Jordan Mellul (He/Him)

• Creativity
• ownership
• adaptability
• work ethic
• efficiency

Ownership -- Do the right thing, inside and out, for everyone. Participation -- Feel empowered to have an opinion and be a part of solutions, without waiting. Speak up early and often -- Asking for help is a sign of strength. Slow down to speed up -- Doing things now and doing things right will lead to less lists and fixes. Document what you do -- Better visibility, less duplication and easier ramp ups for future team members. Organized logic -- More info in less places! Focus on the actions -- Once goals are set, let’s get them down to what we can do now/next.

• Casual
• overcommunicative
• articulate
• transparent
• genuine

I try hard to communicate with people in ways unique to the individual. I'm here for you -- I like to make sure I’m as accessible as possible. Open communication -- I try my absolute best to create safe spaces where people can be authentic and vulnerable. I ask why A LOT -- To learn what I don’t know or because I'm simply curious about how others think/do. Keep it casual -- I think some of the best ideas happen in casual moments when we are all peers over titles. Work does not define culture -- Having fun in meetings, chats, and elsewhere keeps us grounded, humble, and objective. The work can be serious, at work doesn’t have to be. Feedback is a gift (really!) -- Feedback should be delivered mindfully, but forward.

• Inauthenticity
• impatience
• poor communication
• wastefulness
• unreliability

Passion & Patience -- Staying excited, but not getting frustrated by our current limitations. There’s always a solution -- The obstacle is the way, even if it doesn’t get us all of the way. Assume good intent from others -- Remember that we’re all on the same team, but have different personalities and priorities at play. Work in the open -- Work should live on it's own, open for great ideas and efforts to come from everywhere and everyone. Experimentation -- There is no failure, only lessons learned, so go big and go fast. Balance is constantly in jeopardy -- Attempt to find the center points - which are usually not in the center. Be yourself and engage -- Bring your WHOLE self to work. Be authentic in building meaningful relationships.

I did standup comedy regularly for about 2 years after college.

• What is your favourite quote?

  The Man in the Arena - Theodore Roosevelt “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”