Another day
08:33 AM
The day starts as always: with a cup of tea. Lavender flavour. What else?
08:46 AM
Back to the research. How do you make sure decades of experience don’t get lost when employees retire?
10:14 AM
Picking up plants from a grower to see if the new Petunia variety performs as expected. #vroooom
12:03 PM
Off to lunch. When the sun is shining, there’s nothing better than taking the way outside to the canteen.
01:00 PM
Why meet indoors when you can take it outside? An interview with Mieke from Marketing & Sales.
02:04 PM
Writing up the first findings right away. The research is starting to take shape.
03:07 PM
Picking out a flower from the greenhouse to take home. After all, it’s Mother’s Day this weekend.
03:14 PM
Telling good colleague and friend Danny that, unfortunately, this beautiful plant isn’t meant for him.
03:27 PM
On the way to meet a breeder who has been working here for over 20 years. Time to capture all that knowledge. This should be an interesting conversation.
04:58 PM
That’s a wrap for today. Tomorrow, there’s a Seed Valley event on the schedule, so some extra hands-on support is needed.
Theun GrootGraduation Internship – Business AdministrationBetween experience and the next generation.
What started as a holiday job in the greenhouse grew into a graduation internship in HR. Theun is exploring how knowledge can be preserved within the company for the next generation, while discovering along the way how surprisingly diverse the sector is.