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The Most Infamous Street Artist of All Time

Jun 26, 2017/in Consumer Behaviour, Design, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing, Motivation, Stories/by Jeph

He stands up for what he believes in. Love him or hate hime, Banksy makes you think different.

One of the most prolific artists of our time and the most famous street artists in the world. Banksy’s style of anti-authority and entertaining political commentary within his art, makes him loved by many and hated by some. One thing is for sure, you can’t ignore street art. It makes your city look better and it creates inspiration out of a blank space. The more artists the better.

this was not my dream-banksy

“This was not my dream.”

Let them eat crack

“Let them eat crack” beside the infamous Banksy Rat. A spin on the ol’ “let them eat cake!”.

A caveman delivering a fast-food meal.

The crying kid might be my favourite, I think it sums up our society quite well.

“Kissing Coppers”

Einstein with a bottle of Jameson is the funnier part of this Banksy piece. To top it off he adds “Just Google it!”, another comment on society’s addiction to simple solutions and no longer worries about the bigger problems in our world.

Many people recognize the original sayings he’s using, then he makes it “Banksy” by adding “cancelled” by the desperately looking painter.

Stop Wars.

The stop and search painted in Palestine.

In Palestine….

Enjoy your lie.

banksy tidying up your sons face

Making sure he’s go to go for school. A constant reminder that unconditional love is unconditional love.

banksy-no ball games

“No Ball Games!”

banksy-robot grafiti

Robot Graffiti.

graffiti is a crime

“Graffiti is a crime”

what we do in life eccos in eternity

What we do in life echoes in eternity.

if graffiti changed anything

“If graffiti changed anything-it would be illegal.”

if at first you don't succeed call in an air strike

Pretty relevant in our world today. We’re so quick to call the boss, manager, Mom, teacher or whoever, and call in a preverbal Airstrike.

banksy crayons as bullets

No parking.

one original thought is worth

“One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings.” -Diogenes

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what are you looking for a job a career or a calling

What Are You Looking For; a Job, Career or a Calling?

Apr 12, 2017/in Advice, Human Resources, Leadership, Strategy/by Jeph

From John Mackey’s Conscious Capitalism he sums up what the vast majority of people are looking for when it coming to work.

A job, a career, or a calling.

a job

A Job

We’ve all had a job. We’ve all hated a job.

A job is what we first want when we’re young. Mostly for means to an ends. We want cash money. We treat the job as such, we don’t get too attached, we try to do just a good enough job not to get fired. There are many people in this world that simply work at a job. It’s not fulfilling, they don’t love the organization they work for, and when another “job” comes along that seems similar but pays better, they’re gone fast than you can say “do you want fries with that?”

a career

A Career

A career is a little different. Like a longer, well-paid boring job. Read more

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Goals Are For Losers, Systems Are For Winners

Dec 10, 2013/in Advice, Books, Research, Strategy/by Jeph

Scott Adams wrote an inspiring book. It’s called How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.

You probably know Mr. Adams a lot better once you find out he’s the guy behind those Dilbert comic strips. Yup, that’s Scott.

Throughout this fascinating read he keeps reminding the reader not to listen to his advice, after all he says, “you’re taking advice from a cartoonist!” I think this is why I felt like I should listen to him more, because he was open with his inherent bias’s and extremely transparent. Still one of the best all around books on improving your life, career, business, and most importantly, mindset.

Goals are for losers, systems are for winners. He had a lot of great advice in the book, but this counterintuitive thinking jumped out at me. As a guy who’s always been a firm believer in goals, goal setting, writing down goals, etc. this statement of Goals are for losers! really caught me off guard.

What the hell have I been doing? Why am I setting goals? Am I a loser?!?

Then you read on and find there is a method to his madness. The general argument is that goals, once completed, give you nowhere else to go, no next step, no contingency plan. But systems scale, they get larger with ease, they adjust to their surroundings, they’re more adept for growth. Your system is the way you create successful outcomes (if you aren’t creating successful outcomes you are probably using a bad system). Your style, personality, approach, tone of voice, attitude, etc. are all a part of your system. Read more

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My 2013 Goals

Jan 17, 2013/3 Comments/in Advice, Regina/by Jeph

This will be the biggest year of my life and hopefully yours too. As such I thought it would be helpful to set a couple goals. Do you set goals? You should. I could help you.

1. Win the last game of the season coaching volleyball.

My favorite pass time for the past few years has been coaching volleyball. It’s the best.

2. Read 52 books this year.

Came up several short last year.

3. To have a family dinner once a week.

I have a 15 month old nephew who thinks I’m just the funniest.

4. To help the University of Regina Alumni create something to be proud of.

Already in progress. Will report back.

5. To fall in love with the organizations that want my help. (Ehem, Capital Ford, Regina Police, Regina and District Association for Community Living).

6. Have SIAST ask me to teach more. (I’m teaching a marketing class for the first time ever this semester).

7. To speak in a province or state that I’ve never spoke in before.

Yes I’m still giving out lottery tickets during presentations if you were wondering.

8. To grow Strategy Lab to five of us.

Yeah that’s right, tell yer kids, tell yer wife.

9. Lose 20 pounds.

(I’ve been trying for 7 years but love cooking and wine far too much)

10. To always give credit when do.

A teacher in grade 11 once told our class when ever you receive amazing service you should tell the person or company. They may never know the impact they’re making unless you tell them.

11. To admit being wrong more often.

This is more so for Brandon and Linden. We argue a lot. Good arguing though. I think.

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Where do you want to go?

Jan 14, 2013/1 Comment/in Advice, Research, Strategy/by Jeph

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and Saw a Cheshire cat in a tree.
“Which road do I take?” she asked.
His response was a question:
“Where do you want to go?”
“I don’t know,” Alice answered.
“Then,” said the cat, “it doesn’t matter.”
– Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

If you don’t know where you’re going it’s going to be difficult to get anywhere. In life you must set goals, have a direction or a general purpose. The more you know about where you’re going, the easier decision making is when you come to the fork in the road.

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