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In today's podcast, "How We Built a $7M Brand with Zero Upfront Costs," Manuel reveals the strategies that led to creating a multi-million dollar business from scratch. Learn how leveraging consignment, Amazon private labeling, and high-conversion opportunities can transform your business with minimal initial investment. Listen in now! Seizing High-Conversion Opportunities: Manuel shares how witnessing his partner Ernesto achieve a 70% conversion rate selling bed sheets on consignment sparked the idea to leverage similar opportunities. This high rate of conversion in physical sales highlighted the potential for building a successful business with minimal initial investment. Leveraging Consignment for Growth: The podcast digs into the concept of consignment, where products are acquired without upfront costs and payment is made only upon sale. Manuel explains how this model allowed them to scale quickly and effectively by minimizing financial risk while maximizing sales potential. Exploring Amazon Private Labeling: Manuel discovered the potential of Amazon Private Labeling, using it as a platform to rebrand and sell consignment bed sheets. By creating a new brand with affordable logos and labels, he was able to list and sell products on Amazon, generating significant revenue with minimal upfront expenses. Scaling to Success: The journey from selling individual bed sheets to importing containers from China exemplifies the scalability of the consignment and private labeling model. Manuel emphasizes the simplicity and power of private labeling, which enabled them to build a multi-million dollar company that he successfully exited in 2017. This podcast highlights the key strategies for building a successful brand with no upfront costs, including leveraging high-conversion opportunities, consignment sales, private labeling, and scaling operations through strategic investments. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Episode page with transcript, video, and more My guest for Episode #220 of the My Favorite Mistake podcast is Rich Sheridan, the co-founder, CEO, and “Chief Storyteller” of Menlo Innovations, a software and IT consulting firm that has earned numerous awards and press coverage for its innovative and positive workplace culture. He's the author of two books — first,  Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love, and then his latest, published in 2019, Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. I've interviewed Rich twice in my “Lean Blog Interviews” podcast, we've crossed paths at conferences, and I've been able to visit the Menlo Innovations office in Ann Arbor (2014). In this episode, Rich shares two favorite mistake stories from his time as a senior leader at a previous company. Why did one mistake change his life? How did the second mistake help him put himself in the CEO's shoes? Rich also kindly endorsed my new book: “At Menlo Innovations, one of our favorite phrases is ‘Make Mistakes Faster!' It's not that we like making mistakes, we just prefer making small mistakes quickly rather than BIG mistakes slowly. The difference comes from creating a culture where we are safe to share our mistakes. In The Mistakes That Make Us, author Mark Graban teaches all of us how to do this and shares story after real story of the benefits. It would be a BIG mistake to ignore this wisdom!” Questions and Topics: Why the title “chief storyteller?” How do you define “joy” in the workplace? What's your role as CEO in helping others find joy or be joyful? Joy vs. happiness? Deming connections: pride, fear Why is eliminating fear so important to you and Menlo? You say, “one of your favorite phrases at Menlo Innovations is ‘Make Mistakes Faster!” — tell us more about that…  “Fear makes bad news go into hiding…” “Let's run the experiment” — tell us more, “try stuff and see if it works” Being open to small mistakes as a way to avoid big ones? An experiment in working with you? “Without the stories, Menlo doesn't make sense” Paired work Please follow, rate, and review via Apple Podcasts, Podchaser, or your favorite app — that helps others find this content, and you'll be sure to get future episodes as they are released weekly. You can also financially support the show through Spotify. You can now sign up to get new episodes via email, to make sure you don't miss an episode. This podcast is part of the Lean Communicators network. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/favorite-mistake/support

This is our final episode for the year! I think it's appropriate after such a strange and momentous year that we reflect on the challenges, the amazing bits and the wins.In this episode, I share what each of my businesses and my personal life looked like and the learnings I'm taking away from what has been a really big year!There have been many highs - I had a book published, signed onto a lease for our new business Good Axe and enjoyed family holidays and cosplay! But it's also been hard - there has been illness (a lot of illness!), stress and being knocked back time and time again.I share my year in some detail in this episode because I think there's value in that. I hope that your year has been full of as much useful truth as you can manage and I'm really glad for all my listeners, (including in Europe!). I wish you a wonderful 2023 and some deep nourishing rest over the holiday period. I hope you're able to keep living life on your own terms and negotiating your way forward bravely.LINKS: My businesses:Good Axe  /  Ruby Assembly  /  mode.law My book:100 Days of BraveBusinesses mentioned that I love:23W  /  Nudo Weddings  /  Purpose Productions  /  Hatch Labs  /  Cargo Crew  /  Kenny Lover Ice Cream & Hot Chips  /  Confetti Rebels  /  Play Nook  /  Porridge Comms Events mentioned:Geelong Small Business Festival  /  @iamellesteele @ TEDx Cecil Street  /  Pax Articles/resources:Frankie Magazine Strictly Business article!100 Days of Brave Advent Calendar Previous episode mentioned:Ep 15 - How We Built a Coworking SpaceConnect with me:Instagram:@rubyassemblyWebsite:https://rubyassembly.com.au/https://little-mirrors.com/YouTube:Ruby Assembly

Episode page, video, transcript, and more My guest for Episode #448 of the Lean Blog Interviews Podcast is Rich Sheridan, co-founder, CEO and “Chief Storyteller” of Menlo Innovations, a software and IT consulting firm that has earned numerous awards and press coverage for its innovative and positive workplace culture. He's a returning guest from Episode 189 back in 2014 — the same year that I had a chance to visit the Menlo Innovations office. We talked then about his first book Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love. His latest book, published in 2019, is Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. Rich is giving a keynote talk, “Lead With Joy and Watch Your Team Fly!”, at the Michigan Lean Consortium annual conference, being held August 10-11 in Traverse City. I'll be there and I hope you'll join us. Today, we discuss topics and questions including: For those who didn't hear the first episode, how would you summarize “The Menlo Way”? And how has “the Menlo Way” evolved over the past 8 years? Why is “eliminating fear” so important and what drains joy from the workplace? “Tired programmers make bad software” Sustainable work pace Paired work – Erika and Lisa Individual performance reviews? “We've eliminated bosses” — nobody to review you, the team gives feedback, develops growth plan “Let's run the experiment” Toyota talks about the need for humble leaders — why is humility such an important trait? Do you hire for humility or try to screen out those without much humility? No longer say “we hire for culture fit” “Not an interview, an audition” Leadership lessons from the pandemic– 4 blog posts In “Chief Joy Officer” you write about the proverbial “mask” that leaders feel pressured to wear… masking how we really feel. Were you able to be your authentic whole self at work, fears and all, during the early stages of the pandemic? “Scared and panicked” – was it OK to share that with the team? “They're all adapting” – as a result of everything we've been doing for 19 years The podcast is sponsored by Stiles Associates, now in their 30th year of business. They are the go-to Lean recruiting firm serving the manufacturing, private equity, and healthcare industries. Learn more. This podcast is part of the #LeanCommunicators network. 

En este capítulo hablamos sobre 5 formas en las cuales podemos intentar sentirnos más motivados. Sabemos que la motivación viene y va y eso es natural pero creo que estos tips te ayudarán a sentirte con más ganas de cumplir tus metas o comenzar nuevos hábitos de una forma positiva. Espero que disfruten de este episodio :)   Nombre del podcast recomendado: Drink More Water Nombre del capítulo: How We Built 6 Figure Businesses at 21

How can we create a workplace people love? In fact, most of the challenges faced by organizations today, are not technology-related rather they are human problems. So, the question is- How do we organize humans more effectively?This time on The xMonks Drive, Richard Sheridan co-founder and CEO of Menlo Innovations, joins us to explain how humans impact organizations.Richard Sheridan is a co-founder, CEO, and "Chief Storyteller" of Menlo Innovations, a software and IT consulting firm that has received multiple awards and news coverage for its innovative and positive working culture.Richard, the CEO of Menlo Innovations, became disillusioned in the course of his career in the tumultuous technology world. He was consumed by a single thought: things could be better. Much, much better. He had to figure something out. Why can't a workplace be brimming with friendship, human vitality, creativity, and efficiency?Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations in 2001 with the goal of putting an end to workplace hardship. Rich's passion for building happy workplaces inspired him to write Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love, which became a best-selling and generally acclaimed book. His second book, Chief Joy Officer, proves that a pleasant and engaging leadership style is genuinely beneficial to a company's bottom line.

Rich SheridanRich doesn't just talk about joy in the workplace. He lives it every day at Menlo, the custom software and consulting company he co-founded in 2001 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Rich's passion for inspiring organizations to create their own joy-filled cultures leads him to address audiences across the world as well as throughout the United States. Today, listen to Rich first hand on how to build a workplace people love. We also talk about other things such as pairing and understanding the ACTUAL problem. Tune in to find out more.Rich is CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations. He is a successful entrepreneur and author of two best-selling books—Joy Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear.About Being An EngineerThe Being An Engineer podcast is brought to you by Pipeline Design & Engineering. Pipeline partners with medical & other device engineering teams who need turnkey equipment such as cycle test machines, custom test fixtures, automation equipment, assembly jigs, inspection stations and more. You can find us on the web at www.teampipeline.us.  Links:Rich Sheridan on Linkedin

This week I'm talking with Richard Sheridan, the co-founder of Menlo Innovations where his team's mission is to end human suffering in the workplace. Richard is also the author of Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer. In this episode, Rich and I talk about his company Menlo Innovations and the importance of having a balanced and satisfying work culture, including how you can bring about a culture change in your own organization. What You'll Learn This Episode: Menlo Innovations and the process of finding and training Menlonians Teaching culture internally and externally Pairing- What it is and how it's done How pairing helps the customer How to start a culture change in your organization About the Guest: Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan became disillusioned in the middle of his career in the chaotic technology industry. He had an all-consuming thought…things can be better. Much better. He had to find a way. Why couldn't a workplace be filled with camaraderie, human energy, creativity, and productivity? Ultimately, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations in 2001 to end human suffering in the workplace. His unique approach to custom software creation is so surprisingly different, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it. His passion for creating joyful work environments led to his bestselling and widely celebrated book, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love. His highly anticipated second book, Chief Joy Officer, came out December 4, 2018 and will continue to prove that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. Important Links: https://menloinnovations.com/ https://richardsheridan.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/leansolutions/support

Up next on Pass the Secret Sauce, we have Richard Sheridan ─ the CEO, co-founder and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations - a custom software design and development company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His unique approach to custom software creation is so surprisingly different, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it. He has a passion for creating joyful work environments which led to his bestselling and widely celebrated book, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love.  His highly anticipated second book, Chief Joy Officer will continue to prove that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. In this episode we discuss: Richard's favorite books that gave him hope in his career  [4:40] How his upbringing influences his way of communicating with people  [6:20] Writing his first two-line program that won an international programming contest  [8:30] The catalyst that made Richard leap into starting his own company  [13:00] The major problem in the software industry ─  the tower of knowledge problem  [19:00] Teaching cultural norms to their workforce; where the concept came from  [21:00] The productivity level of people working together [24:55] How much they spent on the unique process of their workforce [28:30] Making demonstrable software for clients every five days  [30:45] Types of clients they worked with  [32:10] Challenges they typically face in their workforce [36:30] Books  authored by Richard ─ Joy, Inc., Chief Joy Officer [38:45] How does the remote process look like [40:20] Quotable Quotes A high-performing team creates lasting value on a software project. It's isn't the efficiency of the programmers; it's about the effectiveness of the results that those programmers create   Links to sources and tools Get to know Rich: richardsheridan.com Virtually' visit the Menlo Software Factory - we offer free virtual tours weekly Learn more at menloinnovations.com Stream other PTSS episodes: TECH Thanks for listening. Don't forget to like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/passthesecretsauce to get updates on new episodes. If you haven't already, please follow and leave a review for our podcast, we'll really appreciate it. And as always, don't forget to pass the secret sauce. Support our podcast If you're a fan of the show, there are three simple things you can do to support our work: Subscribe, rate and review: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pass-the-secret-sauce-by-matt-shields/id1506940483 the podcast on iTunes or wherever you subscribe. Tell a family member, friend, or colleague about the show. Subscribe to us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ5eItxsGWyGKC91zd1pzbA and follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pass-the-secret-sauce-podcast This podcast is hosted by

Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan became disillusioned in the middle of his career in the chaotic technology industry. He had an all-consuming thought…things can be better. Much better. He had to find a way. Why couldn't a workplace be filled with camaraderie, human energy, creativity, and productivity? Ultimately, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations in 2001 to end human suffering in the workplace. His unique approach to custom software creation is so surprisingly different, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it. His passion for creating joyful work environments led to his bestselling and widely celebrated book, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love. His highly anticipated second book, Chief Joy Officer, came out on December 4, 2018, and will continue to prove that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. What you'll learn about in this episode: How Rich and his co-founder turned to their amazing team at Menlo for help during the pandemic What the two key questions are you need to constantly be asking yourself in a purpose-driven culture How the restrictions put in place during the pandemic engineered a deeper understanding of each other at Menlo What the five-step plan was at Menlo that allowed them to emerge stronger How digging in and being in the fight together changed the Menlo team members What was the turning point for Rich when he was able to see the incredible opportunity for his High-Tech Anthropologists to grow What it means to be human and the role storytelling plays Additional resources: menlo.cc/factorytour Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/menloinnovations/ Twitter: @menloprez LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/menloprez

In this episode, Richard interviews Richard Sheridan. Richard is the CEO, Co-founder, and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations, a software design and development firm in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is also the author of two books on creating an intentionally joyful culture: Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love, and Chief Joy Officer - How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. Richard gives us a glimpse into two of his favorite teams to tell us a story of joy, empathy, and compassion that fills his days and drives his work. When you finish listening to the episode, connect with Richard on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/menloprez/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/menloprez, or do something even better - subscribe for a virtual tour at Menlo Innovations at https://menloinnovations.com/tours-and-workshops/factory-tours, and learn how to build a joyful workplace. Go to https://kasperowski.com/podcast-61-richard-sheridan/ to listen to the episode and read the transcript.

Rich Sheridan is my guest on this episode of Inside Ideas with Marc Buckley. Rich is CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, is a successful entrepreneur and author of two best-selling books—Joy Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. Rich's passion for inspiring organizations to create their own joy-filled cultures has led him to address audiences across the world—through four continents and 18 countries (and counting) as well as throughout the United States. What motivates Rich to travel the world, speaking to tens of thousands of people in nearly every setting imaginable? What does he share with his audiences that makes them jump to their feet with enthusiasm and return to their organizations on fire with inspiration? Simply this: joy. More specifically, that joy in your organization is not just possible but essential—essential to profitability, to productivity, to every measure of success. Rich and his message of joyful leadership have been featured in press outlets ranging from Inc, Forbes and New York magazines to Bloomberg, U.S. News & World Report, NPR's On Point podcast, NPR's All Things Considered, and the Harvard Business Review. His videos for organizations such as Gemba Academy, VitalSmarts, and the Arbinger Institute continue to inspire audiences around the world. Rich doesn't just talk about joy in the workplace. He lives it every day at Menlo, the custom software and consulting company he co-founded in 2001 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since then, Menlo has received worldwide notice for its unique culture, including recognition by Inc. Magazine as the most joyful company in America. Menlo has also been recognized by the Alfred P. Sloan award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for 11 straight years and has received a lifetime achievement award for Freedom at Work from WorldBlu, as well as five revenue awards from Inc. magazine. Today people come to Menlo from all over the world—nearly 20,000 in the past seven years alone—to learn about Menlo and how they can create a culture of joy in their own organizations. https://menloinnovations.com/ https://menloinnovations.com/stories/culture/john-naisbitt-and-joy https://richardsheridan.com/ @menloprez https://marcbuckley.earth https://www.innovatorsmag.com https://onepoint5media.com

 Richard Sheridan, one of Menlo Innovation's founders and Chief Storytellers, which has given more than 1000 talks to audiences around the world and written the bestselling and widely celebrated book, https://richard-sheridan.com/books/joy-inc (Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love) and his second book, https://richard-sheridan.com/books/chief-joy-officer (Chief Joy Officer) joins us to discuss what he has learned about building a workplace of JOY.

Wouldn't it be awesome if on any given day you could choose to work from anywhere? Your favourite coffee shop, your kitchen table in your PJ's, a beautiful beach. Well, that's why we start lifestyle businesses. So we have that kind of choice. This week I decided to head down to my local beautiful beach here in Phuket for the day & record today's podcast! I felt recording on the beach would highlight the benefits of what I'm talking about nicely! The podcast is an audio summary highlighting the main 8 steps to building your own online lifestyle business as detailed extensively in my step by step post here - How to Start a Life Changing Online Lifestyle Business. I highly recommend once you've listened to the podcast & made a note of each of the steps you read through the main post & download my free guide (see full show notes here). Here's what I cover in the podcast; Step 1 - Choose & Define Your Niche Step 2 - Get Clear on Your Life & Business Goals Step 3 - Plan for Profit Step 4 - Identify Your Target Market Step 5 - Create Your Brand & Message Step 6 - Build Your Audience Step 7 - Develop Your Business Model Step 8 - Diversify & Grow Links Mentioned in This Episode How to Start a Life Changing Online Lifestyle Business How to Build a Huge Email List of HOT Leads For Your Business How to Start an Ecommerce Business and Sell Stuff You Love! How We Built a 7 Figure Amazon FBA Business in 12 Months 40+ Content Marketing Examples for Your Lifestyle Business 189 Online Lifestyle Business Ideas for 2020 & Beyond Customer Avatar WorkSheet - Digital Marketer Full podcast playlist available at - https://yourlifestylebusiness.com/podcast/ Your Lifestyle Business FB Community - https://yourlifestylebusiness.com/fbcommunity Your Lifestyle Business Instagram - https://yourlifestylebusiness.com/instagram

An organization focused on relationships, trust, reasonable workload, vacation, work-life balance... sounds like a dream job.   A dream that is possible when a goal of the organization is long-term sustainability.   Beyond that, adding joy and recognition that employees have lives outside of work to the recipe has a powerful impact on employee attraction and retention and every measure of business success. My guest for this episode is Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations. His two best-selling books—Joy Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear outline the culture philosophy Rich and his cofounder lead by every day.   Listen in as Rich shares the story of his evolution of leadership and finding the formula for thriving in the organization. It is all about more lift and less drag. 

Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan became disillusioned in the middle of his career in the chaotic technology industry. He had an all-consuming thought: things can be better. Much better. He had to find a way. Why couldn’t a workplace be filled with camaraderie, human energy, creativity, and productivity? Ultimately, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations in 2001 to end human suffering in the workplace. His unique approach to custom software creation is so surprisingly different, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it. His passion for creating joyful work environments led to his bestselling and widely celebrated book, Joy, Inc. – How We Built a Workplace People Love. His highly anticipated second book, Chief Joy Officer, came out December 4, 2018 and will continue to prove that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. What you will learn from this episode: Richard shares the story of Menlo Innovations and its focus on ending human suffering in the workplace by spreading joy What the 5000+ visitors to Menlo Innovations have seen that sets the company’s culture in a league of its own How the global pandemic has impacted Menlo Innovations, and how their powerful culture helped them make the transition to being a 100% virtual office How the team adapted to using remote work tools like Zoom and were able to maintain their unique culture even remotely How the team developed a sequence to navigate the crisis: survive, adapt, sustain, emerge stronger, and thrive again How the outbreak of the pandemic took Richard by surprise and was difficult to adapt to, and why it’s natural to struggle through difficulties Why Richard wrote Chief Joy Officer, the follow up to Joy, Inc., and what important topics he covers in the new book Why the intentionally joyful culture at Menlo is helping the organization maintain optimism through these difficult times, and why joy isn’t the same as happiness Why Richard feels the two strongest aspects of the culture at Menlo are that the team actually believes in it and that they want it to survive How Richard equates leading a business with flying an airplane, with forces of lift vs. weight and thrust vs. drag applying to businesses too Resources: Chief Joy Officer by Richard Sheridan: https://amzn.to/2XSv1KW Email: rsheridan@menloinnovations.com Schedule a tour of Menlo: email experience@menloinnovations.com or visit https://menloinnovations.com/tours-and-workshops/factory-tours Website: https://richardsheridan.com/ Website: https://menloinnovations.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/menloprez/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/menlo-innovations/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/menloinnovations/ Twitter: @menloprez Additional Resources: Sell With Authority book written by Drew McLellan and Stephen Woessner Predictive ROI Free Resource Library Connect with Stephen Woessner on LinkedIn

Listen in as your host "Just Nate" and Dennis (CEO) talk to the president of Defense Management Company, Inc (DMC Inc), Matt Betzmer. Matt walks us through his journey of starting up his own DoD firm. Matt does not hold back on this episode, he tells it like it is, the good and the bad. If you are thinking about opening your own company or you already have and just want to listen to someone that has been through it or going through it as we speak, listen in. DMC Inc. does not have a website yet, it is in the middle of development. The company focuses on DoD Training, Education, Missile Defense, Space Systems, Operations, etc. Just Nate mentions two great books by a wonderful Author by the name of Richard Sheridan, CEO and Chief Story teller of Menlo Innovations. Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love - https://www.amazon.com/Joy-Inc-Built-Workplace-People/dp/1591847125 Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear Hardcover - https://www.amazon.com/Chief-Joy-Officer-Leaders-Eliminate/dp/0735218226/ref=pd_lpo_14_t_0/138-7642473-6170433?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0735218226&pd_rd_r=dc8942c1-8b91-4ef5-9b1d-4540a28cfd4d&pd_rd_w=lJmY1&pd_rd_wg=5tTKl&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=W20T2R4Q1Z1YCF4NNVA4&psc=1&refRID=W20T2R4Q1Z1YCF4NNVA4 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thesmalls/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thesmalls/support

Rich Sheridan is the CEO and Co-founder of Menlo Innovations. Rich is also the author of Joy Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and his newest bestselling book Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear, which is a 2018 Nautilus Book Award Winner for Business and Leadership. His company was founded in 2001, “To end human suffering in the world as it relates to technology.” Today Rich travels the world speaking about joy, creativity, and human energy in the workplace. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Rich passionately shares the Menlo way through workshops, tours of his company, speaking, and mentoring entrepreneurs in the community. Rich has never shied away from challenges or opportunities. His focus is always on technology, teamwork, and organizational design, and always with one goal in mind, the business value of joy. What you will learn in this episode: How Rich's new book Chief Joy Officer differs from his first book, focusing instead on the how-to of creating a culture of joy in today's businesses and organizations What has changed at Menlo Innovations since Rich's last appearance on the Other Side of Potential podcast and since the launch of Chief Joy Officer Rich shares a story about encouraging a mother at his company to bring her child to work with her and how this “experiment” set a precedent for the Menlo How the daily routine and structure at Menlo is ideal for allowing parents to bring their babies to work and why it matters Why people crave clarity and the opportunity to do meaningful work, and why these concepts are central to the way Menlo structures their paper-based workflow How visitors translate Menlo's organization methods into their own industries, and how employees even use those methods in their family lives Why Menlo pairs employees at shared computers throughout their workday and how this unique practice supports better employee engagement and higher performance and productivity. Why an effective business culture needs intentionality to thrive, and how Menlo's interviewing and onboarding process is designed to teach Menlo's culture How the culture systems Rich has put in place serve to also hold him accountable in his role as CEO Why Rich recommends reading and continual learning to any business leader who wants to keep growing Resources: Chief Joy Officer by Rich Sheridan: https://amzn.to/33fjoOh Website: www.menloinnovations.com Email: experience@menloinnovations.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/menloprez/ Facebook: www.facebook.com/menloinnovations/ Additional Resources: Website: sharonspano.com Book: thetimemoneybook.com Events: sharonspano.com/workshops Contact: sharon@sharonspano.com Twitter: @SharonSpano

In this episode Rich Sheridan describes a very practical application of behaviour change science. In 2001, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations, in Ann Arbour, Michigan, with a goal to end human suffering as it relates to technology. His approach to custom software creation is so unique, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it, and I am happy to say that I am one of those people!Rich is the author of two best-selling books, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer both of which describe how to create and sustain a joyful culture at work and demonstrate that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. Menlo and Rich have been featured on the cover of Inc., Entrepreneur, Forbes and New York magazines and he frequently speaks at business conferences and to major corporations such as Mercedes-Benz, Nike, and 3M.Rich provides excellent personal and professional examples of using behaviour change science, without using any behavioural science terms! He truly lives up to his title at Menlo: Chief Storyteller!

In this Episode: Whose rules are you playing by? Resources for kicking comparison Does what you’re worrying about really matter? Trust the timeline of your path Girl, I am SO excited you are here today because today’s topic was sparked by the feeling of getting engaged after dating for a decade and some of the responses that I got about it. I’ve heard from a lot of women about their anxiousness in regards to milestones in their life, whether it’s engagement, or wedding, or buying a house, or having kids and I just really wanted to talk about this topic because I want to give you some TANGIBLE action steps & mindset approaches that have worked for me. In this short gut check style episode I am breaking down 3 components that I think you’re really going to vibe with! Can’t wait to hear what you think!   Quotes: “Am I building a life that I want? Or what society is telling me I SHOULD want?” “When you know what you actually want, you find that you’re not as anxious about what other people are telling you to do.” “If you’re letting someone else’s opinion of your timeline dictate what you’re doing with your life, you’re going to end up with a crap ton of resentment towards them.” “WHY matters so much more than WHAT.” “You don’t get a prize for getting to a milestone faster.”   Resources: Hey girl, have you joined our email list yet? Subscribe now SELF-AWARENESS & COMMUNICATION tips for Relationships that Last w/ Rachel & Kyle Wright RESILIENCY & Life After Miscarriage w/ Shelly Mettling Self-Awareness, Conflict Resolution & Real Talk to How We Built a Thriving Relationship w/ Seena Ghetmiri SQUASHING the COMPARISON Game Check out ALL my favorite things on Amazon (trampolines, books, & more!) If we aren't connected yet be sure to come hang with me on Instagram @kaciafitzgerald and @empowerHERpodcast or online at www.kaciafitzgerald.com Topic or speaker suggestions? Shoot us an email: hello@kaciafitzgerald.com  Follow our EMPOWERHER PUMP-UP JAMS playlist on Spotify!  

  In this episode, we continue our podcast series with Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan Rich's passion for creating joyful work environments led to his bestselling and widely-celebrated book, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love. His recently released second book, Chief Joy Officer, will continue to prove that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. Today, Rich will tell us about the fact that it's all about people working with people and why Gratitude is necessary at Menlo Innovations.   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;Richard Sheridan; Menlo Innovations

Today, we begin a podcast series with Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Joy Officer of Menlo Innovations in Ann Arbor, Michigan Rich became disillusioned in the middle of his career in the chaotic technology industry. He had an all-consuming thought…things can be better.  Much better. He had to find a way. Why couldn't a workplace be filled with camaraderie, human energy, creativity, and productivity? Ultimately, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations in 2001 to end human suffering in the workplace.  His unique approach to custom software creation is so surprisingly different, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it. His passion for creating joyful work environments led to his bestselling and widely-celebrated book, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love.  His highly-anticipated second book, Chief Joy Officer, came out December 4th and will continue to prove that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. Here's Rich Sheridan to speak about Joy in the workplace:   Keywords: #IWorkForGM; Art of Grateful Leadership; Power of Acknowledgment; Grateful Leader; Judith W Umlas; James G Trela; Center for Grateful Leadership; Leadership; Management; Employee Retention; AGL; CGL;Richard Sheridan; Menlo Innovations

When you think about work, do you think about joy as well? Joining us on this episode is Rich Sheridan, the author of Joy, Inc. and most recently Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. He leads Menlo Innovations as their co-founder and CEO, and the company has won the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for 11 straight years. Today we’re talking about how you can bring more joy into your work — and what can happen when you do. Defining Joy At Menlo, Rich shares that their mission from day one is to end human suffering in the world as it relates to technology. And their goal inside of that, since their founding, was to return joy to technology. If you’re going to embark on a joyful journey, ask yourself two questions. Who do you serve? And what would delight look like for them? They may look simple, but Rich warns against picking the easy answers. Fear in the workplace The natural fear in the workplace for any employee is that something bad is going to happen to them: they’re going to lose their jobs, miss the next promotion, or be overlooked for a key assignment. There’s a brand of management that sees that as a good thing … but what kind of culture is that creating? With fear, work is no longer about contributing, it’s about being better than the other guy just so you get to stay. That creates a very debilitating culture. Systems, not bureaucracy Bureaucracy manifests itself as a lot of waiting: waiting for decisions to be made, or answers to be had, or a sign off on an approval. All of this waiting weighs an organization down and robs the energy of your team. After a while, they disengage. But Rich shares the story of his eldest child’s pediatrician. A truly wonderful doctor, yet somehow, he had no patients in his waiting room every time they visited. Was he just bad at business? This place should be filled with patients. It turns out no. He was amazing at systems. One of the most important things we can do as joyful leaders is think about the systems that keep chaos out of our world so we can lift the human energy of our team and keep the weight of our human aircraft as light as possible and fly to heights and distances. The competitive advantage of love Think of what you could accomplish if instead of only 30% of your employees were engaged, 70% of them were? If these people came in every day with a spring in their step, a dedication in their energy, and they engaged in a fundamentally different way? Think about the value that would bring to your organization, how much more output you would get, the quality of the output they would produce, and how much better a reputation you would have, not just with your customers but with the others you’re trying to recruit into your organization. Legacy Family is of the utmost importance. During Rich’s disillusionment days, he was coming home late having accomplished nothing, and realized the thing that mattered most to him was slipping out of his grasp. Time will pass, and it will pass regardless of whether you’ve enjoyed your work life or you haven’t. Rich wants to be a good example to his kids, to show them that it is possible to have the kind of joyous work life that everyone dreams of. Rich Sheridan: LinkedIn | Twitter | Menlo Innovations | Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace | People Love | Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear

Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan became disillusioned in the middle of his career in the chaotic technology industry. He had an all-consuming thought…things can be better.  Much better.  He had to find a way. Why couldn't a workplace be filled with camaraderie, human energy, creativity, and productivity? Ultimately, Rich co-founded Menlo Innovations in 2001 to end human suffering in the workplace.  His unique approach to custom software creation is so surprisingly different, that 3,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it. His passion for creating joyful work environments led to his bestselling and widely-celebrated book, Joy, Inc. - How We Built a Workplace People Love.  His highly-anticipated second book, Chief Joy Officer, came out December 4th and will continue to prove that a positive and engaging leadership style is actually good for business. Find and follow Rich and Menlo Innovations using: Twitter - @menloinnovation and @menloprez  Facebook - menloinnovations LinkedIn - menlo-innovations https://menloinnovations.com/ 

My guest today is Richard Sheridan, the founder of Menlo Innovations and author of “Joy, Inc.” and “Chief Joy Officer.” He shares an inspirational guide for those seeking joy in the challenge of leading others and pushes readers to think, act and lead different. Too many live in quiet desperation. It's Richard's mission to bring those people out of those lives and thrive in whatever workplace they are in. Before Menlo Richard was in a job that by all definitions he should have loved. He was creating art and making a real impact in people's lives, however he was not happy. He realized he had created a culture where nobody at his company could make a move without his approval. He knew the company could not move forward any faster than him. Shedding the “smartest guy in the room image” was an important part of culture Richard wanted to instill wherever he went next. The topic his books Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Extreme programing Running experiments Trusting your team What is Joy? Killing ideas vs. action oriented Index cards Jump in! --- I'm MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I'm proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I'd like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can't get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!

What difference does JOY make in the workplace and how can you find JOY in leading others? Richard Sheridan joins Kevin to discuss how a joyful culture can bring about business results. He is the CEO and co-founder of Menlo Innovations and author of Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and his latest book, Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. Richard recognizes that leadership occurs at every level within an organization and challenges us to become a better version each day. Further, the people we are leading need to know we are real and we support their growth through our vulnerability. Richard also says that if you are in the Ann Arbor area and want a tour, just reach out.

What difference does JOY make in the workplace and how can you find JOY in leading others? Richard Sheridan joins Kevin to discuss how a joyful culture can bring about business results. He is the CEO and co-founder of Menlo Innovations and author of Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love and his latest book, Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear. Richard recognizes that leadership occurs at every level within an organization and challenges us to become a better version each day. Further, the people we are leading need to know we are real and we support their growth through our vulnerability. Richard also says that if you are in the Ann Arbor area and want a tour, just reach out. In this episode learn more about 1. Joy and culture. 2. Loving and authentic leaders. 3. Importance of storytelling to leaders.

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Special Guest: Kate Travers In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kate Travers who was a student/apprentice with the Flatiron School and now is on staff as a software engineer. The panel and Kate talk about adopting Elixir at the Flatiron School and Pattern Matching. Watch Kate’s talks about the topic; links to these talks can be found below. Show Topics: 1:08– Hi from Kate Travers. 1:16 – Chuck: Background? 2:20 – Kate gives her background. 2:30 – Chuck: We had another Flatiron alum from an extra show. 2:44 – Kate: Yeah – she’s great! 2:48 – Chuck: Flatiron mostly focused on Ruby and JavaScript. Has that changed or? 3:02 – Kate: For the students we are teaching the Rails focus on the backend and React on the frontend. Times might be changing. What else is out there for functional curriculum? Our lead engineer is super motivated introducing some Elixir. Our engineering team might be the first to go in that arena. It would be absolutely fantastic to 4:02 – Chuck: Awesome! I would like to see the boot camps take on Elixir. 4:15 – Kate: Yeah, there are many benefits of doing that. 4:57 – Chuck: You see some Reactive, some... It is interesting to see how it comes together and 5:16 – Kate: Yeah we see this as a support – delivery of curriculum. When you start out you are writing in a functional style. You are essentially writing TLI scripts – functional manner. Now in the curriculum we are training people to think, and to get away from that script-way, and think in terms of objects. 6:11 – Panelist: I think that is interesting. Some of the difficulty of teaching Elixir is to UNLEARN some of their past education. Start teaching people FUNCTIONAL, might help. 7:04 – Chuck: I have been starting a new project... What is going on here? Oh yeah I have to think about it. 7:20 – Kate: Yes. We have spun up – we have one core Elixir project. We have been on that for a year. We have spun up some smaller projects. On these projects this is the first time these people have used Elixir. It is interesting to see the difficulties that they are seeing for the first time. 8:09 – Chuck: I want to talk to adoption for a bit. So as your school has made this transition, where are you seeing the (first of all) where is it easy to get buy in. How did Elixir get into Flatiron? 9:06 – Kate: It is not apart of the school’s curriculum. How we started using Elixir was because our technical lead he is super loud / elegant voice for this language. Elixir might solve some of the problems that we were facing. When we adopt new tech it’s because we have thought about it heavily. We don’t adopt new technologies “just because”. The perfect opportunity came up, so this lead into why and how Flatiron started using Elixir. Kate goes into more detail. 15:24 – Chuck: Learn.io – check out outside of the school? 15:35 – Kate: Yep! There is even some interview prep; also, intro to Ruby, intro to JavaScript, and someday intro to Elixir? 16:06 – Chuck: As you brining people into this how do you transfer them to Ruby to Elixir? Do you throw them into the deep end? 16:26 – Kate: Sure! If someone is interested we will. It is something our team tries to prioritize. Kate goes into more detail. 18:43 – Kate: We didn’t expect for these book clubs to keep going. We will do a little workshop as part of book club. 19:18 – Panelist: Question to Kate. 19:25 – Kate: Yes, so everyone has a NEW lead each week. Folks of ALL different experience levels. What is different about our team is that we have tons of people who LOVE to blog. If you check-it out as they are learning Elixir they are writing posts. 20:21 – Question. 20:29 – Kate answers the question. 20:49 – Chuck. 20:55 – Kate: Steven suggested a new way to cement the things you are learning. 21:28 – Chuck: Yeah – Flatiron labs. Now that I have been playing with Elixir with pattern matching. At first it’s scary stuff. 21:49 – Kate: It is a head-trip. 22:00 – Chuck: ...wait...wait... 22:10 – Kate: Multiple binding? 22:16 – Panelist: My first introduction to outer matching was seeing a... 22:39 – Kate: Great first introduction. Not the textbook example, you will get to see the real-world situation. Yeah that is a really, really good example. 23:05 – Panelist: Pattern matching for me became a superpower! It was my first real love of the language; before concurrency, and others. Pattern matching helped with a lot of the pains that I wouldn’t have to encounter. You are poking this big object to figure it out. Then it’s easier because if the shape matches, then it matches. Mental flip – and I get it! It felt like a superpower. I liked your talk, Kate, about pattern matching. 24:41 – Kate: Yeah, totally. Pattern matching. Like learning a musical instrument like a guitar. When you start learning something like this you have these high ambitions. You are learning to be a rock star and you want to be David Bowie. But when you start you couldn’t be further away from that goal. At the beginning you are learning chords and it’s so easy to think: “I am terrible, I suck...” you quit and never keep going. To prevent this you need a hook to keep you going. You just need to learn that really sick rift. Oh yeah, NOW I can start seeing my rock star abilities; same thing for Elixir. Pattern matching was my really sick rift. 27:38 – Panelist chimes-in. You have that excitement about the new language. But they get frustrated because they are a beginner. I do think that you nailed it there. If people can latch onto something fairly quickly, then it gives them a reason to keep coming back to learn more and more. 28:25 – Kate continues this conversation. 28:48 – Panelist. 28:54 – Advertisement – Code Badges! 29:32 – Chuck: Most important / interesting thing you’ve learned about pattern matching? 29:48 – Kate: It was the different things you can do with... 30:23 – Kate: The concept is that Elixir provides... 31:42 – Chuck: I didn’t know that you could do that! 31:56 – Kate: The benefit only comes from legibility. 32:13 – Panelist: Guard clauses and pattern matching. I think it would be a mess if I weren’t use Elixir. 32:31 – Kate: Yes, definitely. 33:10 – Panelist: Yes, my first project with Elixir... 34:47 – People should go and see your talk and it’s in the links. 35:00 – Kate: Thanks! Kate talks about dodging bullets and code.  36:04 – Chuck: have you seen other languages using/trying to use Pattern matching? 36:10 – Kate: Yeah, there are talks about Ruby and JavaScript for introducing proper pattern matching in BOTH languages. Ruby is interesting. I don’t know how much traction we have on these, but people seem really into program matching. 36:36 – Panelist: Yeah, I think people come to Elixir and see pattern matching and they get excited. 36:55 – Kate: Yeah, I would be interested to see if the proposals go through or not. There is a conference on my WATCH LIST and I want to see more about it. 37:26 – Panelist: It started off as a prologue that’s what you need. 37:37 – Kate: If it wasn’t designed that way in the beginning it will be a problem. If it’s not apart of the system in the beginning then it could be a problem. 38:14 – Chuck: Yeah, the flipside is... 38:34 – Panelists: I don’t know. 38:44 – Panelist: One of my concerns is object oriented programming. I imagine (nightmare) pattern matching in Ruby and all match onto this object – after it’s there – it’s inside my function – runs another thread – comes back to me – that object is modified and now it’s there, and not be completely invalid. It’s not RUBY anymore. 39:36 – Panelist: Pattern matching could bring them over and bring them over the gap. I am worried that if this is more widespread then we will hit a much worse. 40:06 – Kate and Panel: Yep! 40:12 – Chuck: Anything else about pattern matching and/or adopting Elixir? 40:18 – Kate: I don’t want to rush into this too quickly, but if we are on the topic of bringing people to Elixir. It came up at this conference. Ruby Rails coming over – RR refugees. The question that they post: People are hyped about Elixir about Phoenix. What is going to be the thing that brings people over? 41:15 – Panelist answers Kate’s question. 41:29 – You can’t do live Vue in other languages. If you are really experienced... 42:08 – Chuck: You have to learn 2 technologies. You can adopt a frontend and backend technology and you can get SOME of that. I know a lot of people are invested in the frontend technology or the backend. I think that is how you are going to convert. 42:43: Panelist chimes-in. Panelist’s friend asks: Is it an appropriate tool? 43:30 – Kate: Our team is super excited about it. Our team has mostly been working on the backend. We need to deliver on the frontend with updates. What if we had it – out of the box with Phoenix? Yeah people are over the moon. 44:06 – Chuck talks about what he is using. What if I didn’t have to do any of that garbage? 44:23 – Panelist: It is a NICE experience when you have to do it. 44:38 – Chuck: If you need a killer feature for React or Vue – why can’t you build a frontend... 45:00 – Panelist adds in his comments/thoughts. 45:30 – Chuck: Anything else? 45:38 – Picks! Links: Flatiron School Our Courses – Flatiron School How We Built the Learn IDE in Browser – Medium Flatiron Labs Elixir – Flatiron Labs Elixir – Guards Kate Travers Kate Travers’ “Pattern Matching in Elixir” (3/14/18) Kate Travers’ Dev.to Kate Travers’ Twitter Kate Travers’ Talk on YouTube: “Pattern Matching: The Gateway to Loving Elixir – Code Elixir LDN 2018” Kate Travers’ Code Sync Ruby Elixir JavaScript Vue React Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Digital Ocean Code Badges Cache Fly Picks: Mark Ericksen Value Teach something to someone else. It helps you grow. Book - Leadership and Self Deception Josh Adams Ethdenver Charles SCALE Brunch Kate breakinto.tech Kusama: Infinity

Panel: Charles Max Wood Mark Ericksen Josh Adams Special Guest: Kate Travers In this episode of Elixir Mix, the panel talks to Kate Travers who was a student/apprentice with the Flatiron School and now is on staff as a software engineer. The panel and Kate talk about adopting Elixir at the Flatiron School and Pattern Matching. Watch Kate’s talks about the topic; links to these talks can be found below. Show Topics: 1:08– Hi from Kate Travers. 1:16 – Chuck: Background? 2:20 – Kate gives her background. 2:30 – Chuck: We had another Flatiron alum from an extra show. 2:44 – Kate: Yeah – she’s great! 2:48 – Chuck: Flatiron mostly focused on Ruby and JavaScript. Has that changed or? 3:02 – Kate: For the students we are teaching the Rails focus on the backend and React on the frontend. Times might be changing. What else is out there for functional curriculum? Our lead engineer is super motivated introducing some Elixir. Our engineering team might be the first to go in that arena. It would be absolutely fantastic to 4:02 – Chuck: Awesome! I would like to see the boot camps take on Elixir. 4:15 – Kate: Yeah, there are many benefits of doing that. 4:57 – Chuck: You see some Reactive, some... It is interesting to see how it comes together and 5:16 – Kate: Yeah we see this as a support – delivery of curriculum. When you start out you are writing in a functional style. You are essentially writing TLI scripts – functional manner. Now in the curriculum we are training people to think, and to get away from that script-way, and think in terms of objects. 6:11 – Panelist: I think that is interesting. Some of the difficulty of teaching Elixir is to UNLEARN some of their past education. Start teaching people FUNCTIONAL, might help. 7:04 – Chuck: I have been starting a new project... What is going on here? Oh yeah I have to think about it. 7:20 – Kate: Yes. We have spun up – we have one core Elixir project. We have been on that for a year. We have spun up some smaller projects. On these projects this is the first time these people have used Elixir. It is interesting to see the difficulties that they are seeing for the first time. 8:09 – Chuck: I want to talk to adoption for a bit. So as your school has made this transition, where are you seeing the (first of all) where is it easy to get buy in. How did Elixir get into Flatiron? 9:06 – Kate: It is not apart of the school’s curriculum. How we started using Elixir was because our technical lead he is super loud / elegant voice for this language. Elixir might solve some of the problems that we were facing. When we adopt new tech it’s because we have thought about it heavily. We don’t adopt new technologies “just because”. The perfect opportunity came up, so this lead into why and how Flatiron started using Elixir. Kate goes into more detail. 15:24 – Chuck: Learn.io – check out outside of the school? 15:35 – Kate: Yep! There is even some interview prep; also, intro to Ruby, intro to JavaScript, and someday intro to Elixir? 16:06 – Chuck: As you brining people into this how do you transfer them to Ruby to Elixir? Do you throw them into the deep end? 16:26 – Kate: Sure! If someone is interested we will. It is something our team tries to prioritize. Kate goes into more detail. 18:43 – Kate: We didn’t expect for these book clubs to keep going. We will do a little workshop as part of book club. 19:18 – Panelist: Question to Kate. 19:25 – Kate: Yes, so everyone has a NEW lead each week. Folks of ALL different experience levels. What is different about our team is that we have tons of people who LOVE to blog. If you check-it out as they are learning Elixir they are writing posts. 20:21 – Question. 20:29 – Kate answers the question. 20:49 – Chuck. 20:55 – Kate: Steven suggested a new way to cement the things you are learning. 21:28 – Chuck: Yeah – Flatiron labs. Now that I have been playing with Elixir with pattern matching. At first it’s scary stuff. 21:49 – Kate: It is a head-trip. 22:00 – Chuck: ...wait...wait... 22:10 – Kate: Multiple binding? 22:16 – Panelist: My first introduction to outer matching was seeing a... 22:39 – Kate: Great first introduction. Not the textbook example, you will get to see the real-world situation. Yeah that is a really, really good example. 23:05 – Panelist: Pattern matching for me became a superpower! It was my first real love of the language; before concurrency, and others. Pattern matching helped with a lot of the pains that I wouldn’t have to encounter. You are poking this big object to figure it out. Then it’s easier because if the shape matches, then it matches. Mental flip – and I get it! It felt like a superpower. I liked your talk, Kate, about pattern matching. 24:41 – Kate: Yeah, totally. Pattern matching. Like learning a musical instrument like a guitar. When you start learning something like this you have these high ambitions. You are learning to be a rock star and you want to be David Bowie. But when you start you couldn’t be further away from that goal. At the beginning you are learning chords and it’s so easy to think: “I am terrible, I suck...” you quit and never keep going. To prevent this you need a hook to keep you going. You just need to learn that really sick rift. Oh yeah, NOW I can start seeing my rock star abilities; same thing for Elixir. Pattern matching was my really sick rift. 27:38 – Panelist chimes-in. You have that excitement about the new language. But they get frustrated because they are a beginner. I do think that you nailed it there. If people can latch onto something fairly quickly, then it gives them a reason to keep coming back to learn more and more. 28:25 – Kate continues this conversation. 28:48 – Panelist. 28:54 – Advertisement – Code Badges! 29:32 – Chuck: Most important / interesting thing you’ve learned about pattern matching? 29:48 – Kate: It was the different things you can do with... 30:23 – Kate: The concept is that Elixir provides... 31:42 – Chuck: I didn’t know that you could do that! 31:56 – Kate: The benefit only comes from legibility. 32:13 – Panelist: Guard clauses and pattern matching. I think it would be a mess if I weren’t use Elixir. 32:31 – Kate: Yes, definitely. 33:10 – Panelist: Yes, my first project with Elixir... 34:47 – People should go and see your talk and it’s in the links. 35:00 – Kate: Thanks! Kate talks about dodging bullets and code.  36:04 – Chuck: have you seen other languages using/trying to use Pattern matching? 36:10 – Kate: Yeah, there are talks about Ruby and JavaScript for introducing proper pattern matching in BOTH languages. Ruby is interesting. I don’t know how much traction we have on these, but people seem really into program matching. 36:36 – Panelist: Yeah, I think people come to Elixir and see pattern matching and they get excited. 36:55 – Kate: Yeah, I would be interested to see if the proposals go through or not. There is a conference on my WATCH LIST and I want to see more about it. 37:26 – Panelist: It started off as a prologue that’s what you need. 37:37 – Kate: If it wasn’t designed that way in the beginning it will be a problem. If it’s not apart of the system in the beginning then it could be a problem. 38:14 – Chuck: Yeah, the flipside is... 38:34 – Panelists: I don’t know. 38:44 – Panelist: One of my concerns is object oriented programming. I imagine (nightmare) pattern matching in Ruby and all match onto this object – after it’s there – it’s inside my function – runs another thread – comes back to me – that object is modified and now it’s there, and not be completely invalid. It’s not RUBY anymore. 39:36 – Panelist: Pattern matching could bring them over and bring them over the gap. I am worried that if this is more widespread then we will hit a much worse. 40:06 – Kate and Panel: Yep! 40:12 – Chuck: Anything else about pattern matching and/or adopting Elixir? 40:18 – Kate: I don’t want to rush into this too quickly, but if we are on the topic of bringing people to Elixir. It came up at this conference. Ruby Rails coming over – RR refugees. The question that they post: People are hyped about Elixir about Phoenix. What is going to be the thing that brings people over? 41:15 – Panelist answers Kate’s question. 41:29 – You can’t do live Vue in other languages. If you are really experienced... 42:08 – Chuck: You have to learn 2 technologies. You can adopt a frontend and backend technology and you can get SOME of that. I know a lot of people are invested in the frontend technology or the backend. I think that is how you are going to convert. 42:43: Panelist chimes-in. Panelist’s friend asks: Is it an appropriate tool? 43:30 – Kate: Our team is super excited about it. Our team has mostly been working on the backend. We need to deliver on the frontend with updates. What if we had it – out of the box with Phoenix? Yeah people are over the moon. 44:06 – Chuck talks about what he is using. What if I didn’t have to do any of that garbage? 44:23 – Panelist: It is a NICE experience when you have to do it. 44:38 – Chuck: If you need a killer feature for React or Vue – why can’t you build a frontend... 45:00 – Panelist adds in his comments/thoughts. 45:30 – Chuck: Anything else? 45:38 – Picks! Links: Flatiron School Our Courses – Flatiron School How We Built the Learn IDE in Browser – Medium Flatiron Labs Elixir – Flatiron Labs Elixir – Guards Kate Travers Kate Travers’ “Pattern Matching in Elixir” (3/14/18) Kate Travers’ Dev.to Kate Travers’ Twitter Kate Travers’ Talk on YouTube: “Pattern Matching: The Gateway to Loving Elixir – Code Elixir LDN 2018” Kate Travers’ Code Sync Ruby Elixir JavaScript Vue React Sponsors: Get a Coder Job Digital Ocean Code Badges Cache Fly Picks: Mark Ericksen Value Teach something to someone else. It helps you grow. Book - Leadership and Self Deception Josh Adams Ethdenver Charles SCALE Brunch Kate breakinto.tech Kusama: Infinity

Rich Sheridan is the CEO and Co-founder of Menlo Innovations. Rich is also the author of Joy Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love. His company was founded in 2001 for the purpose, “To end human suffering in the world as it relates to technology.” Today Rich travels the world speaking about joy, creativity, and human energy in the workplace. In addition to his corporate responsibilities, Rich passionately shares the Menlo way through workshops, tours of his company, speaking, and mentoring entrepreneurs in the community. Rich has never shied away from challenges or opportunities. His focus is always on technology, teamwork, and organizational design, and always with one goal in mind, the business value of joy. You don't get to hear that too much in today's world. What you'll learn about in this episode: Why Rich Sheridan left a successful career as a software programmer to become an entrepreneur and build his own business How Rich uses joy and human energy to create a positive culture and drive productivity Why Rich decided to name his book Joy Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love despite concerns that people might dismiss a book about love and joy Why it's critical for a company to live its mission and vision to empower its culture How introverts in the workplace are often misunderstood and why they can thrive in an open and communicative environment Which simple changes Rich recommends to any company who wants to positively change their workplace environment Why Rich tries to minimize workplace meetings and discourages his employees from checking emails from home or while on vacation The biggest challenges Rich faces in his organization and how he approaches those challenges Why continuous learning is a critical component to Rich's philosophy and success How and when Rich's next book, Chief Joy Officer: How Great Leaders Elevate Human Energy and Eliminate Fear will be available for preorder Ways to contact Rich: Website: www.menloinnovations.com Email: experience@menloinnovations.com Twitter: @menloprez LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/menloprez

Ron Lichty joins Melinda Byerley to share stories about his time in Silicon Valley as a programmer, then a team and product manager. They talk about his instrumental role in the development of Apple’s game-changing personal computer, the Macintosh. This is only one highlight of his distinguished career that also includes three patents, several books, and recognition as a thought leader in agile methodology. Even if you aren’t a techie you will enjoy listening to Ron because if you use a computer he has probably touched your life.   ARTICLES AND BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Ron’s book: Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams, published by Addison Wesley The periodic Study of Product Team Performance, an endeavor that continuously improves our understanding of why some product teams excel while others struggle. "Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love" by Richard Sheridan (Amazon) About Google’s Project Aristotle: From The New York Times Magazine “What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team” Feb. 25, 2016 PB Works, first online Wiki by David Weekly (Wikipedia) MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY: "Fixing a Hole" by The Beatles ABOUT THIS PODCAST Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley; and the founder of Timeshare CMO, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco. We really appreciate your reviews, shares on social media, and your recommendations for future guests. And check out our Spotify playlist for a playlist for all the songs we refer to on our show.  

“Just create output. You don't start riding a bike until you take both feet off the ground and push off” - Ryan Jones, CEO, Florence Healthcare Technology is disrupting the clinical research industry. Globally sites, sponsors and CROs are adopting technology to manage risks, to stay competitive, to build a culture that embraces change, to fail fast and to move forward with speed.   In this interview with Ryan Jones, the CEO and Co-founder of Florence Healthcare, we discuss a wide range of topics including how technology is solving some of the biggest problems in clinical trial management, cold calling potential employers, and what it takes to build a healthcare startup. Ryan and his team at Florence have created a beautiful and practical e-source and e-regulatory product that eliminates inefficient clinical workflows. If you’re a clinical trial site, you should definitely check out Florence Healthcare technology solutions for clinical research. Ryan started his career at BCG Global Management Consulting and then became Product Manager for Microsoft Sharepoint. Before founding Florence, Ryan was President of Pubget, which had 600 medical centers and 6 of the 10 largest pharmas as customers. Ryan is a graduate from University of California-Berkeley and Dartmouth College. I hope you enjoy this fun and value-packed conversation with the all-amazing Ryan Jones.About This Podcast EpisodeListen to it on iTunes.Stream by clicking here.Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.”This episode is brought to you by CBI Events CBI has put together an Global Risk Based Monitoring event for clinical research professionals such as yourself. CBIs Global Risk Based Monitoring event is back for its third year to bring together thought leaders from around the world to benchmark, share best practices, evaluate technologies, overcome operational hurdles and make the most out of RBM. Attend this year’s event to gain best practices in protocol design, receive hands-on demonstrations of new technologies that you cannot learn in an RBM webinar, benchmark face-to-face with peers, develop new strategies in algorithm design and prepare for the future of RBM.Register today to get your exclusive $500 off your event ticket using the code CTP500. This offer is only available to the Clinical Trial Podcast listeners. Selected Links from the Episode Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn Ryan’s company Florence Healthcare Emory Healthcare National Cancer Institute Dana Farber Winship ACRPs’ Fundamentals of Clinical Research course Books Zero to One by Peter Thiel Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love by Richard Sheridan Show Notes Building something from nothing when you start a technology company [04:42] Left Microsoft after meeting a physician who was at Harvard [05:17] Hanging around Emory, met a physician who had a problem with task management and workflows and document management [07:32] What is e-regulatory? [08:04] Majority of that software investment is being made by pharma, CRO and device manufacturers for the people that work within their four walls [08:29] Research is done with spreadsheets and three-ring binders today [09:05] Write down the data once and have that data flow efficiently to the Sponsor and FDA [11:28] Two schools of thought in the world of technology for clinical trials [12:11] The history of clinical research since the 1970’s and evolution of change - FDA regulations, Institutional Review Boards (IRB), CRO (Clinical Research Organization), EDC (Electronic Data Capture), and now e-source and e-regulatory [14:52] Five territories - risk management, competition, culture, speed and scale  [18:12] Does the cost of technology offset any savings? [21:33] Best practices for evaluating and adopting new technology in clinical research (a) good checklist (b) internal champion (c) hypothesis of a better world after implementing the technology (d) tiger team to evaluate the software (e) return on investment [23:48] Protocols are getting more complex, work load has doubled, sites are consolidating and sponsors are getting sophisticated with digital tools [26:38] Paying for clinical technology and what’s in for the sponsor or CRO [29:35] Dream team [35:26] You can get a job in clinical research If you don't have the clinical research DNA, but have building DNA or doing DNA [41:26] Cold calling [43:09] Spending time with customers [50:29] Discovering clinical jobs in technology sector [53:12]QUESTION: What was your favorite lesson from this episode? Leave me a comment below and thanks for listening.

The very first How We Built(d) This Wedding! Today we feature Dan Baker, my brother and Man of Honor learning his visions on a wedding.

Rich Sheridan is the CEO and co-founder of Menlo Innovations and author of “Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love”. His company was founded with the purpose of bringing joy to the world through software and to teach this method to others. Rich spends the majority of his time sharing the “Menlo Way” through teaching classes, leading tours, speaking at conferences and mentoring entrepreneurs in the community. You may remember Rich and the wisdom he shared during Episodes 37 and 286. If you haven’t listened to, studied, and applied all he shared during our other interviews...I highly encourage you to add Episodes 37 and 286 to your list of vital priorities. What you'll learn about in this episode The benefits of focusing on leaders, rather than bosses The outcomes of having a leadership model versus a hierarchical model How the culture of Menlo is shared openly The importance of being flexible and adaptable to change How you can learn and grow by being willing to challenge assumptions Why creating joy within your organization should be one of the more important things to be thinking about The importance of being intentional about the culture within your organization The power of asking “who do we serve and what would delight look like for them” The benefits of servant leadership How to build the energy of a team How to best connect with Rich: Website: www.menloinnovations.com Book: Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love

In this episode we talk about benefits of Agile Camp and lessons learns. We also speak with Rich Sheridan the Author and Keynote speak. Rich talks about his professional and personal journey to find Joy and increase business productivity.  Check out Rich Sheridan's book Joy, Inc. How We Built a Workplace People Love at Amazon https://www.menloinnovations.com/joyinc/

Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan had the all-consuming thought during a difficult mid-career in the chaotic technology industry that things can be better. Much better. He had to find a way. His search led him to books, authors, and history, including recalling childhood visits to Greenfield Village every summer. The excitement of the Edison Menlo Park New Jersey Lab served as his siren call to create a workplace filled with camaraderie, human energy, creativity, and productivity. Ultimately, Rich and his co-founder James Goebel invented their own company in 2001 to “end human suffering in the world as it relates to technology” by returning joy to one of the most unique endeavors mankind has ever undertaken: the invention of software. Their unique approach to custom software design, they named it High-tech Anthropology® has produced custom software that delights users rather than frustrating them. The programming team creates the software that works every day without the emergencies that are all too common in the tech industry. The process itself is so interesting that almost 4,000 people a year travel from around the world just to see how they do it. Many spend a week or more studying “The Menlo Way” being taught by the Menlonians who love to share their experience and knowledge. What you’ll learn about in this episode: Rich’s background Menlo Innovations’ joyous culture that people come in the thousands every year to witness Why you need to turn your sights outward to who you serve and deliver joy to them Why Menlo has its employees work two to a computer and bans the use of earbuds How Menlo simulates the work environment during the interview process Why Menlo doesn’t even look at resumes The three-week paid trial new hires at Menlo enter into The tower of knowledge problem that becomes a prison on knowledge problem in the IT industry and what Menlo does about it How Menlo systematically gives each other feedback The one meeting Menlo has every day (and why they avoid other meetings at all costs) Why the Menlo team doesn’t even look at email on vacation Why staying the same is riskier than growing Ways to contact Rich: Email: rsheridan@menloinnovations.com Website: menloinnovations.com Book: “Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love” Twitter: @menloprez

Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love by Richard Sheridan This on demand audio series is a part of the Executive Girlfriends Group Vignette Series. Chicke Fitzgerald interviews Richard Sheridan. The original live interview was 3/20/15. CEO and Chief Storyteller, Richard Sheridan, has recently written a book called Joy, Inc. about how he created a joyful culture at Menlo Innovations. Menlo is a software design and development company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Last year, 2,197 people came from around the world to visit Menlo. They made the trek not to learn about technology, but to witness a radically different approach to workplace culture — one intentionally designed to produce joy. Joy, Inc. is for readers in any field who want tangible examples for a healthier, happier atmosphere at work—and the sustainable business results required for growth. Readers will come away with an inspirational blueprint for how to create a corporate culture centered on joy in their own workplace. Menlo has gone on to win the Alfred P. Sloan award for Business Excellence in Workplace Flexibility for eight straight years and has earned five revenue awards from Inc. magazine. Rich spends the majority of his time sharing the Menlo Way through teaching classes, leading tours, speaking at conferences and mentoring entrepreneurs in the community and sharing joy! His website is www.menloinnovations.com To order the book click HERE For more information about the Executive Girlfriends' Group see: http://www.executivegirlfriendsgroup.com

Richard Sheridan is CEO and Chief Storyteller of Menlo Innovations and author of Joy, Inc. How We Built a Workplace People Love. In this podcast, Rich shares what happens when you “pump fear out of the room” and create safe environments that not only allow, but encourage people to thrive doing work they love. It’s a stimulating conversation that will get you thinking about your workplace and leadership.

Joining me as my guest for episode #189 is Rich Sheridan, CEO and Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, a software development company in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Rich is author of the new book that I'm really enjoying: Joy, Inc.: How We Built a Workplace People Love. Learn more about the author and the book at www.menloinnovations.com/joyinc. You can also download a free chapter here. There's so much to love about his book and what they are doing at Menlo. I think it's great to start a new year, 2014, with a look at a book that gives us hope about creating workplaces where employees are fully engaged and everybody wins - customers, company, and employees. I'll have a chance to visit Menlo in about two weeks when I'll be in Michigan for my public Kaizen workshop, so I'll report back on what I see during that visit. For a link to this episode, refer people to www.leanblog.org/189.  Please leave a comment and join the discussion about the podcast episode. For earlier episodes of the Lean Blog Podcast, visit the main Podcast page at www.leanpodcast.org, which includes information on how to subscribe via RSS or via Apple iTunes. You can also listen to streaming episodes of the podcast via Stitcher: http://landing.stitcher.com/?vurl=leanblog If you have feedback on the podcast, or any questions for me or my guests, you can email me at leanpodcast@gmail.com or you can call and leave a voicemail by calling the "Lean Line" at (817) 776-LEAN (817-776-5326) or contact me via Skype id "mgraban". Please give your location and your first name. Any comments (email or voicemail) might be used in follow ups to the podcast.