How to build a great culture with restaurateur Danny Meyer

Worklife with Adam Grant

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🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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At 27, long before he gained acclaim as the restaurateur behind Shake Shack and Gramercy Tavern, Danny Meyer launched his first venture, Union Square Cafe. More than 20 James Beard Foundation awards later, Danny shares the strategies and insights that fueled his restaurant empire. He and Adam discuss how to build a culture of excellence and care, how to hire people who treat others well, and how to bring values to life. Danny is the author of the New York Times bestseller Setting the Table.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
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0:14.3	Columbia Business School Professor Modupe Akenola. Every week she'll introduce
0:18.9	you to leaders with unique insights on work, answering questions like,
0:23.2	how do four day work week's work?
0:25.2	Do will a machine ever take my job?
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0:30.0	wherever you listen to podcasts? More than anything, your job is listen to podcasts.
0:33.0	More than anything, your job is going to be to do so many thoughtful things
0:37.0	for each other that by the end of the day, you're going to go,
0:41.0	that was like playing tennis with some really good friends.
0:43.3	Hey everyone, it's Adam Grant.
0:48.0	Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast on the science of what makes us tick
0:52.0	with the TED Audio Collective.
0:53.4	I'm an organizational psychologist and I'm taking you inside the minds of
0:57.2	fascinating people to explore new thoughts and new ways of thinking.
1:00.9	My guest today is Danny Meyer, founder of Shake Shack and the Union Square
1:08.0	Hospitality Group. He joined me for a live conversation at the Wharton People Analytics Conference,
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