Hospitality Mavericks Podcast Show

Fergus Navaratnam-Blair Research Director at National Research Group, a research agency that focuses on the intersection of media, culture, and technology.In this conversation, Fergus breaks down AI; how AI can improve technologies, transform tasks in the travel industry, if consumers can truly trust where AI is now, human accountability through AI, and key points to think about when using AI in your organization.Connect with Ferugshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/fergus-navaratnam-blair-aa0a72a1/https://www.linkedin.com/company/national-research-group-a-stagwell-company/https://nrgmr.com/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

This week's guest is Reiner Kraft, PhD founder of The Mindful Leader. The Mindful Leader focuses on mindful leadership methodologies to help leaders reach new levels of awareness, performance, energy, and resilience.In this conversation, Reiner shares his story of where mindfulness first played a role in his life, the importance of operationalizing mindful knowledge into daily life, and tracking your mind vs. body KPIs. Through this understanding leaders will be able to stay present and stay in a calm state of mind within fast paced, stressful environments to ultimately upgrade your awareness, mind and body.https://www.themindfulleader.net/https://www.linkedin.com/in/reiner/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Jensen Cummings, 5th generation chef, 22+ years in the restaurant industry and recorded over 400 podcast episodes at the Best Served Podcast.This week's conversation with Jensen takes a look at the restaurant industry and Jensen's viewpoints on how the industry is surviving, improvements he suggests, and actionable steps that can be done to improve the restaurant business model. He also shares how his experience has helped him see different vantage points in the industry to produce better chefs and employees.Connect with Jensenhttps://www.bestservedpodcast.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensen-cummings-09b9894b/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Paul Newnham is the Network Lead SDG2 Advocacy Hub, Chefs' Manifesto, and BeansisHow.This week's conversation covers the current state of the food industry systems, and how we in food service can play a vital role in making it better for people and the planet. Paul shares how he is taking action with food operators and chefs to tackle challenges in the food industry.Connect with Paul:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulnewnham/https://www.instagram.com/paulnewnham/https://twitter.com/paulnewnhamhttps://beansishow.org/https://sdg2advocacyhub.org/chefs-manifestohttps://www.devex.com/news/opinion-why-beans-are-key-to-accelerating-a-change-to-our-food-system-105709https://www.menusofchange.org/https://www.bamco.com/blog/beans-is-how/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Jonatan Rasmussen, Co-Founder of All Gravy, shares his passion for better employee engagement and how financial wellness plays a large role in retention and performance.This conversation covers the importance of building employee experience through financial wellness, challenges businesses face and how mindset can affect performance, the benefit of tech within a business, and being self-aware as an operator.Connect with Jonatan:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonatanmarc/https://www.allgravy.com/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Ari Weinzweig, co-founder of Zingerman's, discusses the power of beliefs in business. He emphasizes the importance of understanding personal beliefs and how they impact workplace dynamics. Ari shares insights on succession planning, governance, and fostering a belief-aligned ecosystem for business success.

This episode we connect with Julian Fris, Founder and Principal Consultant at Neller Davies. Through his experience in the food industry, Julian has made it his mission to prioritize what people want in the most cost effective way.This conversation dives into the state of food in hospitals today, and Julian shares the strategies and tactics they have implemented to improve the quality of food in the NHS.Connect with Julianhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/julianfris/https://nellerdavies.com/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Mike Hohnen found his start in the hospitality industry at a young age and through many trials and errors of being in business, he gained experience with about everything. After reflecting on his business ventures, he found that what he was most passionate about was the growth of leadership and how you get to become a good leader.Mike's emphasis on catering to the "little people" and caring about the relationships of others has truly proven successful in the workplace. He shares the questions he asks leaders and items you can implement to become a successful growing leader in any job field ultimately.Connect with Mike:https://mikehohnen.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehohnen/https://vimeo.com/837628901/c2d7c77690?share=copyhttps://hbr.org/2008/07/putting-the-service-profit-chain-to-workThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

This week we talk with Chris Hughes, expert on marketing and branding. Chris has worked with some of the most significant companies and mastered marketing by learning and teaching others what he is most passionate about - how to scale the story and culture.In this discussion, Chris breaks down his formula for the best company vision and mission, owning your brand's purpose and bringing these alive through a book of culture. Connect with Chris: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrishughes102/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Oliver Winter, Founder and CEO at a&o Hostels, went from travelling the world with his friends in cheap hostels to founding and running his own affordable yet safe, hostel chain.In this episode, you will also hear how Oliver and his team have goals to go net zero by 2025, the plans they have implemented, and how their employees have participated in achieving and offering solutions to accomplish net zero emissions. Links:https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-winter-berlin/A big thank you to our sponsor Bizimply who is helping progressive leaders and operators make every shift run like clockwork! Head to their website at www.bizimply.com or email them directly at advice@bizimply.com.Connect with the podcastJoin the Hospitality Mavericks newsletterTune in via your favourite podcast platform - here More episodes for you to check out here This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy