New Totes - Blue Totes

For over 10 years we have been delivering our orders in signature red totes. A first in Vancouver, and long before the moving industry started using totes. I remember watching Dragon's Den a few years back and seeing FrogBox pitch their moving tote concept and thinking, hey this looks familiar. Kudos to FrogBox (he's a buddy of mine now) for picking up on the same thing we saw - replace cardboard boxes with reusable totes.

So we are happy to see our new snappy blue Lykki Totes in the building, and we can recycle the old red ones.

Cheers
Calvin

Q2 All Hands Meeting

Time for our next All Hands Meeting. We can put a wraps on out Q1 theme "Keep Calm and Lykki On" after a successful rebrand. Q2 theme is Where's Wyatt? Based on the name of our new Enterprise Level ERP software system. We named the software project Wyatt after Wyatt Erp - get it?

All Hands are also about setting up the entire company for a focused march forward over the next quarter. We want every partner to know where we are at with our numbers, goals and strategic plans. It's also one more opportunity to talk about our KI Values and team build.

Q2 is all about the implementation of Wyatt and integration across all our software from CRM to ecommerce and back office. It will make life so much easier and more enjoyable for our partners and customers as we reduce the number of software running Lykki from 15 down to 3. There will be lots of training and long hours but most important is that we are all on board together.

Cheers
Calvin

Harlem Shake

OK, we had to give it a shot and make a Harlem Shake Video. Since we have a whole room full of costumes already (yeah, we like dressing up a lot here) it seemed only natural to film one. It was my son Aidan's idea (see blog post March 21st) and he really took charge of directing and sorting out who wore what costume. Have a look at our Lykki version and check YouTube for the hundreds of other variations on the same idea.

Cheers
Calvin

Sales Appreciation Day

Time to show a little Love with a Sales Department Appreciation Day. As usual, the Culture Club put on a great event with yummy food, decorations and massages all day.

Sales and Service Partners integral to our customer experience and growth - thanks partners for caring for our customers and spreading the Lykki Love every day!

Cheers
Calvin

Snappy Wheels

Wow, a special day today. First an Easter parade, then the delivery of our new style trucks. Check out the neat side door to keep our drivers safe from traffic and off load orders lickety split. These new trucks have super efficient engines that sip fuel compared to our old trucks we will be retiring. I looked at electric and unfortunately the cost and driving distance limitations just don't work for us yet. But I'm hopeful we can add some electric trucks in a few years.

 The environment is always on our mind and carbon emissions from trucks can be the main contributor to green house gasses. At Lykki we really focus on our trucks driving the least ammount of distance each day and having the highest average order size possible. Our $75 minimum order for free delivery really shows we put the environment before profits because small orders can really be harmful to the environment. Larger orders = less deliveries = less emissions.

Cheers
Calvin

Easter Parade

Our Culture Club is a group of at Lykki who create all our wacky parties and appreciation events. So when they asked Shawn and I to help our with a surprise Easter Parade, how could we say no? Little did we know it meant dressing up as a Chicken and the Bunny from A Christmas Story movie.

As good sports we tried to have some fun with it and grabbed the EcoYike for a full building tour, handing out treats along the way. A little self deprecating humor breaks down the walls and makes us all more approachable and builds an open and honest culture.

Cheers

Calvin

Training starts early at Lykki.

During Spring Break my oldest son Aidan (9) asked to come in to work with me (proud dad moment).

He helped package hundreds of free sample packs, learned how to ride the EcoYike and came up with a fun team building idea to make a Harlem Shake Video. He came back 4 days in a row, and it was great to see how respectful he was around other Partners. Sometimes you wonder how your kids will act in the real world after all the guidance and nurturing you have done. Bringing him to work for that extended a time really showed his work ethic and enthusiasm - now how do I bottle that and get him to do his homework???

Cheers

Calvin