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Have you signed up for Mystery Coffee yet? Mystery Coffee is a great opportunity to take a break and connect to great DNV colleagues from across the globe
Sina dating Alexandra Maciolowska, Senior Approval Engineer from Høvik.
TEXT: SINA MAROLD AND METTE KJØNØ Many of us are working from home for more than a year now and are missing the chat by the coffee machine or canteen. “It is very important that we stay connected and find new ways of meeting new colleagues, to be inspired, to exchange ideas and to build our network – Contributing to keeping our competitive edge as individuals and as a company. At the same time, we must not forget to take breaks to maintain our resilience. Mystery Coffee is a good opportunity to do both,” says Chief People Officer Gro Gotteberg. Sina, our HR colleague in Hamburg, was the lead in testing this out in Maritime before Mystery Coffee went global for all Business Areas. “Thanks to Mystery Coffee I have met passionate colleagues with great expertise from around the world
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who I might have never met otherwise. I learned about the service at a birthday party of a friend and fell in love with it as I am a curious person who always likes to network, getting to know new people and new insights. Luckily, our flat hierarchies in DNV allow that an idea of a single employee can be rolled out globally. It is a true strength of our company that one individual can drive change.” says Sina. “Many of us feel even busier working from home, taking less breaks and interacting only with colleagues for specific jobs and projects.” Sina continues. “I missed my colleagues who I met in the hallway or at the coffee machine for a catch up, but I never found the time in home office, for many months balancing work and closure of kindergarten due
to COVID lockdown. Now, I really need to take a break when my Mystery Coffee reminder pops up. Very often I feel energized for the rest of the day after meeting a proud colleague and realizing that I work for a truly international company. And by the way, that is also the feedback I am getting from my “dates” and Yammer posts.” “Although I am physically stuck at home, I made a world tour in past months having very refreshing coffee breaks with colleagues in Japan, China, India, Germany, Norway, UK and US. And it works even I do not drink coffee.” jokes Torgeir Sterri, Regional Manager Maritime West Europe. “Many of my Maritime ELT colleagues have signed up to have an ear on the pulse. I very much recommend the initiative as you can build a bigger
