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Tune in at 33voic.es/in65how From kid programmer in 1971 to Forbes cover story in 2003, "outlier" Richard Sheridan has never shied from challenges, opportunities nor the limelight. While his focus has always been around technology, his passion is actually process, teamwork and organizational design, with one inordinately popular goal: the business value of joy! Sheridan is an avid reader and historian, and his software design and development team at Menlo Innovations didn't invent a new culture, but copied an old one ... Edison's Menlo Park New Jersey lab. Henry Ford's recreation of the Menlo Park Lab in Greenfield Village was a childhood inspiration!

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This presentation consists of highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,

founder & host of 33voices®.

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Richard SheridanFrom kid programmer in 1971 to Forbes cover story in 2003, “outlier” Richard Sheri-dan has never shied from challenges, op-portunities nor the limelight. While his focus has always been around technology, his passion is actually process, teamwork and organizational design, with one inordinately popular goal: the business value of joy! Sheridan is an avid reader and historian, and his software design and development team at Menlo Innovations didn’t invent a new culture, but copied an old one ... Edison’s Menlo Park New Jersey lab. Henry Ford’s recreation of the Menlo Park Lab in Green-field Village was a childhood inspiration!

@menloprez

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In business - as in life -the risk of staying the same is far greater than the opportunity to change.

embrace it.

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In creating an open and collaborative work environment,

start by first weaving it into the culture and everything else will follow.

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The business value of joy is an evangelistic work force,

Electrifying ingenuity and a remarkable product.

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In a boss led culture, few emerge as leaders.while in a boss-less environment, everyone is encouraged to lend expertise.

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Don’t confuse a boss-less environment

with being leaderless.while the latter inspires you to do it.

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Build learning into your work model,and you’ll harness the collective brainpower of your team,

and enhance the serendipity of new insights.

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Build learning into your work model,and you’ll harness the collective brainpower of your team,

and enhance the serendipity of new insights.

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Want to empower and encourage learning in your organization?

Pump fear out of the room.

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To inspire an ownership mentality, try giving everyone a voice in your strategic planning process,

and be transparent about your financial results.

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In a peer led organization,it’s the opinion of your peers that evaluates your performance and promotability.

Want to move up? Ask them.

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“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you - a joy”

- Rumi

try it!

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If you can describe your work environment in one word, what would it be?

REALLY REFLECT...