Visiting offices and meeting with Amazon and Microsoft employees.

We'll visit Amazon headquarters. It is one of the most expensive companies in the world. It was the second to pass the $1 trillion capitalization threshold.

The organization employs 500,000 people worldwide. Seattle has about 35,000 employees.

Everyone knows Amazon thanks to a huge number of cool products: Knidle reader, Amazon Web Services provides services for many large corporations and, of course, the world’s largest online store, whose business model is copied by Ozon in Russia and Alibaba in China.

You will visit the famous spheres that were commissioned a year ago. There are no excursions, so you can get into the glass park, inside which tropical trees grow, only by acquaintance with employees.

We will introduce you to team members who will tell you about the uniqueness of Amazon’s corporate culture and how the company differs from other organizations in Seattle and Silicon Valley. Find out why it grows faster than others and what tools help it.

After lunch, we will head to the Microsoft office, one of the largest software companies.

You will find yourself on the campus of the Corporation, learn more facts from its history. You will get into the showroom of the latest developments of the company, see and even be able to test the latest models of Microsoft equipment.

Meet with an employee of the corporation, who will talk about the internal organization: what specialists are taken into the team, how the selection is carried out, how the work of employees is built. You can get answers to your questions about how to motivate your team and build internal processes.

January 18/Pt. Visit and meet with Costco employees. Meeting with a representative of Alaska Airlines.

Start the day with the Costco HQ Tour. Costco is the world’s largest self-service warehouse chain and the fifth-largest retailer in the United States. The company is ranked 18th in the Fortune Global 500 for 2015. Their club system has more than 85 million members, and the company itself has 117,000 employees.

You’ll walk into the company’s office and meet with an employee to learn how the internal work of an organization that has 759 branches is built. You can ask the Costco representative your questions and get detailed answers to them.

After lunch, a meeting with a representative of Alaska Airline.

Alaska Airline is a US airline headquartered in the suburbs of Seattle. It is the largest airline on the west coast of America.

For 11 consecutive years, J.D. Power and Associates has been the airline with the highest customer satisfaction. Alaska Airline was the first airline to launch an in-flight entertainment system: streaming movies, music and television programs.

The company employs 21.5 thousand employees. You will get acquainted with one of them and learn about the peculiarities of the organization and how it managed to receive high ratings from customers for so many years in a row.

January 19/Sb. Hotel eviction. The road to Levenworth. Snow excursion and dinner in the chalet.

We go to Levanworth, a small town in the Bavarian style. On the way we will stop to relax and spend the night in a cozy chalet, which is surrounded by breathtaking mountains.

This is the perfect place to relax after a busy program. We will sum up the business tour, exchange knowledge and insights. We will share our impressions with each other. You can ride snowmobiles and end the day with a hearty dinner and rest in a hot tub.

January 20/S. Tour of Leavenworth, WA. Back to Seattle. Flight home.

We will walk around the atmospheric town and see the local attractions. You will see the Levenworth Reindeer Farm, you can visit the tasting hall of the Kestrel Vintners winery and walk through the local museum – a very atmospheric place.

After lunch, we return to Seattle and prepare for the flight.

Cost: $7,000 per person

Not included in the price: food

Note: the tour is held from 14 to 20 January 2019 in Russian.

accommodation, meetings with representatives of companies, excursions