Posts by Cassie Dilly

New Year, New You

The start of the New Year is often a time of self-reflection, goal setting, and declaring personal development aspirations. Often, the final days of the year are spent plotting and planning how starting January 1st things will be different. We enter the year full of fervor and energy and excitement to become a “new me,” taking on personal and professional goals and intentions. But how often do we hit the middle of January and already feel ourselves puttering out of steam? The initial high from the start of the new calendar year is wearing off and pure determination is…

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Design Thinking: The Backwards Approach

Since joining the Breakout Games and Orange Perspective teams I’ve been learning a lot about entrepreneurship and the start-up culture of our workplace. A new season is upon us as we dive into the process of developing, designing and launching a new concept and adding to our family of brands at Orange Consulting; the energy around the Warehouse HQ is palpable. This type of creative, fast-paced, think-tank development feels heroic, as each decision is made to create an extraordinary experience for our target: our guests. In business there exists the concept of Design Thinking, which is to start with…

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What We’re Learning Wednesday: The ONE Thing

How do you have the time to do good, be better and have fun? You focus on only one thing at a time. This week’s What We’re Learning Wednesday is talking about just that as we break down Gary W. Keller and Jay Papasan’s The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results. Keller and Papasan are authors and real estate entrepreneurs, with Keller being the founder and current Chairman of the Board for Keller Williams, the world’s largest real estate brokerage.* Being married to a commercial real estate agent, this book was quickly recommended to me by my…

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The Enneagram & Work: Why Self-Awareness Matters

When I took over as the Director of Marketing for Breakout seven months ago, I immediately sought out knowledge in all forms regarding leadership and management. Leading a healthy, happy, effective team was new territory for me. But leadership concepts are about a dime a dozen these days. There are endless books, podcasts, lectures, TED talks, etc. available in the market to learn from. The volume can be overwhelming. Where do you start? Which principle is most important? Is there something I’m missing that’s going to screw my team up? These were all honest questions and the information out…

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