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Apr 16, 2025 · Chameleon Collective · 5 min read
What You Say Next Determines What They Remember.Whether it’s a data breach, service outage, or a PR nightmare, one thing is certain: how you communicate in a crisis can either protect your reputation or blow
May 3, 2023 · Alex Hultgren · 9 min read
When I was a teenager in Ann Arbor, MI, I worked in the produce department of our local Kroger. As we were the closest grocery store to the University of Michigan’s graduate student family housing,
Aug 16, 2022 · Freddie Laker · 2 min read
Chameleon Collective Ranks on Inc. 5000 List for Second Consecutive YearChameleon Collective is proud to announce we’ve joined the ranks on Inc. Magazine’s annual Inc. 5000 List of America's fastest-growing companies for the second year
Sep 16, 2021 · Freddie Laker · 6 min read
Discover the difference between mission-driven and purpose-driven organisations and why leading with a purpose delivers better results.Image SourceEvery company has a mission. Many of them have an entire page on their website dedicated to talking
Sep 9, 2021 · Freddie Laker · 5 min read
In a recent episode, host Freddie Laker speaks with Schafer about finding a business balance between personal motivation and profitability.Image SourceThere’s nothing wrong with going into business seeing dollar signs and infinite potential. A successful
Aug 30, 2021 · Johnny Cate · 4 min read
The problem with being a writer writing about writing is that people will be judging the blog entry you're doing about writing and using it to evaluate your writing. This blog doesn't intend to be
Aug 26, 2021 · Freddie Laker · 7 min read
Success begins with investing highly in your personal brand at any age.Image SourceJohn Hall, chief strategist of Relevance.com as well as co-founder of Calendar.com and Influence & Co., has been starting companies since he was
Aug 12, 2021 · Freddie Laker · 7 min read
Ruth speaks on sharp career pivots and how she deals with adversity.Ruth Hartman knows a thing or two about mentoring other leaders. As former president of Lord & Taylor and chief merchant officer at Le
Aug 5, 2021 · Freddie Laker
In a recent Oh Ship! episode, host Freddie Laker and guest Tena Crock share how to find positivity to overcome life’s greatest challenges.Image SourceFor some people, positivity seems to come naturally. Life always seems to
Jul 29, 2021 · Freddie Laker · 7 min read
Learn how the Londonbeat songwriter merges his dual passions!Image SourceWill Henshall, founder and CEO of Focus@Will Labs, has had a long and colorful career in the music industry. As a songwriter, performer, producer, and entrepreneur,
Jul 22, 2021 · Freddie Laker · 6 min read
Host Freddie Laker speaks with Sergio Mello about leading in foreign cultures.Image SourceThe digital nomad movement is real, but it didn’t start with the sudden shift to remote work during the pandemic. For many, living
Jul 15, 2021 · Freddie Laker · 6 min read
The CEO of Group of Humans reflects on the broad influence of farming.Image sourceRob Noble is the founder and CEO of Group of Humans, a collective of creative problem-solvers and analysts that helps organisations adapt
Jul 8, 2021 · Freddie Laker
Jeff explains the biggest cannabis industry challenges and mistakes people make in the cannabis space as well as the greatest opportunities.Jeff Arbour, a partner of Chameleon Collective, has spent his career helping businesses navigate the
Oct 14, 2020 · Danny Fishman
Every day we hear more and more about the “informed” and “activist” consumer whose purchase decision making is not just influenced by traditional marketing practices, but instead by the attitudes, beliefs, politics, and social actions
Aug 19, 2020 · 6 min read
Leadership is one of the hardest skills to learn out there. It requires great self-awareness, discipline, and the urge to help others grow. Multiple people throughout history have learned their own leadership lessons. Below we’ll
May 12, 2020 · Freddie Laker · 5 min read
Present yourself as polished and professional on all your video calls with these best practices. As many of us make the shift to working remotely, video conferencing is more important now than ever. With its rapid
Apr 20, 2020 · Sean MacBeth · 10 min read
With the rapid development of SARS2 CoV 2, many people who are accustomed to doing a daily commute and going into an office are finding themselves in uncharted territory in their work routine. It is
Apr 15, 2020 · 6 min read
Benefits of Communicating EffectivelyAs we know, the world is involved in a global health crisis, and we are doing our individual and collective best to get through it. Companies of all sizes have been affected
Mar 11, 2020 · Freddie Laker · 13 min read
With COVID-19, better known as the Coronavirus, spreading around the world, there has been an increasing number of businesses telling team members to work from home or not to travel to meet with colleagues, partners,
Oct 23, 2019 · 7 min read
Ten Surefire Ways to Build Trust in Business Within Your Company's Culture“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”― Ernest Hemingway In today’s world, there are many ways for
Dec 11, 2018 · 4 min read
As evolving technology allows people like you and me to do more and more from the comfort of our own home, it’s easy to understand why the idea of starting your home-based business is growing in
Jul 23, 2018 · Melissa Pacheco · 7 min read
Your interview process is making a strong impression on prime candidates–for better or worse. These 5 easy steps will help you to hire only the best talent.As all hiring managers well know, it’s a tight
Jun 20, 2018 · Freddie Laker · 1 min read
This week on Oh Ship Ben Way and Freddie Laker discuss toxic cultures. Toxic cultures? Yes, a fantastic band name, but also a terrible environment for work, happiness, and success. Join them as they dive into
May 24, 2018 · Freddie Laker · 6 min read
It’s no secret that change is in the air. The traditional workplace is dissolving before our very eyes, and we’re seeing the rise of a new style of worker—one who is not defined nor confined
May 22, 2018 · Freddie Laker · 6 min read
Innovative disruption and constant change are challenges for every business in this digital age of organisational uncertainty. From artificial intelligence to shifting algorithms, technology has irrevocably altered the foundations of the workplace. Where does this
May 22, 2018 · Radha Badani · 6 min read
Meditation and StrategyIn my last blog, I talked about the process I went through to find equilibrium and define my purpose that led me to join Chameleon Collective. The insights I uncovered through this journey
May 17, 2018 · Radha Badani
Finding Equilibrium Between Work and Personal GoalsA year ago, I started a new chapter in my professional life, making the difficult decision to leave the comfort and stability of a great job at an established company
Jul 5, 2017 · Melissa Pacheco · 4 min read
In today’s blogosphere littered with self-help articles and how-to guides, finding the right piece of interviewing advice can be both exhausting and elusive. So what’s the single most important piece of interview advice that I
Feb 21, 2017 · Melissa Pacheco · 5 min read
[vc_row p_top="25px" p_bottom="25px"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Trust your gut. While using your gut as a mentor can be a great plan, it’s certainly easier said than done. For the longest time, I was hearing and reading that I needed
Dec 16, 2016 · Melissa Pacheco · 7 min read
According to Sun Tsu, the ancient Chinese military strategist, “Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” These words were just as relevant then as they
Jan 3, 2015 · Freddie Laker · 2 min read
Back to the Future with Take Me to Your Leader Our Blog was once called Take Me To Your Leader. Some people have asked my why it was called Take Me To Your Leader? I’m
Mar 2, 2014 · Freddie Laker · 10 min read
This profile piece on Pando touched on some very personal subjects I hadn't thought about in a long time. If you want some insights on my background I encourage you to read it. It was
Oct 29, 2010 · Freddie Laker · 3 min read
Creative directors are not the key to delivering amazing creative ideas. We hold them up in high regard for their creative brilliance and original thinking but they are not the white knight sent in to
Sep 13, 2010 · Freddie Laker
We recently compiled lists of the best and worst ads from 2012. It's instructive to see just how much better modern advertising is compared to "modern" advertising from 40 years ago. So we flipped through the pages of "The
Nov 25, 2008 · Freddie Laker · 4 min read
In this tough economic climate it's important to strive to be your best at your job. There are layoffs all around and we must all aim to please both our clients and our company superiors.
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