"We have so many talents in our organization. Employees who are particularly good at something, who have a special ability or specific knowledge," says Veronica Martin, Head of Shared Services at SSC Iberia. And adds: "So much knowledge that we don't actively share." The answer to this is the initiative that she created. It's about giving team members the chance to share their knowledge and their skills with other ZEISS employees. And, of course, to get more skills in presentation and didactics themselves. In addition, they receive so-called bonus points for trainings they give, which they can then use again for their own training courses.

"A new concept that represents a paradigm shift in our training approach," says Veronica Martin. Until now, many training courses have been offered by external service providers. The Iberia team starts with the first modules covering macro-economics, Excel and lean concepts. Veronica Martin summarizes the concept of knowledge sharing as follows: "I give knowledge and by giving, I get more knowledge myself."

In the last Pulse Check, many of the participants gave feedback that there is still potential for improved cross-departmental or cross-site collaboration. Initiatives have been set up at many locations and cross-cutting teams or project teams have been formed. For example, we reported on the Innovation Excellence project team in Oberkochen, on the JOE project team in Jena and also on overarching team meetings, for example by the Artifical Intelligence experts of MED recently on yammer.