I am going to Portugal and to be honest; I'm nervous about that

I like to work with organizations on their processes

I love it to learn new things and pass them on 

I love it to be surprised every day about what's going on in organizations

I love it to not take myself too serious

and I'm passionate about translating all the above into blogs with a ;-)

And that's why I, at several digital places, like to contribute to process related discussions. Also at BPM.com where I regularly end up in fights with people who think that BPM is technology or BPM is a project ;-)

And it seems that some think that my vision (which I just see as common sense) is quite unorthodox. And to my surprise I received a request to become a speaker at a BPM conference in Portugal. 

In a skype conversation with the organizer, he told me that my vision is appreciated and would fit well in this year's conference. 

What? Me at a BPM conference?  I'll just do helping organizations with process related issues and I write about that. Who would be interested in that? 

And besides that, this year's theme is Digitization. That has nothing to do with BPM, does it?  ;-) 

Especially these kind of "heuh? statements" is what they appreciate. After some more chatting we concluded that a better role for me would be to lead a panel discussion. 

Several people who know very much about Digitization and me being the voice of the audience, trying to understand all the mumbo jumbo. 

I spent a night thinking about it after concluding "Who cares? The worst thing that could happen is that my career will be over for ever"

A little cynical of course, but me, as a shy boy from the North East of the Netherlands, leading a panel with all those gurus? It makes me a little nervous, to be honest. 

I hope the weather in Lisbon will be nice.