10
Sep
2014

DNN Sharp Roundup. Fueling The Magic That Is Our Culture

You may have noticed that DNN Sharp is a lean and fast moving organism. As our community grows so does it’s demand on our resources, and in turn our team.

We’re a constant work in progress though, and always wanting to improve internally and externally: upgrading products, lowering response times, and building an awesome company culture. As a management team we’ve dedicated a large part of the last couple months re-engineering our team. The most significant evidence of this is the new names and faces you might have met over in our support forums.

Fueling The Magic That Is Our Culture

A part of our distributed team recently descended upon Dracula Land in Brasov, Transilvania for a rare in-person meetup. Not only were we able to take in the wonderful sites that Brasov has to offer, but we also had the opportunity to discuss on how to keep you, our customers happy.

This event was a rare opportunity for our team to converge on a single location for a few days of team building, bonding and a chance to see team members who usually work from our offices in Bucharest and Iasi and remote locations across Romania and Singapore.

Hello Dracula Land

After many hours of driving, we arrived in Brasov and the real adventure began - finding our colleagues. Bear in mind, some of us had never met in person until that time :-).

With a part of our team in one place, this was also an opportunity for us to soak up the unique culture in Brasov, with:

Bran Castle...

7 Stairs Canyon...

Busteni and Urlatoarea Waterfall

I must say that the value of a meetup like this for a team like ours simply can’t be quantified in numbers. What is the return on investment for shared experiences? How can you measure the excitement of meeting someone in person for the first time?

This in person retreat created energy, creativity, and long lasting memories for our team which is an investment that will continue to pay dividends long after we’ve returned home.

Head to our Facebook page for more photos and insights into this meetup.

A More Connected Team

We had a very simple goal of this meetup and that was to build a stronger, more connected team. I think it’s safe to say we’ve achieved that goal, and taken it one step further and all made some special, new friends. What is evident of this week is that our team is made up of some brilliant personalities of very diverse backgrounds.

We all left Brasov with happy hearts, inspirational thoughts and a fervour to spur on some exciting new projects we have in the pipeline…

Finally, we as a team would like to give a big shout out to Bogdan for such an awesome event and for going the extra mile to help us attend and to Adrian for his efforts and willingness in making us real scouts.

P.S.: If we’ve been slow getting to your request please accept our sincere apologies. Thank you for your understanding and patience during this important and deserved time for the team.

Author: Ionut Grecu

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Ionut GrecuIonut Grecu

Ionut is a certified Scrum Master and Product Owner steeped in the art of the dreaded Agile Coaching. He enjoys shawarma and finding people who have never heard of Agile Methodologies so he can turn them into agilists.

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His work exists at the intersection of Agile thinking, anthropology, psychology, and Online Marketing. Weird, right? He doesn't just deal with coaching, he lives and breathes it.

After all, he wakes up every morning eating hot trends and topics for breakfast. He’s able to talk the talk and walk the walk when it comes to topics like Coaching, Agile Methodologies, Process Optimization, Agile Project Management, Product Development, Six Sigma Quality Management, Lean Thinking, Business Process Management, Kaizen, Facilitation of Change, Lean Software Development, Kanban.

DNN Sharp is his oyster and on a day to day basis, his role is to keep DNN Sharp's teams engine firing on all cylinders.

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