15
Jun

A Tale Of Two Company Cultures

Two stories of company turnover have hit my radar in the past month (I’m a little behind on actually posting!) and they highlight the importance of Culture and Reinventing Work. Tale #1: Trail King’s 99.6% Turnover The first tale of company culture is from Trail King. Trail King sells trailers. According to their website, they have “the …
24
Mar

Is Your Corporate Culture Creating Quitters?

When I left, it was becoming really corporate. I felt like my opinion and thoughts didn’t matter at all anymore. That’s what I overheard this afternoon while settling in at a “coffice” to get some work done in between meetings in Toronto. The conversation continued, as the two women discussed work. I deduced that one of them …
06
Feb

Digital Fluency, Hashtags, and Reinventing Work – on Business Over Coffee

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sherri Henley on her blogtalk radio show, Business over Coffee. I finally had the chance to listen to it myself and wanted to share with you ICYMI! We talk about: my use of social media to meet people and to build my business the need for Digital Fluency why hashtags are a must on Twitter how …
21
Dec

Managing Depression and Mental Illness at Work

This post is part of a month-long series on suicide and depression, in honour of the Fiorella family, who lost their son Lucas, to suicide this year. You can read more about that story here and see more posts via the #notalone hashtag on Twitter. I had a lot of trouble coming up with my post to add to our month-long campaign to raise awareness of …
08
Dec

4 Ways G Adventures Core Values Create Awesome Culture

A few weeks ago, I wrote my first post about my tour at G Adventures Basecamp in Toronto. There was so much to share that I couldn’t put it all in one post, so here’s number two… all about Core Values! I think strong, differentiated core values that are meaningful and clear build the foundation for strong culture. Your core values …
05
Nov

Let’s Stop Giving Jerks Power!

In case you missed it, there’s a situation here in Canada with a “media icon” (as some call him) and several allegations and charges of sexual assault and violence… The stories are horrific and the victim blaming even more horrific, in my opinion, but that’s not the point of this post. I am hoping some positive changes …
28
Oct

Reinvent Work Like Nenshi is Reinventing Government

Imagine an organization where the leaders were 100% transparent about what the organization was doing throughout a crisis. Imagine an organization where the leader placed compete trust in customers to do the right thing within their business. How about an organization where people feel so connected to the overriding purpose that they volunteer to help …