Entries by Tom Morin
Men of Morinwood Want You!
The residential section might be slowing down, but we are just crewing up for institutional projects on Vancouver Island and in Northern BC
Morinwood’s new Ops Man
We are happy to announce the hiring of Jay Timothy who is taking the helm as operations manager.
My personal SWOT
I had fun building a personal SWOT for my leadership style leaning on some favourite TV stars.
Enhancing Construction Projects: The Power of Design Assist at Morinwood
At Morinwood, we redefine the traditional role of trade contractors by taking on the dual responsibility of coordinating design and overseeing the budgeting for expansive scopes of work. The process of building a institutional infrastructure is incredibly complex. Project teams need partners who can take responsiblity for their part of the project and coodinate effectivly […]
Buddy Up!
The rash of fentanyl deaths is overwhelming. Six people die in British Columbia every day from toxic drugs. 20% of those are tradespeople. These are mostly working men, who use recreationally or have dependencies that see them use drugs unsupervised. When they overdose there is nobody around to help them. The Vancouver Island Construction Association […]
Come back! Offices gotta change
The entrepreneur I just spoke to is anxious. She feels that the company culture she built over the past decade is at risk, or at least slipping from her control. The close comradery of her office has been an important ingredient in the secret sauce that made her distribution company special and successful. Now as […]
It’s Time To Build
Vern Harnish pushed out this motivational article by American tech pioneer and venture capitalist Marc Andreessen over the weekend. I’ve copied it below because it helped me to crystalize the way I feel about the future. The COVID-19 pandemic might have sucker-punched us but it’s given us a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to alter our course towards […]
Leading in Tough Times: Wisdom from CEO’s
After I saw the ravaged store shelves this weekend, I thought it would be a good time to get some perspective on piloting through choppy waters from local CEO members of The Entrepreneurs Organization. Many of them started tiny businesses that grew into much more serious enterprises and unknowingly committed themselves to quarterback a lot […]
Wisdom’s Retirement Party
I like politics, so I stayed up late to watch our youthful federal leaders deliver their post-election speeches. There was a strange chaotic moment when, the Liberals, Conservatives, and NDP all tried to take their respective stages at exactly the same time – perhaps each hoping to drown out the others – forcing the poor […]