Joe Colangelo · Calgary, Alberta

A Thanksgiving Greeting

Posted ahead of Thanksgiving, Monday 12 October 2026, for the people who have worked beside me over four decades of building businesses.

Gratitude is a practice, not a sentiment. Name the people who helped you build something, and say it out loud.

I have spent most of my working life in retail, loyalty, energy and workplace solutions, and every result I am proud of came through other people. A launch, a store build, a deal held together at the last minute. Somewhere along the way we started treating thank you as a formality instead of a habit.

This week, make it specific. Name the person, name the thing they did, and say it while they can still hear it. That is the whole practice.

Joe Colangelo

Calgary, Alberta · Chief Operating Officer, StoriBot AI