{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Lean Solutions Podcast","title":"Creating a Joyful Work Environment with Richard Sheridan","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2466,"description":"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.\nIn 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.\nWhat You’ll Learn This Episode:\n\n Menlo Innovations and the process of finding and training Menlonians\n Teaching culture internally and externally\n Pairing- What it is and how it’s done\n How pairing helps the customer\n How to start a culture change in your organization\n\nAbout the Guest:\nMenlo 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?\nUltimately, 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.\nHis 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.\nImportant Links:\nhttps://menloinnovations.com/\nhttps://richardsheridan.com/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_pD_Em90gVgz4kwhWL0_YxktQBT8UZ8BgNL22_ggsXk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTc2/ODFmZTFhOGQ3NzE4/NjQ5NzlhNThkY2Ni/Y2NlNi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}