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Miya believes that community involvement is an integral aspect of a successful water efficiency program. In the Bahamas in 2013, Miya donated a pilot water awareness and educational program for 5th graders at the Oakes Field Primary School as part of its 10-year partnership with the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC). Students learned about the history…

 Miya believes that community involvement is an integral aspect of a successful water efficiency program. In the Bahamas, Miya donated a pilot water awareness and educational program for 5th graders at the Oakes Field Primary School as part of its 10-year partnership with the Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC). Students learned about the history of…

Every Tuesday, the entire company gathers at our Hall of Awesomeness, where we celebrate the accomplishments of our employees for the past week, be it to applaud key employees and teams, reinstate our vision or update the entire company on targets set and met. It’s designed around the spirit of fun, happiness and gratitude. You…

Core values by themselves won’t strengthen a company unless they are committable and an organization is willing to both hire – and fire- by them. Zappos has two sets of interviews: the skills interview and the culture interview; and candidates must pass both. The culture interview is based on Zappos’ 10 Core Values. If an…

The year was 1998, and Zappos.com founder Nick Swinmurn was walking around a mall in San Francisco looking for a certain pair of shoes. One store had the right style, but not the right color. Another store had the right color, but not the right size. Nick spent the next hour in the mall, walking…

The Gift of Giving For Goodmans 60th anniversary, they decided to give the gift of giving. They’re paying it forward through their most precious asset…their employees. After all, it’s their party. They asked 60 of their employees to tell them about the do-gooders in their networks, the people who inspire them, the ones on the…

On May 24, 2011 we set a precedent and became the largest organization in Canada to become a Living Wage Employer. A living wage is different from a minimum wage, which was $10.25 an hour in BC at the end of 2012. It reflects the hourly rate of pay that enables a family with two parents…

Designed and refined after years of custom events and participant feedback, the newly launched School of WOW has two offerings: one for customer service leaders and one for frontline employees. Led by Zappos customer service experts, both platforms review the key tools needed to set your customer service apart and really WOW your customers. Hosted…

Opportunity Collaboration is an un-conference, a working business retreat, and a completely innovative approach to establishing solutions to poverty. This GameChanger is predicated on the powerful idea that out of fragmentation can come collaboration, from diversity can come unity and from cross-fertilization can come innovation. Jonathan Lewis decided to do something about this market gap…

Our employees can unwind after the work day with our complimentary yoga classes that we offer onsite. The classes are taught by some of the best local instructors and offer a source of exercise and relaxation. Unlike many classes that are wall to wall mats, our space gives the ability for each yogi to receive…