People who work with Brandon M. should be prepared for noise. That’s because the operations manager for Global Parts believes in togetherness. “I didn’t want the office set up into a sales team, an operations team, an accounting team,” he said. “We are one team, and that’s the way we’re configured.” There are no partitions. People sit close together. Padded chairs to make it inviting to amble over and get an answer to a problem— then and there. The arrangement has led some visitors to describe it as the loudest office they’ve encountered. But to Brandon,it’s not loud; it’s effective.

“A lot of offices don’t want disruptions. We don’t see it as disruptions. We see it as taking care of our problems,” he said. “And it helps build confidence because people don’t like to not have the answer. They don’t like to send the email that shows maybe they don’t know something. And when they can go to someone and get the answer, it helps them learn it in a way they’ll remember.”

He is an evangelist for another aspect of the company: its willingness to promote and support ambitious, talented people.