I Am Thankful For

Monday, December 19, 2011 8:33 PM by Betty Brennan in Professional and Industry Tips


• working with creative and analytical professionals.

• telling our clients fascinating stories.

• the laughter I hear at our meetings.

• the amazing work I see each day when I walk the shop floor.

• the enthusiasm designers emote when explaining what they are working on.

• our damn clean shop floor.

• the Christmas tree in Design that Carlos brought from home to help us celebrate.

• we take such precautionary care of the priceless artifacts our Lewis and Clark client left with us.

• the buffalo hide Amy is painting – dang cool. I want one.

• the sculpture of Lewis.

• the variety of designs we are producing. It’s not cookie cutter stuff here. It’s fresh, diverse, clever, emotional, realistic and abstract, immersive, engaging designs.

• how many clients tell me how great our team is to work with. Our PMs make sure our clients are part of the team.

• the visual workplace that took years to create and now is rocking. Packing for an install will never be as chaotic as it once was.

• the carts that hold our graphic panels.

• the interactive room that is neatly organized.

• the coffee in the break room, especially when I run out of Keurig cups.

• the waves I get when I zoom across TaylorMart.

• the welcome signs we put up for visitors.

• all our acronyms – KPIs, CRM, RTS, ROI, POV, EAC,….

• graphs, charts, budgets, schedules and stand up meetings.

silly drawings on dry erase boards.

• the wows we get when we bring first time visitors through.

• the appreciation our community has for us that we are here.

• our core values that shine through every day.

• our frugalness.

• our silly joke emails that flow around and build with layers of humor.

• how everyone welcomes visitors and shares what they are working on.

• our relationship with our subcontractors/ vendors/ friends of TSI.

• our tracking of pithy (silly) things that we say.

• our company t-shirts.

• how many life-cast figures in museums all over the country are of people that work at TSI.

• when I wander in at 8:00 pm and someone is working away at their craft. Wow!

• the sporadic dancing that occasionally happens.

• we are accountable.

*400 words of thankfulness, I cranked out in 15 minutes.

Can you generate that many, that quickly? Are you thankful for your work? If not, come work for us. LOL

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