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Well, I'd like to thank everybody for
taking a minute to get acquainted.

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I realize this is a new team, but
frankly, nobody is going to cut us any slack

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on this project so we can't screw up, okay?

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I'll set our first meeting for next week.

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That's fine with me.

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Sounds good.
See you then.

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Thanks again.

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Oh, this is just great.

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What?

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Come on. You know
how important this project is.

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And we get stuck with them?

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Stuck? We haven't worked with
either one of them before.

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Yeah, but I already know this is
a disaster waiting to happen.

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Eunice has been here since before
they installed indoor plumbing.

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And little Jason can't know much of
anything besides how to work a video game.

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What good do you think
they're going to do us?

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You know, it's amazing how fast
we make assumptions about people

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based on their age or what they look like.

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When our assumptions get in the way of
our ability to learn from other people,

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everyone involved ends up missing out.

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Productivity suffers.
Trust is destroyed.

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We lose a lot of opportunities.

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So, my advice is – try to deal
with it as soon as possible

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by helping others understand the
value of questioning assumptions.

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This is a disaster waiting to happen.

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Eunice has been here since before
they installed indoor plumbing.

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And little Jason can't know much of
anything besides how to work a video game.

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What good do you think
they're going to do us?

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Do you really think it
could be as bad as all that?

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Yeah, I do. If this were just some
normal project, that would be one thing.

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But if we don't pull this off right...
I don't even want to think about it.

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I'm not sure I feel the same way.

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You're kidding?

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Having Eunice and Jason on
the team could be an asset

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if we give them the opportunity.

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Are you nuts?

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What does Eunice know about
inventory management software?

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I don't know.

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And you can't tell me Jason knows the
first thing about negotiating with suppliers.

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Maybe not.

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Right. Maybe not.

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But we don't know that. Do we?

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Tina, believe me, I understand
where you're coming from.

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I'm just as nervous about this as you are.

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Really?
Could have fooled me.

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But there was a reason they
were assigned to the team.

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They've got something to contribute
and we could be missing something

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if we go in making
assumptions that are way off base.

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What if they've got some new perspective

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that could help us find
a much better solution?

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I understood her concern, because
frankly, the exact same thing

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crossed my mind when Eunice and
Jason walked into the room.

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It was like some instinctive gut reaction.

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But then I thought to
myself, now wait a minute...

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if we go into this assuming that
they're going to be dead weight,

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then not only are they going to
become angry and frustrated with us

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for shutting them down,
but hey, we might be

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missing a chance for a real breakthrough.

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Listen, what's your point?

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My point is, I think we
should keep an open mind.

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They've got skills they
can use to contribute.

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I think we owe it to them to try to learn
from them and help them learn from us.

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I don't know.

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Hey listen, I'm not sure.
All I'm saying is let's give it a try. Okay?

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Yeah. Okay.