These books are not decoration.
Good to Great. Start with Why. Getting Things Done. The Goal. The Compound Effect. The Founder's Mentality. Tools of Titans. Disciplined Entrepreneurship. DotCom Secrets. And about sixty more.
Every one of them changed at least one decision I made at Solpak. Some change...
La Liste du Président. The President's List.
At the start of every year, I ask each person on the team the same question. What is one thing you would like to see happen this year?
Not what I think matters. What they think matters. Their names are right there next to their answers.
Then I figure out how...
This cork board has been on my wall for years.
Kolbe A Index results. Personality assessments. An energy list. A chart about emotions and behavior. A financial MO+ report. Notes I wrote to myself during hard seasons. Stickers my kids put there when they visited the office.
It looks like a mess. It is ...
Wanted. Reward: 9 USD.
Not even 9 Canadian. 9 USD. A wink at my dual country life.
My team made this. Put it on the wall behind my desk. I did not ask for it. I did not approve it. I just walked into my office one morning and there it was.
That is culture.
Not the poster. The fact that they felt comfort...
This is what twenty years looks like when you lay it out on a table.
An Oliver binder from our principal supplier. A Pelouze scale we used to weigh packaging samples. A faded Solpak hat from the early days. A handwritten sales order form. A document titled "Plan d'expansion vers l'ouest." A card from...
This is the credenza behind my desk.
Built for Freedom. La méthode Sherpa. A wedding photo. A cartoon of my family. A "Wanted" poster my team made of me. A chalkboard that says "Calm. Outcomes. Courage. Passion." Notes from my kids. A Nespresso machine. A Solpak mug.
Some founders keep their personal ...
This is where I work.
Two desks. A whiteboard. A cork board full of notes. A credenza covered in family photos and old artifacts. A green wall. Big windows.
It is not minimal. It is not aesthetic. It is functional.
Every object in this room passed the same test: does it help me think, decide, or rememb...
My team named my office.
Every office at Solpak has a name on the glass. A word that describes the person inside. Mine says #Historien. The historian.
I did not pick it. They did.
They picked it because I am the one who remembers why we started. The one who tells the stories. The one who connects what ...
This is the building.
Twenty years ago, Solpak was a phone, a laptop, and a kitchen table. No warehouse. No team. No clients. Just a problem I thought I could solve better than anyone else.
I was right about the problem. I was wrong about almost everything else. How long it would take. How many times ...
This is the desk. All of it. Chalkboards. Books. Hat. Mic. Guitar. LEGO family. Files box. Sherpa gear. Two small frames about challenges and leaps.
Nothing here is accidental.
I spent 20 years building Solpak into a business that grows without me in the room. 600 clients. 15 team members. Continuous ...
Two white chairs. A small table. A glass of water. No screen in sight.
This is my home office. No clients sit here. But my wife does. My kids do. Friends do. Some of the simplest conversations happen in these chairs. Some of the deepest ones too.
This corner is not for work. It is for thinking.
Behind ...
A grey fabric box with a leather handle and a handwritten label. Files.
Nothing fancy. Nothing digital. Just a box.
I like that it has something vintage in its design. A reminder that success in business has been happening for decades, if not centuries. Before software. Before dashboards. Before AI. S...
