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Making Your Competition Irrelevant
What do Nintendo Wii, Yellow Tail wine and Cirque de Soleil have in common? They looked at existing saturated markets and successfully turned them on their head, launching fresh white space. In a saturated market, how does a company create space for a unique...
Don’t Forget Your Skates – Leadership Lessons from NHL Captains
Spring is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: the NHL Playoffs are around the corner! With nostalgic commercials airing more frequently, playoff beards growing in, and fans starting to wear their ‘lucky’ team apparel, we at MacPhie can’t wait for the games to...
Lessons for Feedback from a Galaxy Far, Far Away…
Imagine you are Admiral Ozzel in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. You’ve had a productive career doing the Empire’s evil bidding—maybe you’re close to your pension and have a cache of Imperial credits squirreled away off-ship. But, after a major battle, you take...
Culture is Hard Work
“Your culture is your culture. Don’t try to be something you aren’t.” This was an insight we heard recently while speaking with the CEO of a TSX 60 company who was discussing the challenges of changing the ethos within a large corporation. Changing culture takes a lot...
Making Time for Space and Reflection
Earlier this year Business Insider posted quite the attention-grabbing headline with its article: Burned-out billionaires are taking extended multimillion-dollar ‘sabbaticals’ to recharge, from world tours on private jets to skiing expeditions in Antarctica. We’ve...
The Importance of Remembering Faces and Names
A friend recently told me a story that reminded me of a quote from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People: “A person’s name is to him or her the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” My friend was at the end of what he thought was a...
Tell Me More About the Importance of Remembering People
Learn more about the positive impact from remembering people within your organization.
Tell Me More About Making Time and Space for Reflection
Learn more on how dedicating time for self-reflection and brainstorming can create better results for your organization.
Corey Peck
As co-founder and chief operating officer of Media One Creative (Media One), Corey Peck embodies a spirit of entrepreneurship…
Impactful Marketing on a Budget
We’ve heard it time and again - small things add up. Whether it’s saving money, going on a diet or trying to accomplish practically any personal goal, we narrow in on developing small habits that eventually lead to big rewards. It sounds easy – using small steps to...