GA 070 | Menlo Innovations with Richard Sheridan

By Jessica Bush Updated on July 30th, 2021

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Today’s podcast is based on one of our Gemba Live! episodes, featuring fascinating lean company Menlo Innovations. CEO Richard Sheridan explains how Menlo came to be and how their unique approach to software development has made them successful.

An MP3 version of this episode is available for download here.

In this episode you’ll learn:

An introduction to Menlo Innovations (2:35)
All about the typical nature of the software industry (4:03)
Why you won’t hear a phone ring at Menlo (9:45)
Why the Menlo approach can work for large organizations too (10:42)
The origins of the babies and dogs policy at Menlo (13:29)

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Jessica Bush

Jessica is responsible for the editorial aspects of Gemba Academy’s content, focusing on course materials, podcast production, social media, and other copywriting efforts. An avid advocate of entrepreneurship, Jessica has worked with two technology startups as co-founder and head marketing strategist. Jessica received her BS in Business Administration from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, with a minor in Music.

Karsten Speckmann
August 10, 2015 - 11:04 am
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A so neatly structured podcast, I loved it.
Thank you Richard and Ron for sharing! I appreciate your description how organizations should be between “The land where nothing gets done” and that “Land where nothing ever gets started” – I think I might have lived in both…