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true team; and the physical separation of the different departments leads
to a lack of respect for the work and work ethic of the other departments.
Co-location was pretty much a brand new concept for our company, and
it was (and still is) a great idea. So I set about implementing it—I sold it up
the line to the plant manager and to the FMs involved in stafng the proj-
ect. Then I told the team, “Hey, great news, we are all going to be sitting
together in one big happy program area! Isn’t that great!” Well, not every-
one thought it was great. I heard complaints from members of “my team”:
• “Now I ...