I like to orient around core values. When you are moving with velocity (speed + direction), it is important to know which direction you are heading. (We are not pulling donuts in the school car park.) A challenge to delivering … Continue reading Week 4: Stakeholder value
Think about the change journey of the cannabis industry over the last 2 years: Legacy market process (hopefully avoiding drug gang supply chain) – I have a mate who grows a few plants – he bags it up, sorts me … Continue reading Week 3: the learning NEVER STOPS, PEOPLE!
I always look to the values of a company to determine my opinion of a brand. I look for congruence between stated approach and how people experience the brand. After two days at Zenabis Global Inc., I have seen that … Continue reading Values Drive the World
This is my lame-ass, but 100% heartfelt, version of those LinkedIn posts where people upload a photo of their security pass and write…. “Four years ago I walked through the front door at <insert G-MAFIA company>; and I never imagined … Continue reading A Love Letter to Teekay
So an Englishman, a Taiwanese-Brazilian, a Jordanian-American, a German, a Venezuelan-Chinese, a Romanian, and an Italian-Croatian walk into a bar… Welcome to episode 5 of the podcast, friends. The work podcast keeps on ‘casting. Its essence is to capture the … Continue reading An Englishman Walks Into A Bar…
In my last post I wrote about how we started with a technology replacement project 10 years ago, and ended up with a culture and purpose conversation. The magic doesn’t happen with technology; but it can be a critical input … Continue reading Moving Along The Value Chain
I have always been a tech guy – not so much as a user, but as an imagineer – “what can this shiny new toy do for us?!” It was what got me to my line of work – studying … Continue reading From Technology to Purpose in 5 Steps
Finally! I have delivered on my personal goal: “develop a podcast.” Here is the challenge…“Corporate” news, stories, communications tends to be very dry and unremarkable. Only the “brand committed” would be enticed to follow along. So, how to make it … Continue reading “People like us, who do things like this.”
A CAWW contact – Dr. Jen Frahm in Australia – is just back from a trade delegation to China, and she was awe-struck at what she saw: “There is something wildly enabling about a culture that is so ridiculously creative … Continue reading Made In China: The Future
Three of my own professional ‘memories of summer’ resurfaced over the last week. Five years is an eternity in the history of ‘social / technology business.’ What were the conversations and conundrums in my professional life back then? It was … Continue reading Five Years Is A Long Time In Social
