ANNUAL NETWORKING MEETING
STRENGTHENS COLLABORATION ACROSS COMPANY BOUNDARIES
On 22-23 November, 27 assistants and coordinators from all Stena companies gathered for their annual networking event.
The day began with lunch at Stena’s headquarters in Gothenburg. Petter Larsson, Risk & Security at Great IT, spoke on the theme “How an industrial spy thinks when it comes to you being a secretary for the CEO”.
Petter, who has served with the Swedish Armed Forces and SÄPO, gave an engaging lecture on security, espionage and the human aspects. His words gave the participants a lot to think about, and the spontaneous response by one was: “It was an incredibly exciting lecture, and I could have listened for hours.”
It was then time to focus on team building. After the bus ride out to Gullmarstrands Havshotell in Fiskebäckskil, we went for a quick walk. The weather was at its worst with rain and wind, and subsequent team activities were more difficult to carry out than planned.
“Getting the chance to work together on tricky tasks in small groups and in a casual setting is a fun way of getting to know each other,” says Jeanette Johansson. “Besides learning new things, getting to know each other is an important part of our networking events so that we can help one another in our day-to-day duties. There were some new faces in the group this time, so it was especially important to welcome them into the family.”
The evening ended with a dip in the sea and a good dinner.
