Funny e-mail wars

People behavior is something that is usually reflected on e-mails and if you know the people behind the e-mails you can know a lot of things between the lines. The funny situation is when someone is asking to other something without knowing him/her. And then the disconnection starts. This week I saw it and it … Read more

SAP technical upgrade go-live successful

Today is a date to remember. 3rd and 4th August 2012, the day we moved to production the ECC6 version of the HCM environment. Not the end of the project but a great milestone. After the go-live there are some activities for the closing the project, that are: Back-up of the new system, Fix some … Read more

Move to Seville

We have been looking for location alternatives for balancing professional and personal live. There were three options on the paper I did on March with a clear priority. Finally the third option is the only realistic option, and despite it was the third one on the list, I’m more happy to have this one than … Read more

Small town big hell

There is a Japanese proverb which says “small town big hell”. Comes to mean that in one environment everyone know each other; and therefore know who’s boss, who was afraid of him, whom he respected, who laugh, who say nothing. Big communities, big companies, big neighbourhoods are composed by small circles that are similar to … Read more

The art of waiting

You plan things, work hard during months and suddenly after a while an opportunity appears, a train you don’t want to lose. Reach this point you do your bet and then you have to wait, some days, some weeks, some months. During the decision making process for this deal, that affects personally to you, there … Read more

Closing the year

2011 is finishing. It’s the first time in 7 years that I stay in the same position during 2 years. It has been important to be here for 2 years, this last one is very challenging and I required time to achieve it well. New challenges are coming, I have to think about them during … Read more

Vitality forever

There are people that cannot stop learning, for example, see the e-mail I received Today:     “tell me again how to copy and paste and I will give it a try. Control C  and then highlight and then control V??  That didn’t seem to work.”   I love her, she is the best learning … Read more

Change, finally!

I’m reading a book that talks about how the jobs we do today will disappear in 20 years or less; how this time is decreasing and how the change speed is increasing. Some people find this as a terrible news, but I find it as a fantastic news. Nowadays I’m doing my current position for … Read more

Vacations ended

Every year when I come back to the office after vacations it takes me sometime to get my mind focused and working as expected. I don’t know way but this year it took me more time to have my mind again onboard. have been these vacations better than other years? is it because I’m older? … Read more