How Intuition and Creativity Go Hand-in-Hand

The Container Store’s third Foundation Principle reads as follows: “Intuition does not come to an unprepared mind. You need to train before it happens.” While it’s well-known that we’re big believers in extensive training for our employees, we also want them to bring their own life experiences to the table and let those experiences guide and shape their work.  There may be no better example of this principle than the origin story of Our Tall Shoe Box. The story began when Lauren Hill (no, not