EMAGAZINE FROM MAERSK TRAINING 34 eSeaMARITIME/OIL & GAS/WIND/CRANE · NO.34/2019

Sweet and Sour Reality Training The X Factor Rio de The language question End time for the blame game Juvenation Rock Stars prove to be a Magnificent 7 Putting Life in Top Gear Brazil's oil industry Smile, Say Cheese comes out of the shade content

8 4 10 Sweet and Sour The X Factor The language The seabed from Brazil to Sometimes the smallest of question Africa, where it was once 6 things can make the greatest The headline says it all. joined all those millions of of differences. Jerry Faria Time and time again the years ago, has a floor of salt, Reality Training4 through a small deviation of pitfall in causing a wrong and underneath it, almost Maersk Training aims is to be on the cutting edge of techniques his personal time and drain impression or even worse, an certainly some of the finest oil to get the message across. Rescue instructor Felipe Santana, on his own pocket, is making accident, boils down to basic on earth. > stumbled across a new genre that was both tragic and a massive contribution to his communication. > illuminating, reality training. > home community. > 22 16 20 Rock Stars prove to Putting Life in Smile, Say Cheese be a Magnificent 7 Top Gear William gets on a bus at two 12 Dropped off by boats, the It came about in the in the morning along with five geologists and their two strangest of ways. A cousin of two large flamingo boxes End time for the blame game Greenlandic field escorts took Leonardo’s who was working and when he arrives in Rio turns at the two heavy bags for the Discovery Channel visits seven offices, including The switching of the traditional way of analyzing of apportioning they carried across the sand. had recognised his profile as Maersk Training, where he blame, shifting from the individual being seen as the problem, to They should have contained finger-print perfect for an up- sells the cheese. > focusing on the root cause probably being from somewhere within cover and sustenance so that coming ad campaign. > the system, was the main message of the ‘star’ attraction on they would survive until help Global Safety Day. > arrived. > 3 Flying Down

Richard Lightbody to Rio [email protected]

On many levels this is a very special eSea. If By having eSea as an integral part of the Safety is paramount in everything we do. Each you’ve got this far you may have noticed that we web it should ensure that we have constant year the entire Maersk group takes time out to are using a different platform to launch it. As you freshness alongside an easier and more complete focus on safety, to see how it can be improved get further you will note a very South American experience for you, the reader, and who knows, for the next 364 days. This year there is a mind- feel, apart from a taste of the Arctic – yes, we perhaps even as a course participant. eSea’s aim shifting decision that requires putting blame are flying down to Rio. has always been to inform through entertaining. aside and seeking for the source any incident. It’s never been Maersk Training’s magazine, rather We tease you with a few questions as to how We’re using our web as the main launch pad a magazine from Maersk Training. It is a subtle you’d react in certain situations. Whilst in Rio one for eSea because we have spent the past year difference which we will endeavor to maintain, incident occurred which required the crew of a rebuilding it to become a vibrant part of our even although embedded in a website. We’d be vessel to change their view of training for safety. communications. Websites in general have a keen to hear your feedback. Positive or negative, tendency to be there because they have to be. it is the only way forward. On the human side, in Rio we meet a trio of Like a dog, it is not just for Christmas. It needs interesting men who in different ways might constant feeding and exercise. It’s all too often The Rio trip was based upon experiencing a new cause you to re-evaluate your lives. Enjoy. a company ‘tick’ in the box. ‘Oh yes we’ve got a course where the Brazilian drill team from a website.’ You then look in the news section to see rig contracted by Shell were heading into deep that the latest item is four years old. waters and having to drill through salt to get to the oil. Drilling through salt is particularly unpredictable and it draws upon an even greater level of clear communication. The course therefore concentrated on aligning both technical and human skills. Article name 4 The sweet oil lying under Sweet a bed of salt and Sour

It said five past eight on the wall clock, but the drill team in the classroom were about to be travel back 200 million years. Their eventual physical target is just 85 kms off the Brazilian coast. Hopefully it is the key to one of the riches of the South Atlantic, the extensive oilfields that stretch from Brazil to Angola, two countries in two continents that were once joined together physically and now share a common language and a potential life- changing miracle.

he Shell block in the western the wells sunk as exploratory have T Atlantic seabed is comparatively yielded huge returns. close to land, but in deep water. The reason for commissioning a There is no indication that the whole raft of new fields is that the new field, although isolated and economic tide has turned in favour distanced from the dozens of other of deep sea operations. The seabed new and established to the south, from Brazil to Africa, where it was will be any less generous. The crew once joined all those millions of from the drillship Brava Star were years ago, has a floor of salt, and the second and concluding part of underneath it, almost certainly the drilling section to take part in some of the finest oil on earth. Salt a new holistic course, Well Control even although it is in rock form, and Crew Resource Management. is a less stable bed and can cause The course doesn’t define between unique drilling situations. So far all the two topics, it blends them into 5 Article name Sweet and Sour 5 Shell, Expertise and Investment one, the technical side and human Maybe as a result of having used the Royal Dutch Shell is investing $2million dollars a year in the Lula basin. skills merging, showing how they procedures offshore and during the The northern field, where the Brava Star has commenced operations, was can affect each other. regular well controls every week, discovered in 2007. It is relatively close to the mainland, but the seabed is that there are further improvements deep and the pre-salt layer is particularly thick, it’s estimated to be two The perfect marriage that we can then make.’ kilometers in places. The oil found at the Tupi reservoir due south of Rio It’s a path that Maersk Training has de Janeiro with its low sulphur, is described as light and ‘sweet’. been pioneering for some time. Wouter viewed the course’s success All too often when analyzing the on several levels, skill and team Drilling through a bed of salt can be more tricky than solid rock – even aftermath of an accident, the cause building as well as it providing a although it can be around two kilometers thick, it is less predictable and finds its root in human frailty in testing and development ground for it requires even more caution than normal in the dog house. Petrobras following procedures or decisions procedures. CRM’s origins go back held a monopoly on Brazilian oil until 1995 when the constitution changed made in error. The marriage of to the airline industry and more to allow foreign investment. Shell has a 25% stake in the Lula consortium. people and technological skills has precisely one of the case studies the been the bedrock or a new genre team examined, the Tenerife 747 of courses for new build crews and tragedy of 1977. Disasters on rigs has proven itself with the return triggered a response from the oil on investment within weeks of the industry, but it is generally accepted crews going on board. that it still lags behind in terms of thoroughness and in setting uniform Shell Brasil’s Wells Technical Advisor, standards. Wouter Bode, believes the return on investment was evident before they ‘The course exceeds my expec­ta­ had got to day three, the final day tions because the people were not of the course. ‘I would say that after only able to train the basics but also doing this I think every campaign by working together, get to know that we bring in a new rig I think I each other. And I think it was very would look at doing similar training. powerful as the operator to come It’s been tremendous. We are now together with the rig contractor and also considering that maybe after a work together face-to-face for three year we need to bring those crews days and really get into that mindset back in for a day on the simulator that they are empowered to do this to refresh and see where they are. and do it correctly,’ Wouter added. 6 An onboard learning experience like no other Reality

Maersk Training aims is to be on the cutting edge of techniques to get the message across. Pioneers in simulation Training and breaking teaching and coaching boundaries, rescue instructor Felipe Santana, stumbled across a new genre that was both tragic and illuminating, reality training.

elipe had been on location for way up to the bridge. Here he was them. The fishermen were confused seconds saved by that knowledge F 18 days, onboard training the discovered by the pilot. His hands and exhausted and even in Brazilian were precious in the recovery crew of supply vessel Maersk Vega. were bleeding and he was in state waters of 20 degrees were in a process of the two fishermen. The It was the first time that they had of semi-exhaustion. It was midnight near hypothermic state. The fourth next morning the three men were been trained onboard and in truth and the story unfolded that he member of the crew, a 48 year-old transferred to another vessel and there seemed a mild reluctance was a fisherman, not a pirate. woman, tragically had been swept taken back to their home port. to their normal onboard routine The captain called for the crew to away. Her body was later recovered being ‘interrupted’ by educational find Felipe. The man said that his by another fishing boat. The bosun who had assisted Felipe sessions. fishing boat had sunk and that three observed ‘now we know where members of his crew were missing, The whole incident was a brutal everything is.’ Anchored offshore in Guanabara a woman and two men. It was a awakening to the value of the Bay, Rio de Janeiro’s huge family owned and operated boat. correct knowledge of what to do Prior to the rescue they even had backwater, and being assessed in an emergency situation and a stretcher on board, but didn’t before imminent deployment, Cold and Confused suddenly the crew recognized know where it was. There were five the supply vessel was protected As a rescue expert Felipe was it. All that they had listened too days left of onboard training and against unwanted visitors with all detailed by the captain to take over over the past suddenly sunk in. Felipe noticed a new awareness and doors and hatches closed. In the the operation. A second fishing The remaining lessons on board commitment. The whole incident bay vessels are at an increased boat located the two men and assumed a new significance and was a brutal awakening to the value risk from not piracy or hijack, but brought them to Vega where they respect for the value of knowledge, of having the correct knowledge stealth robberies. The vessel was in were taken on board using the especially if it was seemingly of what to do in an emergency and lock-down, but one man managed techniques taught just days before obvious or trivial, like the exact suddenly the crew recognized it. to clamber onboard and make his and Felipe and the crew revived location or role of equipment. The 7 Article name Reality Training 7 A crew member grabs a shot of It was not only the crew that learnt the rescue operation. a lesson. What Felipe took away from the night of the rarest event in his ten years of training, was the realization that the greatest asset in a crisis is an ability to remain calm.

Fire extinguishing. Felipe off duty.

Hose drill. 8 Article name 8 The X Factor Jerry’s Frankenstein antics creates chances of new lives

Sometimes the smallest of things can make the greatest of differences. Jerry Faria through a small deviation of his personal time and drain on his own pocket, is making a massive contribution to his home community. He takes broken and discarded things apart and gives them a new life; he sees himself as a bit of a technological Frankenstein.

he village of Kawa Shee is Guyana outside of the coastal Jerry was brought up in a world and precious. He went to school, T not somewhere you find region. It’s not inaccessible, about lit solely by candles and kerosene. barefooted, often shirtless, just in easily on the map. Even Google 800 kms of windy jungle road from Today there is a relatively new Bermuda shorts and it wasn’t until Earth struggles. It’s a scattered the capital Georgetown or via a school serving the children of the 1994, as a sixteen-year-old on a community of three to four hundred grass air strip, but in 21st Century isolated farmsteads, but still there’s trip to Brazil, that he saw his first in what they call ‘the interior’, a terms it is still remote. no electricity grid. What power computer. It was a life-changing euphemism for most of tropical there is, is solar, stored in batteries, The X Factor 9

Jerry tests a rejuvenated battery. moment, but as it turned out, not Today Jerry works for Maersk just for Jerry. Training in Rio as a safety instructor, particularly for the wind industry, He went to university and in his but back in Kawa Shee they look gap year returned to find that the forward to his annual trip home. local church had a computer. ‘The He spends the previous eleven church basically showed them months eyes and ears open for any how to turn it on, so they would discarded laptops – he doesn’t look literally turn it on and stare at the or listen out for desktops, they are screen,’ remembers Jerry. ‘No one too bulky. Over the years he has knew what to do with it, so I loaded managed to transport up to 30 programs like Mavis Beacon Learn laptops back home. It is difficult to to Type and basic word processing.’ calculate how many career and life Mary’s transformation changing moments the laptops have caused. It is not an easy journey. It Jerry stayed at home for six months involves up to four internal flights at Sand Creek (which Google maps and then a drive across the border. can find) teaching the children. One It is a drive that requires caution. of his early prodigies was a tiny As a throw-back to colonial Amerindian girl. Mary got so hooked days Guyana is one of two south on computer sciences that she left American countries that drives on for the capital to do further studies the left, Brazil, the right. To help the and became the personal secretary switch there’s a rather neat tunnel to the Minister of Amerindian and bridge connection that looks Affairs and married a doctor. By like a knot where you emerge on the any stretch of the imagination that other side. introduction to the computer was a in flashlights, a vital tool in a books and 200 bags. The bags may life changer. Jerry’s recycling doesn’t stop at community without street lighting. have had the wrong school name on computers. He extracts the 18650 The mission to educate doesn’t them, one from 3,331 kms south, Jerry started to think, ‘if you can battery cells from dead computers stop at electrics. When teacher but today they are a common sight achieve this with one computer and recharges them – they then wife Karen’s school in Rio closed, in Sand Creek. what if . . . ?’ have about four years of life they pounced on the blank exercise 10 Article name 10

Conversa Inteligente – Smart Talk The language question

he headline says it all, twice. situation where you have skilled Rio that involved honing technical Throughout it all, the languages T Time and time again the pitfall technicians, about to embark skills whilst developing their were English and Portuguese. in causing a wrong impression on a mission requiring specialist communication strengths. The Anyone who has listened extensively or even worse, an accident, boils knowledge and sometimes new crew members were Brazilian, the to either would note that there down to basic communication. skills, and much of the briefing managers a global mix of English, is barely a word, or sound, that is Not so much the lack of it, since for most of those present, is in a Brazilian and Dutch, the course similar, despite the fact that the two in such situations people are foreign tongue. instructors, Danish and Brazilian. countries have the longest alliance left to make up their own minds, They were entering a process in history, over six hundred years of more the dangerous area of mis- The crew from the ultra-deep water where mix became a blend, where shared nautical understanding. communication where decisions drillship Brava Star were the first the technicalities of Well Control are taken on information based to go through a new preparation met the clarity of Crew Resource Add to this scenario that the drilling on faulty pretences. So imagine a programme at Maersk Training in Management. project is bringing people and com­ The language question 11

panies together for the first time. together with the realisation that So how do you conduct a three-day we have to listen to each other and exercise where everyone benefits? take time to communicate

It would appear with ease, in fact This course was for the Brava Star’s if anything, it was a classic case of drilling section only. The crew was turning an apparent weakness into split into groups, whilst one under­ an advantage. Unconsciously you took technical challenges with could see the participants clarifying Danish instructor Kim Laursen, their thoughts, speaking slower and assisted by Mariana Sagas, the more distinctly, aiding the message other group examined better ways by using their hands and then of understanding each other with looking to see if the message had Brazilian Fabio Melo, supported by struck home. Jesper Fredskild out of Svendborg’s People Skills department. The Well Control and Crew Resource groups then switched roles. Management is the latest marriage of skills by Maersk Training who Within the groups there were have been pioneering holistic in­ several who were bilingual, struction for several years through sometimes totally, but needing So what’s happening here? A robbery, a sudden moment of religious fervor, or an whole crew performance enhance­ confidence to recognise it and easy way to count watches . . . press play. ment. The results this time were sometimes partially in that they impressive according to Wouter could understand, but were not there would be fractures as trans­ Post note: Bode, Shell Brasil’s Wells Technical fluent enough in order to respond. lations held the process up, but ‘You say potato, I say potato, you Advisor ‘At times somebody would This last segment drove many of the pro­bably because of the need for say Brazil, I say Brasil’ – we’ve opted say something in Portuguese and free-flowing conversations because clarity all contributions were con­ to use the Portuguese with the another person was able to listen they unwittingly changed tracks and cise. There were few, if any, in­ci­dents ‘S’ when it is aligned to company and talk in English and later on with everyone felt involved because the where the subject matter drifted off names and with the ’Z’ when in some translation get everybody discussions flowed. course though ill-thought out inter­ more general usage. on the same page. While it initially ventions. People spoke because they seemed a challenge, I think it And flow they did. You might expect had something to say, not because actually brought the team closer in a multi-language situation that they wanted to say something. 12 End time for the blame game

The initiative that you don’t want to fully test

t’s an interesting proposition, of the Safety Differently initiative. from somewhere within the system, Maersk Training sits in a unique ‘I but one that will only The switching of the traditional way was the main message of the ‘star’ position in relation to safety. It is in prove itself after something has of analyzing of apportioning blame, attraction on Global Safety Day. It a relatively safe work environment, happened, like an accident.’ That shifting from the individual being is the one initiative that you hope passing the message of safety on to was the view of one member of seen as the problem, to focusing proves itself without being fully those who are literally at the sharp staff after considering the launching on the root cause probably being tested. end of the business whether it be End time for the blame game 13

Staff get down to life-saving. Read about the actions that saved a skier’s life.

maritime, during drilling operations Niels Kristian Haastrup, HSEQ might affect the way we as indivi­ compared say with Svendborg, or wind turbines. But safety doesn’t manager based in Svendborg with duals, and as a company, react. but that is because of a different start or stop at the bottom of a a brief to also cover Esbjerg and culture. The nature of the training staircase. Stavanger, is in a better position ‘It’s interesting, what I‘d like to see in Esbjerg is more focused on work than most to understand the need is a growth in incident reporting. aspects where there is an element and the way any new approach They are very good at it in Esbjerg, of danger.’ 14 End time for the blame game

top, but it has to work its way down many layers to see if it is working.’

‘It is about The fundamental change, both Safety agreed, was that by removing the changing blame culture you would probably encourage a more robust reporting – The View our mindset.‘ culture. ‘It is about changing our mindset. It’s step-by-step if you From Brazil want to change and it maybe that we will have to remind ourselves of Niels was positive about the initia­ the new aim, to find the root cause The Safety Differently workshop onboard and therefore cut down tive, ‘Actually I quite like it. I think it rather than blaming the person,’ raised both professional and on unnecessary extra trips. is a good approach, looking at the says Morten. semi-professional concerns in system and the learning rather than Rio. They cast the gaze on safety About half of those attending individuals from time to time with If you punish and take disciplinary over a wide area of subjects, were from the office and they their poor judgements, mistakes action every time somebody does but two topics that came to the voiced concerns about the mishaps. Not that I think it should something, then you will not get fore both involved transport. unreliability of public transport be used as an excuse for accepting the reports and you will not get Much of the instruction in Rio when traveling to and from work. incidents, but acknowledging that the learning. It has to have time to is done onboard and it was in No solution was offered but in incidents do occur and that you prove itself. By proving itself, it will the process of getting on to the just airing it, an awareness was need to get the best out of it.’ become part of the culture, one that vessel that problems and danger established. doesn’t get left at the office. but also offered a potential A culture beyond work solution. Boarding after dark The different viewpoints of Senior Technical Instructor Morten ‘Several years ago I didn’t wear a greatly increases the chances of the back office employees and Arildsen added, ‘Generally there’s bike helmet, then we got children. a mishap, so it was decided to frontline instructors was an eye always the need for it to be proven So we said OK and we started approach customers and request opener, as safety instructor Arthur somehow, that they mean what they wearing them to send the right daylight boarding before 19.00. Lima said, ‘it was very surprising say. Sadly it will come if there is an message. That’s ticked off. Many A system of checks in advance to see the difference between our incident and fingers are not pointed things are in your backbone, like was also suggested to ensure daily jobs routines and how others in search for the root cause. It is putting tools out of reach of that the right equipment was see what we actually do.’ easy to agree on a concept at the children,’ says Morten. End time for the blame game 15

Safety So What Would You Do? – The View The Global View ‘Safety was like being in love. It is hard to pinpoint what makes it From Brazil feel right, but you sure as hell know when you are getting it wrong.’ To feed the correct culture we’ve You are the guest at an event for prepared some questions that don’t about 40 people in another office. It’s one special day in the calendar, years to be instantly brought to have definitive answers, but open The host goes straight into the but it could have a tremendous the forefront of Morten Kaiser. the door to dialogue and the mind presentation. Do you point out there impact on any other day of the to thought, a safety forum. Pick has been no safety briefing and if year. Global Safety Day has Christian, a Danish Army instructor, a couple and discuss them with so, how ? become part of the Maersk ethos took people from across all colleagues. since it started in 2013 and across departments through how to It is a Friday in early October and the entire group of companies conduct CPR, cardiopulmonary Forum Five your car is still on summer tires. events of relevance marked it. resuscitation. The range of At work the policy is reverse par­ You plan to do the changeover at participants stretched from an king and they encourage following the weekend, but there has been a At Maersk Training in Svendborg office intern right up to the chief safety practices at home. You’ve just severe frost overnight. Your office special sessions on mental health executive. Other sessions included come off a long flight and the drive is 40kms away. Do you just head to were accompanied by practical mental/physical training and a one to your destination is 2½ hours. It is work as normal? What action do you first aid sessions on CPR and how hour introduction into new Maersk raining as you arrive. Do you reverse take? to operate an AED machine. These focus of ‘Safety Differently’. in or do you drive in straight? had a special pertinence because You have just bought your ten-year- it was the fact that one staff *If you want to read about the You are out for a walk and you see old a new bike. He wants to show member had this knowledge that a actions that saved a skier’s life a neighbour taking the branches off it to his mates but he can’t find his German skier is alive today. It was then log on to: https://issuu.com/ a tree with a chainsaw. He has no helmet. The friends live just round knowledge learnt on a military maersktraining/docs/esea20 > personal protective equipment on. the corner, what do you say to him? first aid course that took twenty Do you mention it to him or do you pass by without comment? 16 Article name 16

Rock Stars Geology team survives survival course prove to be a

Through the haze the power plant, oil rigs and wind turbine vessels Magnificent 7 in Esbjerg harbour looked like a mirage. At low tide, the huge estuary was drained, but puddles still remained, making the four kilometer walk through the sticky sand, seem like ten. Dressed in heavy orange survival suits, they were the lucky ones; their helicopter had crash-landed in the sea and they’d successfully made emergency exits. Now, carrying two large bags, they walked ashore hoping to find some solid ground and bed down for the night until they were rescued.

eographically this was Ho, in underwater emergency training, sec­ should have contained cover and the five geologists and their two G western Denmark. Late May tion of the course, and had spent sustenance so that they would Greenlandic field escorts something it was deserted, the first German the morning jumping into the 12 de­ survive until help arrived. Should to think about. He’d also taken out holidaymakers yet to arrive, but gree open sea in boiler suits. Now have contained, lead instructor one of the seven sleeping bags. for the seven man Anglo American they were faced with 24 hours with­ Sonnich Bjerg Nielsen had ‘amended’ team it was high summer some­ out the comforts of normal daily life. the bags to ensure that the focus ‘This exercise is basically about where remote in western Greenland. would be on double-checking knowing exactly what is in the bag Preparing for their summer expedi­ Dropped off by boats, the party things. Assumption is the mother and how to use it,’ said Sonnich. tion, they had completed and gained took turns at the two heavy bags of many a catastrophe and Sonnich ‘They won’t set-off without double- certificates for the HUET, helicopter they carried across the sand. They had removed two tents to give checking next time.’ 17 Article name Rock Stars 17

The two two-person tents would three of the party with the pull of ‘It’s not just a check list,’ said Project leader Bill Stone explained mean a very cozy night if they a toggle their accommodation was Sonnich. ‘The sleeping bags for why he, his two fellow Canadians, couldn’t come up with a solution. suddenly up quicker than the two instance raise questions they ought two Greenlandics, a Finn and a Dane tents. The unlucky person to miss to consider. Three were of feather were in a field usually occupied by The Toggle Solution out on the sleeping bags would down and three of fiber. The down sheep, ‘we did training last year, The solution lay in what ‘wreckage’ spend the night in a survival bag, gives greater heat, but is not so but this year we decided to step up there was from the helicopter. The wrapped up in foil like a turkey. He weather resistant, if it gets wet, it our game and what we are learning Maersk Training instructors had later reported to having slept and is virtually useless. So you have to here is that we need to step up our brought along a life raft; for lost weight at the same time. decide what’s best for where.’ game a little more. We are working in a remote Arctic environment so 18 Rock Stars Article name 18

we have some ideas for what we will Claus Østergaard, a consultant licenced to ‘take out’ polar bears, indications of polymetallic deposits, need for a programme next year.’ geologist from Xploration Services but only if that was to be the last nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum that Greenland, a company that supports and only option. meet Anglo American criteria. Bill was accompanied by two other projects through backup and local Anglo American geologists, Graig knowledge. When they head to Nuuk ‘May I try hyperthermia?’ ‘Because we are a big company Weston and Jussi Annanoli, along in July and then via helicopter to They will stay in relatively normal we need deposits of a certain size with Phd student Tim McIntyre the field, Angutitsiaq Jensen and surroundings with local fishing and grade to meet our economic who is going to us data from the Taatsiannguaq Olsen, known as communities and then be flown thresholds. What we are doing is the target area for his thesis. The Taatsi, will accompany them. Local out to the field each day. What first phases of field development rest of the party was made up by guys, as field escorts, they are the party is looking for will be and reconnaissance to see if we can 19 Article name Rock Stars 19

Volunteers, yes truly, two of the team bring their body temperatures down and then slowly ‘come back to life’.

figure out the geology and validate The three days in Denmark were water and their wet clothes cut journey of exploration, but it started the geology as it exists,’ explained crammed with vital survival skills off them for the sake of speed, on a positive footing with personal Bill. and Taatsi and Claus proved they were wrapped in blankets, discoveries over the three days in the true value of teamwork and foil and tarpaulins until their body Esbjerg and on the Ho peninsula. The area was examined in the devotion to the task ahead. They temperatures were restored to 1990’s, but time changes things volunteered to lie in the not yet normal. relatively quickly. Not the geology, inviting Baltic waters until their but the value, accessibility and uses body temperatures dropped to Overall the seven proved themselves of the resources. the point where hyperthermia had to be magnificent in pushing new started to set in. Lifted out of the boundaries. Their field trip will be a 20

Putting Life in Top Gear The ad that put Leonardo in the picture

As an engineer you’d expect as finger-print perfect for an up- Protesting that he wasn’t an actor, values in life. As a statement the getting behind the wheel of a coming ad campaign. Leonardo was she said the concept was more Jetta came across as the sensible new model car would cause deep into a meeting when she rang documentary lifestyle. He was in it, way to get about with quality of Leonardo Machado to analyse and with other conversations and right up to the gearstick, a glossy build giving it a mild hint of class. the engine and handling, thoughts flying around the room, he two-minute snapshot of his life, performance and design. semi-blindly agreed to her request family man, business man – sort of New view on creative folk However, the opportunity he in order to get back to business. James Bond without the girls, guns Back at Maersk Training in Rio de got caused him to evaluate his or gimmicks, and where the Aston Janeiro, where he is the Managing work/life balance. He totally forgot about it until Martin is a Volkswagen. Director, Leonardo would reflect on two months later when she rang the approach – gone are the days t came about in the strangest again to say that ‘they’ wanted him. The car’s contribution to the movie of hard-nosed sales through cold I of ways. A cousin of Leonardo’s ‘They’ turned out to be Volkswagen was focused, but almost incidental, calling – it’s about your product who was working for the Discovery and the car, the latest version of a wonderful bit of subtle, not-in- speaking for itself, it’s about a Channel had recognised his profile the Jetta, their family compact. your-face marketing. It was about complete picture. Putting Life in Top Gear 21

So there he was, an engineer, are going to do creative things movie surprised Leonardo. It was a lives because it all makes sense not an actor, in front of a wall every five minutes – it was nothing bit like a special mirror offering an when linked together, and I could of technicians and a mountain like that. We worked 14, 15 hours insight into this life and lifestyle. see the whole picture of this in the of equipment and definitely not a day stopping for lunch at 3 pm, ad, a combination and balance of in his comfort zone. Through his three days in a row. I never felt ‘There was a message for me, listen everything that makes it work.’ profession he was structured and so energised again as with a new you can take the next step as a precise and yet here he was in a challenge.’ leader of a team. I felt that my life Nice as the Jetta was, Leonardo’s world of impulsive creatives. was not that boring, when I saw private life, although focused, didn’t After the final clapperboard had the movie I thought, hey I’m an dramatically change. He happily ‘What surprised me was that it clapped and the director had interesting guy. I started to think drives home in his Hyundai. was so organised. I mean as a pre- announced WRAP, Leonardo we have so many young people conception I thought they’d all just had a new focus, not just on the here in the office and I started to talk about bullshit and things, not commercial world, but on life in think about them and their careers be organised at all and that they general. The content of the final cut and also linked to their personal 22 Article name 22 Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful city, but, geographically a strange place. From ground level it is hard to grasp the shape of it. It’s like an egg carton that’s been turned upside down. Around one edge runs the Atlantic and absolutely stunning beaches. In the valleys sits industry, commerce and a huge number of people. The steep-sided egg holders, the isolated hills, are upwardly encroached by the favelas, the crudely built homes that cling like limpets to the rock, the same way that their occupants cling to existence. The hills rise almost vertically, some to 500 meters, and are frequently punctuated by tunnels to give some degree of access to the 6.32 million inhabitants, the cariocas.

William’s part-time job demands Smile, Say Cheese a 16 hour 900 km journey

t is not easily accessible, by bus, That’s what William has been doing at least 200 pieces, then the eight- in Brazilians eating 3.2kilos per I ferry, car or metro, getting every fortnight for the past year, to hour journey back, means his day person per year. The UN Food to work is frequently a lengthy sell his cheese. He gets on a bus at out is a financial loss. and Agriculture Organization process, and three hours commuting two in the morning along with two recommend nine kilos. The average a day across Rio is normal. How large flamingo boxes and when he Cheese in Brazil costs much the monthly salary in Sao Paulo is would you feel if to make your arrives in Rio visits seven offices, same as in Europe, but with the €562. The bus costs William around livelihood the journey took eight including Maersk Training, where he local cost of living it is somewhat 200dkk (€26) each way for the 450 hours, each way, and by bus! sells the cheese. If he doesn’t sell of a near luxury item resulting km journey. Back on the bus just 23 Article name Smile, Say Cheese 23

before the offices shut, it will be Home for William is north west varieties. The 20+ different cheeses to convenience and the needs of the nearly midnight before William will from Rio in the state of Minas in the two boxes are important in fast food industry. have finished his working day. On a Gerais, the main dairy area for Brazil terms of sales with William nudging 200 cheese day with a 10% profit, which itself is a major player in the people into trying something he might expect to have €38 after industry, only Europe and India has new alongside their fortnightly local transport and a snack lunch, more cattle. The range of cheese favourites. Sadly for William the not cheese. If he sells 300, then the is very broad, all locally produced, number one selling cheese in the day improves and returns €88. many mimicking French and Italian country is processed – largely due 24 PoopDeck Article name 24

Party On The night before we say ‘never again!’

e’s a bit of a party animal,’ Any excuse for a party, a festival, a noted as a holiday from April to Apart from significant date ‘Hshe said without considering celebration, is pounced on. June, in reality two actual months, celebrations, we have parties to what she had just said. After all do and then none until December 24. mark house warmings, wedding animal’s really party? In Denmark the month of May, for What they do to fill in the gap is to showers, stag dos, class reunions, example, is riddled with reasons stick flags on buses to mark each election days, personal milestones, Well it appears that some, monkeys, for flying the flag. Along with days royal birthday, and there are quite the Super Bowl, the Oscars, divorce, dolphins and wallabies, to name but and half days off to mark religious, a few of those, so many in fact that coming out, divorce and coming out, three, do. At least they get in the political, historical moments, it might be an idea to alternate the the list goes on and on. Even just a mood by getting drunk or high on and the day when flowers double information about the route with simple dinner party with the excuse natural substances. But what makes in price to thank mothers, the the name of who, or what, we are of to be together, is reason enough. us want to party? We do love them. opportunities to put a smile on your celebrating. face are rife. There are eleven days 25 Article name PoopDeck 25

Happy Hungover and Healthier a broader base of friends have even put a figure on it. They say endure more physical discomfort And here is the soundest reason. healthier hearts. that people who travel and are by increasing our threshold. A test Research points to parties being socially active are 55% less likely at Oxford University showed that good for your health. As the How many times have you woken to develop symptoms such as research team A, who had watched organizer, perhaps there is a up from a party and said ‘I can’t dementia. a serious documentary, were more temporary increase in your stress remember a thing’? Well conversely, susceptible to pain than team B, levels, but that is counterbalanced actually the party has probably Then there is the laughter factor. who had just watched a comedy. A by training you to embrace stress helped your memory. It creates a There’s an old Yiddish saying that good belly laugh actually tightens and by the fact that the goodwill new one, revitalized the old as you what soap is to the skin, laughter the stomach muscles. It’s an generated increases the diversity recall stories from the past and is to the soul. Laughter is a means argument in favour of a pub visit in of your social network. There refresh putting names to faces. The of controlling pain; the endorphins preference to the gym. are indications that people with American Academy of Neurology produced by laughing enable us to 26 PoopDeck Article name 26

There are of course those that do There are festivals that are The Big One their long-handled tongs. The term little to improve the brain or body, wasteful, La Tomatina in Valencia Then there is carnival – now that’s for the reason behind the colourful the confusingly named Oktoberfest springs to mind as a ripe example. a party wherever it is held, but the costumes and sounds comes from which happens in September, or the For 70 odd years, tomatoes have four days in Rio are something else. carnae levare, the removal of meat. simply confusing Night of Krampus become weapons of fun in a It is a city that lives to party, even The same calendar marking is called where a horned half-goat half- Spanish village. It is a spectacular if the origins of the festivities are Fastelavn, Shrove Tuesday and demon whips children into being squandering of vitamin C that many not as they might seem. Carnival Mardi Gras in other cultures, but nice at Christmas. Both Germanic a starving child might find hard to was born out of Christianity and it is the sheer enthusiasm injected in origin there are also Dutch and quantify. the season of Lent, the 40 days into Carnival that has made it a French versions of the mad goat. leading up to Easter. If it were to be collective noun for having a good Sleep easy on that one. religiously applied, steak houses and time. burger joints would have to hang up 27 Article name PoopDeck 27

It was a total accident, because if move off along the promenade. A Brazil is the third biggest consumer you can hide your worries with you want to work in Rio don’t try huge lorry with a trailer had enough of beer in the world and that’s down costumes, blast your anxieties with during carnival. I mistimed my visit loudspeakers to make the ground in part to Carnival – one hundred sound and drown your reality in and witnessed it at Copacabana – shake. The public were 20% on the million liters is drunk daily over the caipirinhas. Yes, forget the hangover the big show happens elsewhere sidewalk, 70% participants with the four day holiday. Perhaps that’s show, parties are healthy. Flying and people pay a lot of money to remainder seemingly on the bottom why after three and a half hours down to Rio is good for your health, get a good seat, but it is in the step of setting-up an international the parade had moved a staggering even if it bruises the wallet. local neighbourhood blocos, that drinks organisation – an old luggage twenty-five meters. you get to touch on something trolley, a flamingo insulated box that is rawer and more authentic. and bag of ice into which you dump It’s party, party, party – but with Standing in the warm rain at nine in cases of Brahma and Antarctica. buried heritage and a serious the morning, the parade was due to purpose. For four hedonistic days 28 Article name Article name 28 Contact

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