Episode 12: Derek Block | President & CEO, Touchstone

Derek Block is the President and CEO of Touchstone Merchandise Group, a marketing company that works with clients like Progressive Insurance and Kroger to build their brands and tell stories through merchandise collections.

Derek started Touchstone as a fresh college graduate 21 years ago. As a young leader with no playbook, they experienced their fair share of growing pains. Namely, they were so lasered-in on attaining financial success that they neglected to build a strong foundational culture.

There came a point when Derek realized his company had lost its way. So with the help of some great mentors, he refocused his mission and pieced together a plan to build the high-performing culture Touchstone has today. Listen in to learn how to use Derek’s ideas to build an engaged culture in your own organization.