From the course: Implementing Continuous Improvement: A Case Study
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Two-person teams
From the course: Implementing Continuous Improvement: A Case Study
Two-person teams
(air wooshing and crash) - All right Rich, so let's talk a little bit about this whole concept of pairing that you do here at Menlow. First of all, just what is it and maybe, at a high level, why do you do it? - Sure. So, what you see here is when we, when we're doing work, we're working two to a computer. We're putting two heads together, which you know, the old adage, two heads are better than one. It's going to produce higher quality. - Right. - But, it's far more than that. We're putting two hearts together. We're building an opportunity for the team to create a community, to build collaboration. A lot of organizations give lip service to collaboration. Here, we built it right in to the operating system of the company. Putting these two hearts together to give the team a chance to build that relationship with one another. And, to put their hands, their minds, and their hearts together all day long to…
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About Menlo Innovations2m 33s
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Meet Richard Sheridan2m 32s
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The history of Menlo9m 34s
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Software project planning17m 38s
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Work authorization board9m 4s
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The kickoff8m 42s
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Measuring work10m 24s
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Morning stand-up meeting4m 10s
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More on Rich8m 41s
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Two-person teams9m 56s
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Culture11m 48s
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Open book finance board6m 8s
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Babies and dogs6m 10s
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High-tech anthropology3m 29s
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High-tech anthropology examples10m 10s
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Thomas and Whitney6m 37s
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Share the joy4m 25s
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