Brown Bag

One of the engineers stopped by my cubicle the other day. “You’ve had such great success with <the innovation>—I wonder if you would help me. I have an idea but I don’t know how to get started.” I told him that I got things going by announcing a Brown Bag and talking to people who showed up. It was a small beginning, but the people who came were interested in the topic and were willing to help me take the next steps.

Use the time when people normally eat lunch to provide a convenient and relaxed setting for hearing about the new idea.

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