SAP Shoroq in Morocco

Today we had the announcement of our subteam, the assignment to our local client and the introduction of our Scope of Work. I was so excited and could not wait to get more information about our work in Rabat!  For the project work in Morocco the twelve SAP colleagues are split into subteams of three people each. This is my team: Janet Brewer from the USA and Marek Garbos from UK will work together with me. After our first calls over Skype, I am really looking forward to work closely with these two. Together we will support the local client MCISE (Moroccan Center for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship). MCISE logo They describe themselves as "a not-for-profit dedicated to finding entrepreneurial and innovative solutions to every social challenge in Morocco. It was founded in 2012 by a group of 17 people enthusiastic about social change in Morocco.We believe that supporting social entrepreneurs with system-changing ideas can provide benefits for Morocc...

As part of our preparation for week 3, we had to finalize our team motto. So the twelve of us met online on Friday 8th for a brainstorming session on how our team logo should look like and what we would like to use as our team motto. Our teammate Ivy was so kind to finalize our proposals into our team introduction slide. I don't want keep you from seeing it any longer, so here is the final team motto: Team Motto of team SAP Shoroq I guess, the text stands for itself: As one team we share one dream, mission and passion . That is to "raise together to make an impact: to connect people and improve lives" .  During our assignment, we want to share information, help each other and the client, be open, act respectful, be optimistic and deliver high quality work. For me, the above sounds like a pretty good summary of what the social sabbatical is all about. Let me finish the post with two missing details: The background picture was taken during sunrise ...