IAM1981 – Entrepreneur Develops an Active Solution for Deskbound Employees

• Background: Patrick's first successful business focused on designing specialized seating solutions for individuals dependent on wheelchairs for mobility. In 2008, he used his experience to create CoreChair, an active sitting solution for deskbound employees.
• CoreChair: This product aims to reduce health risks associated with prolonged sitting, such as back pain and metabolic disorders, by encouraging active sitting.
• CEO Hack: Patrick suggests using peer networks, especially on LinkedIn, Google, and the book “Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution” by Tom Peters to inspire and support business growth.
• CEO Nugget: Patrick's advice to entrepreneurs is to take excellent care of customers because they are crucial to your success.
• CEO Defined: As a serial entrepreneur, Patrick sees a CEO as someone who understands how to make key decisions, pivot when necessary, and implement those decisions effectively.

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Patrick Harrison Teaser 00:00

So we set out to design a mechanism that would act much like the stability ball. That it would move and create a more healthy environment for people over long duration to minimize back pain and stimulate their metabolism.

Intro 00:12

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This is the I AM CEO Podcast.

Gresham Harkless 00:41

Hello. Hello. Hello. This is Gresh from the I AM CEO podcast. and I have a very special guest on the show today. I have Patrick Harrison from CoreChair.

It's awesome to have you on the show, Patrick.

Patrick Harrison 00:50

Hey, Gresham. It's great to be here. Thanks for having me on.

Gresham Harkless 00:52

No problem. What I wanted to do was just read a little bit more about Patrick so you can learn a little bit more about him and all the awesome things that he's doing.

Patrick Harrison is a kinesiologist and designer of the CoreChair. His first successful business focused on the design of specialized seating solutions for individuals who were dependent on wheelchairs for mobility.

In 2008, Patrick leveraged this experience-based knowledge to create the core chair an active sitting solution for desk-bound employees. He has become a source of knowledge for individuals and corporations to identify health risks manifesting as back pain and metabolic disorders and to implement solutions in the workplace.

Patrick it's super awesome to have you on the show. Are you ready to speak to the I AM CEO community?

Patrick Harrison 01:35

You got it.