VOTE for Swift Kick’s 2018-2019 Postcard
Each year, we ask a student artist in our Dance Floor Theory community to create a new design for our annual postcard. As we move into another year, we need your help in picking the final design! Thanks to the incredibly talented Katie, we have three new designs to choose from. Take a look at each postcard and vote for […]
Confusion is Good: Create Weird Moments to Increase Team Morale
In NYC, there are plenty of opportunities to be confused. Whether it be a Naked Cowboy – an NYC staple – or a reminder to Love Allways. [As a member of the grammar and spelling police, the latter example quickly captured my attention.] Strikingly, these opportunities for confusing are also a way to engage all those who […]
10 Surprising Ways to Stay Productive During Your Downtime
How often do you find yourself with nothing to do? No, social media and napping don’t count as activities. I get it, your Insta game needs to be on point. So, let me rephrase. How often do you find yourself doing meaningful and productive things during your downtime? You might find yourself in a lull […]
Creating a Mindfulness Practice (for Work)
The magic of Swift Kick happens out of a collaborative workspace in Downtown Manhattan, called LMHQ. The walls are white (because we can write on them #WorkPerk) and it has a warehouse-chic feel to it. As there are a lot of businesses that work out of the space, there are a lot of personalities, each with […]
3 Ways to Foster Positive Cell Phone Use at Work
As I landed back in NYC at 11pm, nearly every person around me reached for their phones to turn off Airplane Mode. My biggest concern was booking my car to get home as soon as possible, but as I looked around, it was Instagram and Facebook that people were clicking on first. If we are […]
[Video] Ask Me Anything with the Swift Kick Team
Horse whispering. It happens a lot more in this episode of the Swift Kickin’ It Show than anyone could have predicted. Yeah. If you have been keeping up with SKTV episodes, you’ve seen some great guests hang out with the Swift Kick team. But what about Tom and Melissa? Who are they, really? Watch them […]
Keep Yourself and Your Team on Track with a Prioritization Funnel
Through a casual conversation with one of my employees, he asked if he should still continue to update a financial document every day. In confusion, I asked him what document he was talking about. He then sent me a link and I found myself looking at a document that was at least 10 months old […]
Goodnight Moon: Creating a Night Time Routine for Better and More Sleep
TV: “Stay tuned for another episode in the “up all night marathon” of Law and Order: SVU.” Me: “Okay, one more episode.” Four episodes later, it is 3am. We’ve all been there, likely with the same show (how can you not love it?) Whatever your late night vice, you may not have had or still […]
Why We Had a Time Machine at Our Last Team Retreat
As you know by now, when Melissa and I plan a retreat, things can get a little weird. We started 2018 no differently, and this time the weirdness included a Back To The Future theme and our very own time machine. Yes, I said time machine. Here’s why a time traveling theme was the perfect […]
Welcoming Elon to the Swift Kick Team!
No, no. Not Musk. We have a cooler Elon on board here at SKHQ. Elon Kline is a sophomore at University of Delaware, studying Interpersonal Effectiveness in Leadership. He is also minoring in Organizational Community Leadership and Entrepreneurial Studies. But somehow he has time in between all that studying to also rock star his internship with us! […]