I see some parallelisms between my department at work and the Vancouver Canucks. Last year wasn't great for either team, performing below expectations. As such, changes were made. In the case of the Canucks, their management made the changes. In our case, the workers made their own decisions. In February, we had a team of 11 in Taiwan. Since February, we've had 3 people leave our company, one person transfer to another group, and our department head transfer to a different role. Meanwhile to fill the vacant spots, we have a new energetic department head, we transfered one person in from another group, and loaned a manager from another group for 6 months. We recently had 3 new hires (in the last 3 weeks), and we will have a fourth in a couple more weeks.

So, lots of changes, but I think we've got a pretty happy team. Morale is as good as it's ever been (still, could be better), and we're enjoying ourselves through group activities much more than in previous years.

Let's hope the Canucks have a good year too!