What’s your mission statement? If we were to hazard a guess, it would be a long thesis statement that is posted on your website and maybe hanging on your office wall. It was something you and your team worked hard on crafting. It probably included an offsite team retreat and includes loads of inspirational words and non-committal statements. It’s completion was celebrated, and it gets pulled out from time-to-time, tacked into a job posting or on an annual report without even a solid dusting. And while you did it and have it, we’d also guess that none of your employees could recite it to us, let alone tell us what it means, both for the business and to them. Continue reading “What’s mantra got to do with it?”
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Ah Sh*t
It pains us to think of all the amazing start-ups who didn’t make it. Groups of innovative and driven professionals who’ve created some really cool app, product or service that the world would have really benefited from. To say that they were just ahead of the curve or too innovative to market isn’t a fair assessment. Continue reading “Ah Sh*t”
Swipe Right
Classified ads. Craigslist. Kijiji. Dating apps. All designed to help you either promote what you have or what it is you’re looking for. Everything, from long walks on the beach to a new-to-you set of summer tires, it’s all there laid out and on display. You just have to choose which direction you want to swipe. Continue reading “Swipe Right”
Rethinking Failure
Failure. A word loaded with emotional baggage. In the moment, many of us fear failure and what it means to us professionally and personally. For most of us, it’s only in reflecting back on the situation that we’re able to gain perspective. Continue reading “Rethinking Failure”