Once a year we close the office and the production floor for a day and take the whole team somewhere with no machines in it.
Why we do it
Most of our team spend their days on one part of one process. Getting everyone in the same room — sales, cutting, stitching, packing, QC — surfaces things that never come up in a meeting.
Two ideas now in testing
- A revised strap anchor that one of our stitching team sketched out on the bus home.
- A simpler folding method that cuts packing time per unit.
Both came from people who handle the product every day. That is usually where the good ideas are.
