Our businesses exist to benefit society.

We’ve all heard the saying, ‘do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life’, but is that always true? With about 260 work days in a typical 5-days-a-week work schedule, it can be daunting to love every-single-one-of-them. Sometimes work, well, feels like work, and is more in line with Thomas Edison’s…

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Our talented team of Goodmans employees have innovated a variety of community initiatives to meet our vision “to change our community”. For example: AIM to Make a Difference: We warehouse our customers’ surplus furniture that would otherwise be headed for the landfill and repurpose that furniture, for free, to Arizona nonprofits. Since 2008, 110 organizations…

Every year we tour hundreds of local businesses through our showroom to tell the story of sustainable design and operations. We take credit for inspiring many of them to make more enlightened choices in construction and materials. To stay on top of the trends and to share our experiences, we have been members of the…

One of the most beloved manifestations of our learning-focused culture is Etsy School—interactive classes taught by employees for employees. Anyone is free to teach a class on any topic they want. Dozens of Etsy School classes have been offered over the years, including knot-tying, fabric dying, herbalistic medicine, juggling, and Python programming. The School’s grassroots…

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.” ~ Paulo Coelho Some people argue that the objective section in one’s resume is a now defunct relic of the past full of…

We have a library of hundreds of books on personal growth, leadership, entrepreneurship, relationships, marketing, creative writing, design, health and wellness in multiple bookcases and shelves around our headquarters. All are recorded in our digital library where any employee is free to check in or check out a book to consume for their growth and knowledge.

Leadership Dens Some of our best problem solving occurs in safe spaces with trusted colleagues. Leadership dens bring together groups of five to eight managers from across the company on a biweekly basis to share best practices and support one another through leadership challenges. Dens are professionally facilitated and are governed by ground rules, allowing…

HolacracyOne refers to Holacracy as a “distributed authority” system, but I think it goes further. It is a system which incorporates: distributed accountability, authority, and leadership. First, it distributes accountability. It allows each person to understand clearly who is expected to do what throughout the organization. After that understanding is gained, Holacracy distributes authority. The…

Every Thursday from afternoon our entire team gathers at the Hall of Awesomeness, where representatives from various departments give a presentation to share their learnings from a recent case study or a course. This is also when our CEO gives his weekly 20-minute trainings on new steps and updated methods that we should apply in…