Welcome to the worst part of the Finnish climate; it has now rained in Helsinki for what at least feels like weeks. If last winter was any indication – and I hope it wasn’t – we’re looking at similar weather for another three or four months. That’s about three or four months too long and I hereby promise that I will not complain about lack of rain in this decade, regardless of where I am.
The adage of when it rains, it pours, seems to hold in other ways too – thanks to some restructuring measures from my current employer, it looks likely that all or most of our division is going to be, how should I say, deemed as being misaligned with the corporate strategy early next year and thus subject to being eased out.
We’ll see what pops out of the YT process, but it already seems that merely the threat of not being in the box to begin with helps to think (way) outside of the box. Something that I knew before but that has also become even more apparent now is that we have an awesome team – unfortunately there are few companies in Finland who would require such world-class strategic & innovation competencies in the mobile services area on such scale so as to take in the whole lot.
So interesting times ahead, again in more than one way. In every end there’s a new beginning, and it’s even possible that the exciting developments and the potential of new challenges allows me to transcend the gloominess of the non-winter winter.
But I will not promise to refrain from complaining about the rain 
