Almost there...

So here we are, made it to Friday. Feels like a long time when you're outside of your regular routine, buts it's been an amazing week connecting with some great people in the Lux universe. Really happy with what's come out of it, the opportunities to collaborate & the things we're able to build on with these guys.

Another good day with the guys at Lux HQ, largely spent with Sean Dineen & his team looking at a whole bunch of stuff - talent, HQ curiccullum, blended learning plans, career development tools, leader development programs, evaluation strategies - you name it.  

What's really interesting is that while the US business is huge (c38,000 employees), the issues & challenges they're facing are very similar to ours, but obviosuly on a much bigger scale. While the retail market here seems to be more bouyant than at home, the challenges their brands are having with their positioning / propositions etc have many similarities, particularly between Pearle Vision and Laubman & Pank.

From an L&D perspective, lots of good ideas & content that looks like being a good fit in our business, so really valuable to spend the time with the crew here & get a sense of what's keeping the Oakley guys awake at night (insert smart-ass line about being high here) or how the Lenscrafters guys are transitiong into their Digital strategy. Sean is trying to free a great & yet-to-be released Lenscrafters TVC from the internal server for me which provides a great story of what the digital retail piece looks like in action.

Lux's US Retail HQ, Mason Ohio.

Apparently no guns are allowed on site at Lux. Geez, like, lighten up dude.

Meet Newman, the Lux mail robot. He's always getting stuck in the lifts trying to sneak out to the carpark for a ciggie...


Well guys, gotta run. Hope you've enjoyed keeping tabs on me & hope also that I've been able to give a slightly different view of a Lux business trip. See you soon.