An Amazing Story

Tonight I took a few Lykki team members to hear an amazing speaker.
Nando Porrado is considered one of the planets top speakers. His story has been made into a movie and many documentaries. but hearing him live was something special.
The talk Nando gave was exceptional, humbling and every person in the audience had at least one moment of tears welling up as they heard his amazing story.
I love bringing members of our team from Lykki to events like this. Some feedback I have received specifically on Nando was that hearing him was "life changing". It makes me happy knowing I shared the experience with others and it made an impact.
Even my 12 year old son came.

Cheers
Calvin

Flood!

Looks like the Lykkiplex has turned into LykkiBeach.
Phone calls at 7am on a Sunday morning are usually not good.
Our cleaners at Lykki had just arrived and saw the Lykkiplex was flooded with water pouring out the front doors of our offices.
Seems our water cooler line blew and water had been leaking probably for the entire weekend so far. There was two to three inches of water through the offices and into the warehouse. Luckily we didn't have much on the floors like computers or electrical so nothing was really damaged except carpet and the walls that soaked up water.
Luckily we have insurance and the crews were onsite to start the clean up process.
It's a shame we need to tear out all the carpet since we just moved in.
But it could have been worse so we are grateful.
Cheers
Calvin

Cooking for Ronald McDonald (House)

Sandy and 7 of her business friends recently went to the Vancouver Ronald McDonald House to prepare a meal for 80 people. I didn't know this program existed but is sounds amazing.
You can call Ronald McDonald House and ask for a day you want to come cook for the families who are staying at the house that day. You create a menu, bring the groceries, prepare and serve the food and most importantly - clean up.
The real reward Sandy said was to sit and have dinner with the families and some of the sick children and learn their stories. She said many times there was not a dry eye at the table.
An amazing experience that I'm sure we will do again with Lykki staff.
Cheers
Calvin

Do you Scrum?

I just read a game changer book: Scrum by Jeff Sutherland. We implemented it at Lykki in one departments and within a few weeks there were scrum boards all ofer the office and in most departments. I have never seen something get such quick buy in and adoption for a new process. We are always trying new ideas and this one looks to be a winner.
I'm going to let you read more about Scrum here  since this blog post could get pretty long. Try it out. I promise it will be worth your time.
Cheers
Calvin

International Happiness Day

Today is International Happiness Day.
At the Lykkiplex we decided to create this little pit stop outside our offices so people walking by could write on the glass "what makes them happy".

We drew people in with free bananas and snacks and had about 40 people write something.
What makes you Happy?
Cheers
Calvin

It's a Dogs Life

You might hear a bit of barking in the background every now and then if you call in.
Our newest addition to Lykki is Riley, a long haired German Shepherd pup.

We are very fortunate the LykkiPlex is in an industrial park and we have lots of easy access to the outdoors, including a beach across the street to let a dog run around.
Studies show some of the happiest corporate cultures are pet friendly and I can now see why. Riley has been an extra bolt of positivity and energy in our offices and several people have taken him for walks.
By the size of his HUGE puppy paws, we think he's going to be well over 100 pounds full grown.
Welcome Riley!!!
Cheers
Calvin

Lights, camera... You're Hired.

As Lykki continues to grow we have become pretty good at our recruiting practices.
One cool thing we do at Lykki is ask applicants to send us a video along with their resume. Kind of like a "hello, this is me" video.
Applicants who research Lykki understand we are all about the WOW and if hey want to make it to the top of the stack for an interview - a video could be that ticket.
Over the years we have seen some pretty impressive video applications like poems, custom songs sung with a guitar, slick production videos and genuine free flowing "this is me" videos.
Check out some of these - http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/job-application-videos/
If you are interested in working at Lykki, we are always hiring. So send us a video.
Cheers
Calvin