Ilan’s Corporate Service Corps (CSC) Mission to Halifax, Canada
It gets real…
I am getting closer to the D-Day (deployment day :-) which is by end the of September). Most of the logistic are in place (tickets, hotel, visa etc.) I also had a chance to speak with and get to know most of the team members (1:1 calls) where we mostly talked about our private life, hobbies and passions… It was interesting to find common points in those conversations but most interesting was to learn new things e.g. about the countries the team members comes from, Brazil, Romania, Philippines and more… Our team has a great cultural mixture.
We were also ‘exposed’ to the organizations we are going to work with — a fact that make the CSC journey even more real now !!!
First few words of acknowledgement (more will come) to the team and the organization behind the great work in arranging the in-country logistics as well as the contact with the organizations we will work with — our clients. DOT is a youth-led movement of daring social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities.
The big team of 16 IBMers will be divided into four groups (4×4). Each group is assigned to one of the four organizations below. Me and my team will work with The Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (IORE).
I will give you a brief introduction to the four organizations we the CSC team to Canada are going to work with:
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The Institute for Ocean Research Enterprise (IORE) aim is to align opportunities within the ocean sector to benefit the region and the marine science and marine technology sectors. By brokering partnerships among industry, universities, government and private institutions, IORE is working to enhance both the competitiveness of ocean industries and our knowledge base.
“In Nova Scotia alone, ocean-related activity generates $5 billion in revenue and produces 60,000 jobs — 14 per cent of provincial employment.” Learn more about IORE — http://iore.ca/
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The Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) is a community college serving the province of Nova Scotia through a network of 13 campuses and three community learning centers.
“NSCC is one of Nova Scotia’s largest and most diverse families. Each year, almost 24,000 students choose to grow and learn with us. Magical things happen at NSCC and we think it’s because education has power. It transforms individuals, families and communities in extraordinary ways.” Learn more about NSCC — https://www.nscc.ca/
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The Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD) has a broad mandate that includes responsibility for early childhood development and the education of children and youth through the Nova Scotia’s public school system. Learn more about EECD — https://www.ednet.ns.ca/
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The Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) is a leading settlement organization that works in partnership with similar and complementary organizations to offer services and opportunities to enable immigrants to fully participate in Canadian life.
“ISANS recognizes the key role of immigrants in Canadian society. We work with newcomers to help them build a future in Canada. We provide a wide range of services to immigrants, from refugee resettlement to professional programs, from family counselling to English in the Workplace.” Learn more about ISANS — http://www.isans.ca/
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More to come… so stay tuned 🙂
Best regards,
Ilan
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August 2018 — Getting ready for an exciting IBM CSC mission
(*CSC= Corporate Service Corps).
My CSC mission goes to Canada (Halifax, Nova Scotia) and this will be the first CSC team to Canada. In this Blog I will try to capture my “journey” during this assignment adding some pictures and personal experience. Personally, I feel privileged to be part of the IBM CSC 2018 program and
hopefully my story here will inspire others to follow — once they get a chance either as an IBMer or in another way.
More specific about my mission — I will be joining a team (we are 16 in total) of talented and passionate IBMers like me 🙂 We are from seven (7) different countries and in total we bring a huge profession & leadership careers experience along with a rich life & cultural experiences.
CSC at a glance:
Read more about CSC and its contribution in https://lnkd.in/dwU7RSE or check for these tags #CSCCAN1 and #IBMCSC.
How this all began for me….
Few years ago I participated in an internal meeting hosted by a colleague who just concluded his CSC assignment. Some acknowledgment should go to the colleague’s way of communicating the story, but the content of the message, the significant impact the team managed to provide to the community they work with along side the personal experience my colleague was exposed to and tried to share with us, was the trigger for me. After that meeting I knew that this is absolutely something I hoped to be able to experience as well.
Therefore, you could imagine how happy I was the moment I received the positive “Congratulations” reply to my CSC application. Later on I got to know that my mission goes to Canada (Halifax).
In the past two months and until the deployment date (end of September 2018) — the team together with experienced mentors are in the “preparation period”. In this period we deal with the logistics stuff (visa/flights/hotel), getting to know each other as well as getting to understand the culture of the destination country (Canada) — our local mentors provide huge help in this area.
Other things we do as preparation is education (for some it is a repetition for other it is a new stuff)… Subjects such as communications / Consulting technique / Cultural awareness (and many more) are among the skills we learn (or refresh) before we start our assignment.
One of the things we have developed as a team is the “Team Code of Conduct”. Although we are all IBMers (Working under the same set of values), after all we are 16 individual persons, therefore a team code of conduct is a great instrument to assure all team members “play” under the same set of rules. I believe it also improves team efficiency as well as to contribute to a best outcome of our effort. (by minimizing unnecessary ‘frictions’)
Hope you wish to learn more as this progress… so stay tuned 🙂
Best regards, Ilan
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Originally published at ilancsccan1.home.blog.
