Time away helped inform SRG exec’s management style

BOULDER — The business world knew Sterling Rice Group of Boulder as a brand consulting and advertising firm of some of the world’s largest consumer brands. But the workforce knew it as a place to have fun. 

SRG probably got as many accolades for its innovative worktime-as-playtime strategies as its success in bringing in more than $10 billion in new revenue for its clients in the past five years. Outside Magazine named it one of the best places to work year after year for paying for staff kickball teams, an all-company powder ski day and on-site massage, as well as…