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Dear colleague,
First of all, thank you for the many detailed comments and opinions. It is clear that a lot of work and energy has gone into this.
I believe that we truly have a culture and values. And I personally stand behind the culture and values that we live every single day. For me, one reason to work at AMZSCALE is precisely this culture and these values, in particular: the free choice of workplace and working hours; the opportunity to combine distant countries with work; the always-open, virtual door of our executives; sharing knowledge with and learning from each other, in order to achieve success together; the passion for innovation and constant improvement, and much more.
What's missing — and I can understand this — is personal, non-technical contact and dialogue. Sometimes we would love the opportunity for small talk around the coffee machine in a large office building. However, it's difficult to combine freedom to travel with a staff kitchen. Nevertheless, that shouldn't stop us from improving the culture of togetherness. This is a huge opportunity with great potential, because, as Peter Drucker put it, “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. For this, we need to leverage the energy of our dynamic team.
I really appreciate that you have raised these points, and also your ideas for strengthening togetherness.
The fact that the still small but very agile British team feels a little disconnected must change, and I'll give this some thought. I also believed the switch to English as the corporate language would be easier. We will need a little more patience, even if it is somewhat irritating for our British colleagues. We are currently having many documents from our knowledge base (and more) translated into English by a native speaker. It takes time, but we have made a good start.
Culture and values have to be established, lived and balanced. We will work on it together, and improve step by step.
Best regards and thanks again,
Christoph
