Clean homes, clear corporate minds

Deb Nelson’s first “aha” moment came as she stood on the pavement outside a Montreal restaurant, struggling to summon the courage to go inside. 

... Montreal resident Tolulope Ilesanmi, company founder and chief executive officer, believes cleaning is as much a spiritual service as a physical act. For the past two years, he has invited executives to tap into a deeper sense of purpose by coming to Montreal and working alongside his professional cleaning crews. Ms. Nelson was one of those pilgrims.

... Many of his classmates at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management, from which he graduated with a master of business administration degree in 2005, had gone on to lucrative, high-powered careers in finance. It seemed only natural he would follow the same path given his professional background in banking.

Read full article: The Globe and Mail, November 5, 2014