As you are reading this, a complete calendar month has already (almost) gone by in 2026, this not so ‘new’ year anymore. We are 29 January 2026 as I am writing this. I hope your year has started off brilliantly and I wish you all the best. That wish, by the way, is not just for 2026 but for many, many years to come.
Our daughter made the paintings for the above greeting cards at our request. We feel it makes it so much more personal. I hope you like them too. My creativity is so much less, which shows in the cross-stitching work that I have picked up on again (after many years):
As much as every end has a start, every end also is a start–as we know from transitioning into a new year. Would you agree that transitioning into a new year does not really belong in the “big, disruptive” category? My online presentation “Re-imagine your Scrum” for the Scrum Caretakers of the Universe (SMOTU) on 15 January 2026 will have been my last public session. This Scrum Caretaker Courier (nr. 16) will also be my last. I have other ambitions and aspirations on how to connect with people. Allow me to still share how I look at 2025 and at 2026.
Warm regards
Gunther
independent Scrum Caretaker and Workplace Humanitarian
