On our recent TOMS company retreat, we took a creative route to getting to know each other. We were given a list of facts that each matched up with one of our co-workers. Our mission? To have a lot of conversations about a lot of random topics with each other to try and decipher who [...]

In a recent letter Blake wrote to each of us at HQ, he began:
My TOMS Family,
Please read the first three words of this letter again. Yes, i truly feel as if TOMS is a family, and from day one, i have done everything possible to treat each person with the same love and respect that [...]

As Blake put it, TOMS HQ is a pretty special place and we now have a way for visitors to remember their trip here: photos from our sweet vintage photo booth. It was quite an adventure to find the piece and our tech and creative department re-built it to get it in functioning order. It’s [...]

Unfortunately, we don’t all work remotely from Shoe Drop locations (potential 2011 idea, Blake?), but our HQ scenario isn’t too bad. Posted up in a funky complex in sunny Santa Monica, CA, you’ll find a long alley way that leads to a big warehouse door. A TOMS flag atop the entry-way is the first indication [...]

This past weekend, the 42 person full-time staff of TOMS Shoes traveled up to Mammoth for a retreat. We packed in to our 5 Vaga-vans, which the past and future Vagabonds use to travel all over the US. Although they’re pretty awesome vans, wrapped with photos of children from TOMS Shoe Drops, I can attest [...]