Rapid Response: How we served 150 million meals in Ukraine, w/José Andrés of World Central Kitchen
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 8 September 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Too many businesses and organizations spend time planning and not enough in action, especially in times of emergency. José Andrés, world-famous chef and founder of the nonprofit World Central Kitchen, proves the value of fast action through his work, including his recent time in Ukraine serving over 150 million meals. José thinks businesses should flatten their power structure and treat food as a national security issue, even in places like the U.S.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey listeners, this is Chris Gotier, I'm one of the producers of Masters of Scale. |
| 0:04.8 | I want to tell you about a show from our friends at Harvard Business Review that might help |
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| 0:11.2 | It's called HBR IdeaCast. |
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| 0:50.2 | Now onto the show. |
| 0:52.2 | We were in every single border city town train station not only in Poland but in the other |
| 1:00.3 | six countries surrounding Ukraine. |
| 1:03.2 | The 150 million million million only happened because we had more than 6,000 Ukrainians helping |
| 1:10.4 | Ukrainians. |
| 1:11.8 | I think the emergency is required immediate response and the response cannot be a meeting. |
| 1:18.8 | If you only train to follow a plan, what happens when things don't go as planned? |
| 1:27.0 | So what do we learn? |
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