Proud moment
Just recently when I completed a really challenging project
Because, I needed to jump into delivering it by myself even though it was more than 10 years ago, that I was doing project management by myself.
Full storySomething that drives me crazy 😵💫 🤬
Being ignored in almost every aspect
I am a complex character willing to spend time to understand people's rationale and am expecting at least some reciprocity for listening to me.
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I really admire teammates who are…
Open and where the values are compatible with my own.
Everything else is negotiable.
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How I relax
Getting away from my daily routines - also geographically
Meditation
Full story😬😧🥴 Recently went outside my comfort zone…
Throughout the pandemic I start to reinvent myself and am still into it.
I moved to totally digital working environment, defined my own productivity rules and have found my professional destiny for the next 10 years: I want to make people see how education and learning can make them understand technology in a way that they are willing to make their contribution.
Full storyEpic work fails
My biggest mistakes are that I think other people wish for the same
Ensure at which level and change willingness people are and accept, if they want to stay at their level / comfort zone etc.
Full storyWhen I'm stressed, you might notice me…
Calm down and simply very focused on the current task I need to accomplish
The negative stress typically comes with too many of an overwhelming amount of tasks to be completed --> I help to accept support.
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Most fulfilling project I've worked on
Creating own articles
Because it's about creating and expressing myself - how I am seeing certain matters to make people see.
Full storyMy Achilles Heel is…
I am sometimes to impatient for my intellectual speed.
simply addressing that I am too fast.
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too selfish
It's not my intention
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Things I'd love to learn
Building robust and strong relationships; quiet my ego.
To avoid taking things too personal
Full storyAm I lucky?
I have definitely room for improvement in what to consider luck!
Because I have difficulties in valuing the positive encounters on a daily basis.
Full storyMy favorite movie
Kill Bill: never underestimate hurt feelings.
Full storyI work best as a…
With technology being omnipresent I think that mastering digital tools makes us more credible in customer situations.
Full storyMe when sh*t hits the fan
When complexity seems to overwhelm everyone
Full storyI'm energized at work by…
As long as I feel to have created something I would love to share in the team.
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Things that deeply motivate me…
It gives me the feeling of progress.
Full storyThe best environment for me is:
My most productive and creative time is in the morning and ideally without delivery tasks waiting for me in the same day.
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Context is always important
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My core values
These values help my thriving as a growth mindset to practice lifelong learning and stay curious.
Full storyOutside of work, you'll find me...
Writing and dealing with newest technology
Full storyI learn best by…
I need a certain time by my own to build the rationale and expose myself to "training" situations for practice - afterwards I am keen on sharing my conclusions and experiences for a continuous improvement in my learnings.
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You will make my freakin day if you…
Simply be holistically respectful with my role and responsibility
Full storyPeople who have impacted how I see the 🌍
Scientists because of their evidencing research and the way how they have concluded their opinions for a particular change (e.g. Brene Brown). Parents, friends and colleagues because of the way how they shared their experience in a particular situation to make me feel understood.
Full storyMy biggest fear
When I shared personal threats in the past, I didn't gain the impression, that I am having a dialogue - it was more a kind of "OK, can we just move on to our daily routines?"
Full storyMy areas for growth
I want to spread my ideas with more impact and based on purposeful collaboration and robust relationships. Networking is a starting point which I want to develop further by creating meaningful experiences with like-minded people.
Full storyMy superpowers
I, Maria Jose, am the multi-disciplinary explorer and productivity maniac who raises the bar that unearths new and relevant perspectives and anticipates needs and risks, to create harmony using intellectual honesty and transparency. I am doing this for change leaders commercializing new tech-driven ventures at high speed who are running into conflict and barriers in multi-nations organizations that are under pressure to tansform. I like to follow my passion in creating meaningful content that helps people understand complex matters, by providing simple and exemplary explanations, based on my expertise, and experience and enriched by evidencing research.
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