New York City, Is It Not Helpful to Look Back?

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The city is still in some ways struggling to get back to where it was. What do you feel like it's going to take for the city to get back? I guess the same thing about the restaurant industry, like, is it not helpful to look back? You just have to keep looking about where you are.

After slashing his NYC restaurant team from 2,400 people to just 45 in the teeth of the pandemic, Danny Meyer has rebuilt Union Square Hospitality Group back to its former size. But in his fifth appearance on Rapid Response since Covid struck, Danny says he isn’t yet triumphant. With inflation creating fresh challenges even at Shake Shack, Danny shares lessons on the good and bad of leading through a crisis, plus explains why he’s handed off his CEO title — and where he finds inspiration to fuel new innovations.

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