No good pie bakes without a few oven fluctuations. Early in Phase 2, the team hit a critical integration snag between legacy CRM data and the new analytics engine. Instead of finger-pointing, Team Apple Pie convened a “Pit Stop Bake-Off”—a two-day internal hackathon that resulted in a lightweight middleware solution.
April 14, 2026 By: Internal Communications Desk Introduction project r team apple pie
Project R Team Apple Pie: How Cross-Functional Collaboration Turned a Simple Metaphor into a Breakthrough Initiative No good pie bakes without a few oven fluctuations
But the real win, according to executive sponsor Linda Graves, is cultural. “This team reminded the whole org that process doesn’t have to be rigid to be rigorous. They made room for creativity, accountability, and even a little fun—hence the apple pie potluck every Friday.” according to executive sponsor Linda Graves