An Experiment of Community - Josh Held - Episode # 066

Today’s guest has a passion for hospitality. He spearheads Wimberly interior’s entertainment, gaming, nightlife F&B, and retail design environment. Josh Held is the Vice President & Director of Entertainment at Wimberly Interiors. Josh joins the host Dan Ryan to share his passion for community and his hospitality journey.

Takeaways: 

• The spaces that are being made in hospitality are all about making connections with others in the same space.
• When you think about the places you tend to go back to as a guest, you go back there because you feel comfortable and it gives you a sense of belonging.
• Burning Man created a sort of petri dish of a community with all different groups of people coming together with a common interest.
• It’s important to open your mind and let go of preconceived notions of the world around you and instead see the experiences around you and build upon the world with that.
• The best ideas often come from when you aren’t trying so hard to come up with an idea. Giving your mind space to breathe is an indispensable tool. 
• The future is undefined and unpredictable, which makes it exciting for people in the hospitality industry to try and innovate for the future. 
• Don’t be afraid to push the limit. You need to be confident and know your stuff, but pushing the boundaries is the only way to innovate with new ideas.

Quote of the Show:

5:59 “Think about the places that you tend to go back to as a guest. Just as being a normal person who interacts with spaces, you tend to go back to the places that make you feel comfortable, that give you that sense of belonging there.”

Links:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshheldnyc/
• Website: https://www.watg.com/
• Instagram: @joshheldnyc

Shout Outs:

8:09 Marque in New York

17:29 David Allen

32:58 Rockwell Group

33:00 David Rockwell

33:02 David Mexico

Ways to Tune In: 

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0A2XOJvb6mGqEPYJ5bilPX
• Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/defining-hospitality-podcast/id1573596386
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• Podbean: https://www.defininghospitality.live/
• Youtube : https://youtu.be/ciybaWoXQPg

Defining Hospitality is produced by Ringmaster, on a mission to create connections through B2B podcasts. Learn more at https://ringmaster.com/