I am very happy and excited to announce that I am once again selected to be an IBM Champion. For the third consecutive year. For me this is a recognition of that I am doing something right, which is fantastic!

One of my greatest passions is collaboration and bringing people together in various situations. I truly believe that we are stronger together and can achieve higher goals and better results if we work more out loud and closer to one another. Closer doesn’t necessarily mean geographically. That’s where the extra sweet sprinkle is added. By using various collaboration tools teams, colleagues and companies can overcome distances both in distance and culture.

To work out load is to learn about your co workers. About their skills, experiences and strengths. In the same way they learn about you. And to use tools that are intelligent and helps you make the most of all your assets. Like for example Watson who (is she a person? 😉 ) can summarise a long chat discussion to short overview moments, suggest where you should store files and what to answer (and who) on emails. Just to mention a few.

I am truly happy I get to be in this collaborative community and to be part of this journey to a more digitalised and open work space.

Thank you IBM for letting me go on the carousel this year too!

/Maria Nordin