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  • Fortune names Uncontainable a Top 5 Biz Book

    Fortune just named Kip’s book – Uncontainable – one of the top five business books for 2016!! Columnist Verne Harnish says, “The Container Store has fans as avid as Apple's and a workplace as appealing as Google’s – despite selling wastebaskets and closet organizers. It has a staff turnover of less than 10% and turns away 96% of applicants. In Uncontainable, its Co-founder and Chairman shares the blueprint of how The Container Store has pulled it off. Read this book now and shamelessly steal

  • 5 Books to Transform How You Do Business

    If you’re looking for new ideas and inspiration to get the New Year off to a good start, check out author Susan Steinbrecher’s latest Entrepreneur article – “5 Books That Will Help You Transform How You Do Business.” Kip’s book Uncontainable is included among the five, along with other great reads on the topics of workplace culture, personal branding and more. And if you’re thinking that just finding time to read can be a challenge, consider this: according to the article, “just six minutes of

  • Last Chance to Enter to Win!

    Don’t miss out – there are just three days left to enter our Uncontainable blog contest! Post a comment on our blog sharing your favorite quote from Kip’s book and why. You’ll be automatically entered for a chance to win one of ten $100 Store More cards we’re giving away! See official rules for details.

  • Kip on Our Unique Approach to Business

    Want to hear more about The Container Store’s unique approach to business? Check out Kip’s recent talk at the University of Denver Daniels College of Business during his Uncontainable Book Tour. Kip was honored to be invited to speak to more than 1,200 business leaders, students, faculty and community members, sharing what it means to be a conscious leader, all about our Foundation Principles and how The Container Store weathered the Great Recession in 2008.

  • 5 Stars for Uncontainable!

    Top 50 Amazon.com reviewer Robert Morris gave Uncontainable 5-stars! And we were touched that he compared Kip’s comments about hiring the BEST people to ensure everything is done with excellence to Ben Bradlee’s motto for The Washington Post during his tenure as executive editor. “Throughout his lively and eloquent narrative, Tindell cites several reasons for the company’s exceptional success (e.g. on average, 20% growth each year it has been in business). They include “passion, commitment, and

  • The Best Book about Corporate Culture in a Decade

    Well we couldn’t be more excited about the Inc.com review of Uncontainable, proclaiming it to be the best book about corporate culture in over a decade! Review author Tim Askew says, “To put it briefly, Uncontainable is the best book about creating corporate culture since Danny Meyer’s Setting the Table in 2006. In fact, along with Meyer, John Mackey, Tony Hsieh, Herb Kelleher, David Neeleman, and Howard Schulz, (and, as a philosophical precursor, Steve Jobs), Tindell is a member of the growing

  • What’s Essential About Being a Leader?

    For those of you who LUV to fly with Southwest Airlines, Kip is featured in this month’s Southwest Magazine – the in-flight publication read by more than 3 million people! For their monthly “Business Lesson” special feature, Kip answered the question “What is essential to being a leader?” Read Kip’s answer!! And to hear much more about Kip’s thoughts on leadership, check out his new book at www.uncontainable.com!

  • Kip on MSNBC and Bloomberg

    Kip is on the road sharing the messages from his new book, Uncontainable. Last week, Kip had the opportunity to join MSNBC’s Morning Joe with Miles Nadal in New York City to discuss why The Container Store is an employee-first culture, and what that really means! Watch Kip’s full interview with Morning Joe. Kip was also invited to talk with Matt Miller at Bloomberg’s “In the Loop with Betty Liu” where he shared more about why it’s so important to focus on creating value for ALL of your

  • Uncontainable Launches Today! Enter to Win!

    It’s here! It’s here! Kip’s new book, Uncontainable, is available today at www.uncontainable.com and wherever books are sold. Uncontainable brings to life The Container Store’s seven Foundation Principles and the tenets of Conscious Capitalism as the roadmap for how we run our business in order to create an environment where everyone associated with our company thrives! If you’ve ever wondered why you love shopping with us – you have to read this book! ENTER TO WIN! Between now and December 7th,

  • Kip’s New Book: Uncontainable!

    If you’ve ever wondered why you love shopping with us, we hope you’ll read Kip’s new book – Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives. The book will be available October 7, but starting TODAY you can pre-order Uncontainable at uncontainable.com, and receive free shipping! Uncontainable is an inspiring message of hope that it’s possible and joyful to create a business where everyone associated with it thrives. Our seven Foundation

  • Kip’s Organized Office

    What does the office of the nation’s leading retailer of storage and organization products look like? Well, it’s organized of course! The foundation of the space is our favorite product, elfa. And then the shelves are filled with special photos and items he’s collected from friends and colleagues during The Container Store’s 35-year journey. Recently, DCEO Magazine came in and took some great photos of Kip’s office, and spoke to him about some of the things that he holds nearest and dearest to