Mystery Coffee

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 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

Maria Isabel Garcia, Mexico and Thormod Fjell, Høvik.

Sina Marold, Hamburg and William Alvarenga, Miami. Sina Marold, Hamburg and Jun Hee Heo, Busan.

Allan Krosgaard, New York and Amit Mital, Høvik

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.

network in DNV which enriches not only you individually but is also a critical success factor for our business. I am looking forward to meet you soon!”

Amit, our colleague in Høvik, enjoyed about ten Mystery Coffees since signing up. ‘’When I read about the initiative in Maritime, I chose to sign up even though I was with Group and nobody seemed to have any objections! It provided me a great opportunity to connect with my Maritime colleagues in different parts of the world. Apart from getting to know new colleagues, I re-connected to four colleagues who I knew but had no contact for some time. It also provided a great insight into how we in DNV have all being dealing with the new reality these last 18 months, understanding that we are all in it together and that we will I feel that through these interactions I am more connected to the organization and believe that it could help in the merger of Energy Systems by making us feel closer. I hope that Mystery Coffee remains even after the lockdown and the pandemic ends.”

So, don’t be shy and just try it out. There is always a topic to talk about like hobbies, family, other cultures, local COVID situation, DNV’s new strategy or current work and projects.

HOW TO SIGN UP?

It is very easy: Just go to the Mystery Coffee page (dnv.mysterycoffee.com) and provide your name, company email address, location, business area and frequency that you would like to meet. An algorithm will assign you to a Mystery Coffee date and inform you both via email.

Enjoy and have an inspiring conversation! •

come out of it stronger! With Mystery Coffee growing global across all BAs, I am even more keen to continue my participation!’’.

“From the first time I read about the Mystery Coffee initiative I felt really curious and excited about how this will work.” remembers María Isabel Garcia, Project Engineer Energy Systems from Mexico City. “I have to admit that on my first “date” I was really nervous and excited at the same time. The idea of talking with someone that is a “stranger” was a little bit challenging but also a very satisfactory experience. It is like learning to ride a bike: once you lose the fear to fall, the rest is very easy. So far, I have really enjoyed that I always learn something new, whether it is work related, or about a country or even a language.