Back again !

Hi highly appreciated readers of my blog,

are there still any of You out there?

After the incredible time of 16 months, which has passed since the publication of my latest post here in this blog, to be exact, published during monday, december 5, 2022, I would like to resume this activity now and finally get back to all of You from today on. 

But not only plenty of time has passed since december 5, 2022. 

Lots of things have happened and changed since then - for all of us. 

The whole world has become much more "vuca". To see a nice, short explanation for this term, which was more widely used years ago, but which - for my concern - continues very instructive, please look up this publicly available explanation: https://hbr.org/2014/01/what-vuca-really-means-for-you.

In my own personal case, 2023 has become a somehow decisive year, full of new, partially expected & partially unexpected, challenges, experiences, surprises and learnings - as well speaking about my professional as well as about my private live. 

For good reasons, I will not go into very details with respect to all this right now, but only in the near future.

Maybe this increases Your interest to return and adhere to my blog ?!!!!!!

Jobwise, during the first half of 2023, I have managed successfully, to retake my business development activities in subSahara Africa, with personal participation in several industry (mainly mining related) exhibitions, meetings with already existing and potential new business partners and - last not least! - visits to customers - at such different places as Tanzania, Ghana, DR Congo and South Africa. 

I`ll definitely share some more detailed impressions and experiences from these travels and activities in my future posts here.

During the 2nd half of 2023, I have changed completely the focuss of my business activities and I gave full priority and attention once again to our business partners and customers in Latin America. 

Means during the months september - november 2023 I have visited our main sales & distribution partners and several key customers in Chile, Peru, Colombia and in Mexico - practically for the first time again since the outbreak of the, until then unimaginable, Covid-crisis.

By the way, Covid had paralysed me practically completely during the 2 years 2020 and 2021 and kept me - I imagine the same as the most of You - from undertaking any international travels until the beginning of the 2nd quarter of 2022.

My last year`s activities in Latin America were highly productive and I could collect lots of exciting impressions, experiences and learnings - especially during my stay at Acapulco, Mexico, - some of which I also pretend to share here with You during future posts.

I hope, this has made You curious enough, to follow my revived blog again and I am really looking forward to Your feedback, comments and questions. 

As an expression of my positive mood and feelings, nothing better than to close my first new post with my favorite song of good old Sam Cook in a nice history pictures movie version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4GLAKEjU4w

1000 tks for Your (hopefully) interested attention today and goodby until my next post, whenever I take the freedom and decision to publish it.