Shawn Parr

Shawn Parr is the Guvner & CEO of Bulldog Drummond, an innovation and design consultancy headquartered in San Diego whose clients and partners have included Starbucks, Diageo, Jack in the Box, Taco Bell, Adidas, MTV, Nestle, Pinkberry, American Eagle Outfitters, Ideo, Sony, Virgin, Disney, Nike, Mattel, Heineken, Annie’s Homegrown, Kashi, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, The Honest Kitchen, and World Vision. Follow the conversation at @BULLDOGDRUMMOND.

Shawn Parr

How To Build A Courageous Company Culture

Building a strong company culture takes hard work and true commitment. Here are some basic building blocks that can help.

10 Steps Towards A Better, More Productive You In 2015

Will you simply go through 2015, or will you grow as a person and a leader in the new year?

What FEED Can Teach Companies About Making Meaningful Connections

Three lessons on engaging communities for brands that want to make a difference.

Why Your Business Should Put Values Before Greed

Help your employees discover their purpose and you’ll see a significant improvement to their level of engagement and overall performance.

5 Questions You Must Be Able To Answer About Your Business

Can you answer these five questions successfully? If not, it’s time to rethink your business’s strategy.

How Zippo Has Reignited Its Fan Base With Personal Branding And On Social Media

Iconic American lighter Zippo has brand recognition most companies envy. Now, it’s sparked a Twitter campaign to connect its customers.

How To Adopt A Startup Mentality, Even If You’re A Multibillion-Dollar Corporation

Take an honest look at how your company functions internally. Even if you bring home billions, it may be time for a change.

Are Your Employees Connected To A Common Good?

They should be. A new study reveals the value in unifying around goodness.

Farming New Innovations And Ideas For The Food Industry Revolution

Food is a $3 trillion business worldwide, but has evolved very slowly compared to industries like medicine, communication, and transportation. That’s about to change.

What A Dead iPhone Battery Taught Me About The Power And Pleasure Of Being Alone

Hungry, tired, and without a working phone, the author took himself out to dinner–and remembered seven simple, meaningful lessons for leading a better life.

How To Build A Brand That People Don’t Buy, They Join

Apolis translates to “global citizen” in Greek. That’s the inspiration behind this socially motivated lifestyle company empowering communities around the world.

What Every Executive Can Learn From A Real Cowboy

It’s much more than what size hat to wear and how to walk cool.

5 Smart Steps To Building Your Brand The Right Way

Would you be proud to wear your company’s identity on a T-shirt?

Navy SEAL Lessons For Operating Successfully As A Team

Every person counts. And four other important rules to work by.

7 Tough Leadership Lessons From A Navy SEAL Commander

Taking tactics from the war room to the boardroom.

You Don’t Have To Be Organic To Keep It Real

But it sure does help. Enter the story of hunter-entrepreneur Matt Rimel.

Why Service Is The Final Frontier For Differentiation

These days, great service is a rarity rather than the norm. Why?

Are You An IDIOT?

It’s not what you think. Read on to find out if you are one–and what to do about it. (Hint: Don’t text from the bathroom.)

What Would You Do With 12 Million Twitter Interactions In A Single Day?

Azita Ardakani is the 27-year-old social genius behind the global clean-water campaign “Summit on the Summit.” Fast Company contributor Shawn Parr spoke with her recently and learned important lessons for telling a compelling brand story.

Divide And Conquer: A Tale Of Two Startup Founders, Two Cities, And One Great Idea

One owner of the Sneakz Organic food company lives in San Diego. The other is in Boulder. But 830 miles is nothing when passion is driving your breakthrough product.

Impact

Will there be a market for the coming explosion of electric cars?

Gifts from the 50 biggest donors dropped by half in 2018

Poor scheduling costs hourly workers sleep and happiness

Creativity

Finally! Doritos makes a chip bag that cleans your dusty fingers

The fallout from NYT’s Ryan Adams exposé has already arrived

Home Page is being rereleased, like a time capsule from the internet’s early days

Co.Design

Can architecture help you live forever?

Carry your kid’s diapers, but make it fashion with this fanny pack

This magic fabric ensures you’re never too hot and never too cold

Work Life

5 reasons why you’re still sleeping terribly

We need to stop striving for work-life balance. Here’s why

Want to cut your work hours in half? Create an A/B schedule