So we were concerned about the gap in sales and knew that this was not going to be quick. And we wanted to make sure that we could offer our sales team additional tools or products or services or ideas that would allow them to -- with our own individual market inside our business, try to help fill that gap. So, sales were 10 and they're 5 now, how do we get from 5 to 10? And so, we brought in a moderator who spent probably an hour and a half with the entire team. And each salesperson was asked to bring five new ideas to the meeting. It was a presumed meeting, and these were ideas that we might be able to monetize. And, it ranges from augmenting an existing department, or hiring a new graphic person, or enhancing kitting, or whatever it might be or something completely sort of off the rails and different. We got, I think, close to a hundred ideas and it really, really was a fascinating process and everybody took it seriously, which I think was very important to us. So we were happy about that. But, we went through that process, had people defend their top ideas, and probably tomorrow we will have little these things down to the top three ideas. And so essentially we took those hundred... Danny and I narrowed it down to five and then we had the team bet on the idea. So, you have to bet $20 bucks on your top one, $10 on the middle one, and $5 on your third- best one. That's sort of funny money and we've got that list now. And this is a list of that the team is invested in and they have a reason to be along with it. And so, the timing of that was really, really good. I'm really glad we did it. I'm really glad people took it seriously, but we're just in the process now of showing the team this week what those top ideas were. And so I think we -- timing-wise, understood that this was going to be serious. And I think we did a good job of pulling in the folks and making them feel vested in sort of the recovery process. I think some of the biggest things that we're looking at, in terms of the second half of the year: what does PPE look like? Danny mentioned it, you know, is that something that fades away? Is it something that, the big medical, hospital supply companies take over and we're left with the dregs? Is it something that becomes much more creative? With design and our hope is that it will become something that is part of our toolkit. And it's something that once the design factor -- that once that element is part of it, ends up being something that is a perfect fit for a company like us. So we're excited about that. The other thing that's kind of cool is the online store piece that's always been key for us is really now essential. Danny mentioned work from home and there has to be a way to get these kits and these 'thank you’s' to people working from home and the best way we have found for clients to do that is through kitting our fulfillment project through our online stores.
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