This is a beautiful potted plant in Essen Germany, where I returned six weeks after my #30YearDream summer assignment. It has taken six weeks and a return trip to gain the perspective to summarize my time in Essen. Like a plant that has outgrown a pot, the supporting walls of my pot had become the boundaries of my creativity. I wanted to grow professionally, but international assignments bring risks, personally and professionally. What was different about working in Essen? Nothing. Everything. The work is the work, but in another country, all the things I do by habit require thought. Imagine if you woke up one morning and forgot how to get ready, and you had to rely on a checklist. You’d still brush your teeth, but now you’d have to think about it. I came to Essen because of my expertise. Planted in this new pot, I learned simple things as well as more complex cultural differences. So what do you do when you achieve your #30YearDream? Set new goals, and don’t wait 30 years to do them. What’s your dream?

First days in a new team? The start is always better if you have some cake and cookies for the colleagues! Looking forward to the tasks & challenges ahead and many thanks for the warm welcome!

proud of these awesome colleagues and all other members of the PD EC for what we have accomplished in the past 2 years!!! we got 2 golds, a silver and a bronze from Brandon Hall this time for the learning strategy, LILY, learning journey and ESK 4.0 virtual reality "Evonik Universe"

Great workshop about the future of HR at Evonik in a great setting! It takes HR!

Periodically, we also work in our sleep! 😉 With this ad Region Eastern Europe celebrates the International Year of the Periodic Table. 150 years ago, Dimitri Mendeleev from Russia created the first periodic table of chemical elements – allegedly while sleeping. For more than 170 years, predecessor companies and today Evonik have been giving products their special properties. For example, we make mattresses more elastic, white bedding brighter, linen antistatic, and towels fluffier. Our passionate experts create innovative solutions anywhere and at any time – sleepless nights or systematic daydreams are part of it. All this to ensure that our customers have a good night's sleep.

30 PHDs and postdocs from the FZ Jülich visited the CREAVIS in Marl to get to know how the strategic research development of Evonik is organized and which opportunities exist to start their career in the chemical industry at Evonik. Maybe this is the start of a regular fruitful exchange.

RT @UppVrn: Wir sind auf der Suche nach kreativen 🎨, motivierten💪, interessierten💡 Praktikanten, die noch mehr #HumanChemistry in unser Tea…

Wir sind auf der Suche nach kreativen 🎨, motivierten💪, interessierten💡 Praktikanten, die noch mehr #HumanChemistry…