In his new book What’s In It For Them, Joe Polish states, “The secret to success in life and business is learning how to connect and form relationships with other people — and most people do not know how to do that.” Nowhere do you see this play out more than in our day-to-day connected lives where, if you’re inner focused on your own process and solutions, you’ll soon be passed over by an ever-changing world. New innovations and best practices surface every day but if we’re not looking forthem, we’re going to miss them. Or as Dan Sullivan with Strategic Coach puts it "Our eyes only see, and ears only hear what we are looking for.” Are you looking...
Jeff Bezos once famously said: “All overnight success takes about 10 years.” He knows of what he speaks as is evident in some of the highlights/challenges from Amazon’s first 10 years: ● 1994 Bezos realizes two things: internet traffic grew 2300% in the previous year and doing business on the internet is about to become legal. ● 1995 Chooses books from 20 categories to launch a business from his garage. Initially names company Cadabra, which sounded a little too much like cadaver, so he changes it to Amazon. ● 1998 Invests in Google. ● 2001 Copies Costco’s low price model. ● 2005 Launches Prime at the 10-Year Mark! Not one...
Not yet is a term we use almost every day, both with our customers and within our team. There’s so much to learn and so many waste streams to tackle that it’s often best for us to learn, analyze, and wait for another day to attempt to take on. Some time ago, we had a great discussion with managers at a large apartment complex. We reviewed the services we offered that would benefit theapartment owners and tenants. They agreed, but there was clearly something else on their mind that wasn’t coming out in the conversation. As we often do, we asked them—what’s the biggest waste problem you have that doesn’t have a solution? To our surprise, the answer...
Since our beginning, Food Loops has prided ourselves in thinking no sustainability job was too big. In fact, we often tell our fans the fastest path to higher diversion rates starts with focusing on the biggest, messiest problems. Big or small jobs, food waste will always be our signature element, but we’ve learned that the big, messy problems have many more facets to consider. Glass, cardboard, and mixed recycling have all been on our menu for a while. More recently however, we began adding wood, metal, and even big patches of astro turf to the diversion mix. To be sure, these leaps have involved a fair amount of failure, most of which have come in not being able to accurately...
It’s hard to go anywhere any more without seeing Help Wanted Signs. This is particularly prevalent in the hospitality industry. And perhaps for good reason—hospitality work is demanding. If you’ve ever worked in any aspect of the hospitality field, you know it’s all about the fast pace while at the same time meeting the customer’s demands. Hospitality work appeals to a specific kind of person—i.e. someone who’s not afraid of hard work who also appreciates the challenge of exceeding customers’ expectations. Clearly, not everyone’s sweet spot. Over 97% of our Food Loops workforce is made up of contract workers. With few exceptions, the 97%, either have full time jobs, school and/or home obligations, juggling other part-time work, or sometimes...
