Leaders: How Well Do You Balance Your Head and Heart?

    ‘Adulting’ can be tough. We find ourselves having to juggle many things: work with play, family with friends, work with home. For leaders, this juggling act takes on a whole new level of difficulty, i...

    How We Do ‘Naked Consulting’ at Container Solutions

    Over the course of my time at Container Solutions, I have read a lot of business books and consulting books, but none that got as close to what we at CS believe about working with customers as Patrick...

    Tech Events in the Time of COVID-19: Tips for Survival

    It’s been about three weeks since events have started being cancelled or postponed on a regular basis because of the spread of COVID-19. From giants like Mobile World Congress, Google I/O, and WWDC, t...

    Maintaining Your Mental Health During the COVID-19 Crisis

    The following guidance has been written primarily for use by Container Solutions employees globally; but it is being shared externally to act as a useful reminder for all workplaces in these challengi...

    How Container Solutions’ Creativity Can Help You Cope With the COVID-19 Crisis

    It’s been a hell of a week. Last week, I wrote about how the COVID-19, or coronavirus, crisis was forcing millions of workers to work from home, and could spark increased demand in the crisis aftermat...

    How to Break the ‘Curse of Plenty’: Part 2, Patterns to Reduce Risk

    In Part 1 of this series on management transformation patterns, we looked at how the ‘Curse of Plenty’—the complacency that can accompany prosperity—can reduce your appetite for the hard work of trans...

    Management Transformation Patterns: Part 1, The 'Curse of Plenty'

    In medieval times, there was a mythical land of Cockaigne in popular culture that served as a fantasy for the hungry masses. In this land, physical comforts were always available, and the harshness of...

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    The Employee Journey at Container Solutions: Part 3, Personal Development

    This is part 3 of a 3-part series. Here are parts 1 and 2. At Container Solutions, we believe the best investment we can make is in our people.

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    The Employee Journey at Container Solutions: Part 2, Remote Onboarding

    This is part 2 of a 3-part series. You can read part 1 here. As Container Solutions continues to grow internationally, so does our need for innovative onboarding strategies. We aim to make this tumult...