Working in Sprend AB for the first time. From Pula to Stockholm. And back home.
After three years of the Croatian company's existence, our joint online, and occasional work in the Pula office, our CEO came up with the idea that it was time for changes. This time Pula should come to Stockholm. Preparations and planning followed, along with days of anticipation. What were our goals? In addition to visiting the parent company, work on tasks that require cooperation, new ideas, development, and implementation in a total of two and a half weeks.
The trip was successful. Without losing yourself or your luggage, the acclimatization to the new environment began. I decided to eliminate the expectations about the cold, and the dark that I’ve heard so many stories about. In achieving certain goals, focus is important, and creating negligible obstacles is unnecessary. I only noticed the darkness at half past three if I looked at the clock. So I didn't.
A new city that takes away attention with absolutely everything. Even the journey to work seemed like a special episode where the mind was not resting but actively working. When will I process all this? Maybe I still haven't.
A place to work. Sprend AB prefers coworking centers and shared spaces where diverse people meet. That was the way to observe patterns of behavior, habits, similarities, and differences. Of course, I saw a lot more similarities. People who, like everywhere else, come to work, go through the day in its phases, and go home. "The Park" is a place where everything works perfectly. Down to the smallest detail. It's immediately clear that it never comes without someone's huge effort. Behind the comfortable order, there is always a person who manages everything, without doing it loudly so that everything seems simply to flow. Priyanka Poddar and her team professionally manage the atmosphere and functioning of this place. Only then, everyone else can perform their work efficiently. That is what is required.
In this environment, we had no reason to fail. The only obstacle could be ourselves. But ideas, focus, and realization of those days were our everyday life. We succeeded in every task we set ourselves. We also visited other places and events, met new people, and connected.
How to charge? One of the ways is weekends and museums. Walking and observing the unknown.
Then some invisible force appears and indeed, the business results are suddenly there. You realize that force is not invisible, it's the result of planning, time, focus, and patience. They are always colleagues in success. Let's keep them in 2024.