I started out in “Corporate” 14 years ago…. (holy smoly.. talk about sounding old) and after a few years, I left the Home Depot head office…I changed directions on my path to entrepreneur type roles that lead into what I do now.  For those that know me well… I always say “love corporate”… especially when friends of mine complain about work etc… not saying the grass is not greener on the other side…but I do respect the well oiled machine of a large organization.  Johnson & Johnson is one example of a well oiled machine.

A few weeks back I was commissioned to shoot an internal J&J event that focused on succession planning within their finance department.  Surprisingly there was a ton of creative aspects to this event, as each department within the finance team had to come up with a catchy way to promote and educate the attendees.  When I talk about creative… these guys where SUPER CREATIVE… from replicating and building a “who wants to be a millionaire set” to a theater environment and a film production  that was put together in weeks.   I will never mock a finance person (or CA, since tons of my friends are CA’s) again for not understanding my creative industry since they totally rocked the show that day.

I’m glad to see J&J investing time and effort to promote succession planning within their organization – as they clearly value their people.

I’ll say it again… “Love Corporate”

Thanks, Leon