If you take a good look around, you’ll find that there are hundreds, if not thousands, of buzz worthy conversations happening about death… right now. Death has become a bigger topic in the media than we expected it to be over the last couple of years. This is GREAT news for our profession. But for […]
As a personal development junkie, it’s no surprise that I found myself drawn to a lecture with a Qi Gong master who was visiting from a highly regarded monastery in China. This man had spent his entire adult life in a monastery, which I found incredibly admirable. And I was excited to wrap my heart […]
What does the funeral home of the future look like? There are so many schools of thought – some people think funeral homes will be incredibly technologically advanced in the future, while others think funeral homes will go off-grid, or even disappear all together. Whatever your vision is for the funeral home of the future, […]
We all know we can live well. There are life hacking books, articles, gurus… It’s never ending. But what about dying well? There is a new movement happening in this space, and we are daring to call it “death hacking”. People all over the world are starting to see the opportunities in end of life […]
The times, they are changing. And it’s not necessarily funeral homes that are changing the nature of the funeral profession. Rather, it’s individuals, who we are coining “Funeralpreneurs” who are going a bit off the beaten path to forge a new way for the funeral profession. These individuals went against the grain based on their […]
Everytime the f1 team hits any industry conference or event, we ask leaders we run into the same question: Where do you see the future of funerals going in the next five to 10 years? Why do we ask this? Because we all know that we’re in the middle of a wave of change. […]
Do you sense it? A subtle shift. A change of pace. It’s happening – the conversations people are having about death, dying and planning ahead are changing. Even the category “Death & Dying” on the TedX website is growing each year. It’s pretty clear now that the world is ready to change the way we […]
What drives innovation? For us, when we launched funeralOne into the world, our vision was creating the future of funerals. It’s been the vision that has driven us to where we are, almost two decades after our first days. We love seeing businesses blazing the trail for our collective funeral profession to step up in […]
“What would I do if I wasn’t afraid to fail?” This is the most powerful question I’ve ever asked myself on my journey of life thus far. The answers almost always bring me to a heart-thumping, breath-shortening, anxious state. But, let’s be honest, how often do we ask ourselves what we’d do if we weren’t […]
When you work in the funeral service industry, there are a few traits that make you really good at your job. Some say it’s a service-oriented mindset. Others are just born to be good funeral professionals. A select few are just trying something new, and their sheer curiosity is what drives them into a successful […]
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