This time we are not presenting one of our exciting projects; instead, we are giving you a look behind the scenes of our FusionKULTUR.
Corona, the lockdown, and the increased amount of work from the home office have presented us with many new challenges, too. In particular, our regular FusionEvents, the monthly plenum, and shared parties and celebrations could no longer take place as regularly because of Corona, and only online. Our shared game nights were quickly turned into online game nights, and we discovered that dining together at a murder mystery dinner works well online, too. With digital communication channels now in lively use, however, we do not only play ScrumPoker! A Fusion-internal ScrumBlog was also created, as well as regular knowledge transfer sessions for intellectual and professional exchange.
In addition, we have recently introduced our FusionSTORY, an internal newsletter published monthly. In the category FusionSolution, for example, current projects and solutions of the individual Fusion departments are presented, while in the category FusionStaff our new colleagues are introduced, as can be seen in the picture below.
Our so-called plenum, where all employees come together, of course continues to take place once a month. We are informed about current developments and projects within the company and gain insights into our colleagues' work, so that we are always up to date on what each of us is working on and which challenges are currently on their minds. Since Corona, our plenum has unfortunately no longer been held in the large lecture hall of the TCC (where most of us probably feel taken back to our student days) but only online - and we are already looking forward to the next in-person event.
We also had to celebrate our annual summer party online in 2020 instead of, as in previous years, at a cultural highlight such as the Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz in 2019. To bring some colour into the grey everyday life of Corona nonetheless, art was delivered digitally to our homes. Every employee received a snippet of the artwork “Mediterranean Landscape” by Pablo Picasso, though not in the original but painted over in shades of grey! Our task was to restore the picture to its colourful beauty, with everyone repainting their part creatively and digitally. The cheerfully colourful team result can be seen below. But even more important: here, the topic of “image processing” took on a whole new meaning in our ranks! ;-)
Unfortunately, the times when our FusionLivingRoom was bursting at the seams during a table football tournament or shared birthday gatherings are over for now, since Corona and the increased work from the home office. Fortunately, however, not all colleagues have to or are able to hold out in the home office, and so there are still homemade treats for the colleagues time and again - like the extremely delicious-looking cupcakes in the picture below! It gets mean when such tempting photos are shared in the Teams channel and you are one of the colleagues in the home office…
Also worth mentioning is our Fusion Advent calendar, which sweetened the 2020 Advent season for us with 24 sometimes curious FusionPuzzles and in which colleagues could shine not only with expert knowledge but above all with trivia from everyday Fusion life.
That's how we do things.
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