Designing the Future of Hospitality: How Story, Systems, and AI Create Human-Centered Guest Experiences with Robert Polacek and Justin Colombik
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Robert Polacek is Creative Director at RoseBernard Studio, internationally published for redefining hospitality through place, culture, and design. Justin Colombik is a Design Director and Partner at RoseBernard Studio, internationally published for translating concepts into craft.
Top 3 Value Bombs
1. Clarity increases dwell time, spend, and loyalty, while confusion kills profit.
2. Great design balances vision with durability so ideas survive reality, budgets, and operations.
3. AI should remove friction in broken systems to create more time for genuine human connection.
Hospitality design where story, service, and performance align - Rose Bernard Studio
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| 0:00.0 | Light that Sparkfire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire. |
| 0:06.8 | Brought to you by High Level, the all-on-one sales and marketing platform. |
| 0:10.8 | Today we'll be breaking down designing the future of hospitality, how story, systems, |
| 0:15.0 | and AI create human-centered guest experiences. |
| 0:17.3 | To drop these vibe bombs, I brought Robert Polisak and Justin Columbic into Eofire |
| 0:21.5 | Studios. Robert is the creative director at Rose Bernard Studio, internationally published for |
| 0:26.5 | redefining hospitality through place, culture, and design. Justin is a design director and partner |
| 0:30.7 | at Rose Bernard Studio, internationally published for translating concepts into craft. |
| 0:35.5 | And today we talk about vision and execution, design that drives revenue, the role of |
| 0:39.7 | place and culture, and oh, so much more. |
| 0:41.9 | And a big thing for sponsoring today's episode, go to Robert, Justin, and ours. |
| 0:46.0 | Sponsors. |
| 0:47.1 | Feeling overwhelmed at the thought of getting your business up and running, here's my |
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