96% of the time, innovation places a barrier on profit growth. Getting caught up in the excitement of inventing the next big thing can limit our ability to foresee potential market risks. In this insightful article from Fast Company, taking … Read More »
Category: Culture Building
Why I Advocate a Living Corporate Culture
Manfred Vollmer spent over a decade immersed in the distinctive corporate culture of one of the world’s most innovative retail brands. That experience profoundly affected his approach to business and still influences how he does things today. In today’s blog, … Read More »
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Tagged accelerator companies, assuming responsibility, changemaker, corporate culture, corporate performance, entrepreneur, humbleness, Humour, IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, Institute B, logistics, Manfred Vollmer, new skool business, Personal responsibility, retailing, Shared Values
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Truthfully, My Life is a Social Experiment
I grew up in a town just north of Montreal in a simple middle class neighbourhood. I am the youngest of five children raised on one income. My family didn’t have much money. We didn’t have stuff. Things. Our toys … Read More »
Last Chance To Receive One Free Session
This is your last chance to take advantage of our bundle pricing for the ChangeMaker Accelerator. Register before Thursday, September 12 and you will save $50 on the overall cost when you book all five sessions to transform your business. … Read More »
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Tagged audacious results, Bundle Price, business, business advice, Business in Vancouver, changemaker, ChangeMaker Accelerator Series, Company Culture, Darrell Kopke, entrepreneur, Institute B, leadership, Manfred Vollmer, new skool business, Responsibility, sam perera, Vancouver
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The Real Secret to Better Work
“90% of your external happiness is predicted not by the external world, but by the way your brain processes the world; and if we can change the formula for happiness and success, we can then change the way we view … Read More »
Getting a Taste of Two Opposing Cultures
How important is company culture to Gen Y? In this raw and brutally honest article, Justin Chou recounts his own personal story as an actual Gen Y employee and what he’s experienced working in two vastly different corporate cultures for … Read More »
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Tagged audacious results, changemaker, Company Culture, Gen Y, generosity, Howard Schultz, Justin Chou, leadership, Responsibility, Starbucks
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5 Music Lessons for Creating a Cohesive Company Culture
Music has always been at the heart of any strong counterculture movement. Whole music genres have sprung up around counterculture, and are often key gathering points for bringing people together. If you’re trying to build a strong company culture, you … Read More »
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Tagged audacious results, changemaker, Company Culture, counterculture, entrepreneur, Institute B, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Sigur Rós, Vancouver
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How Great Leaders Inspire Action
“People don’t buy what you do; they buy why you do it.” To be a great leader you must have a vision, and by following that vision with blood, sweat and tears, you can inspire a revolution. We like this … Read More »
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Tagged "Start With Why", corporate culture, leadership, Responsibility, Simon Sinek, Tedx PugetSound, vision
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Realizing Dreams - The Key to Living an Audacious Life
Be honest. How many times have you passionately set some amazing goals for yourself only to have them go unfulfilled? That’s because most goal setting exercises only focus on the setting of goals. This is about achieving them. Join Darrel … Read More »
Becoming A Listener
You are in a conversation. Your customer is telling you a story and makes a wise crack as part of the story. Something is sparked in you. You have the perfect witty comeback! It will crack up the room! It … Read More »