106. The Power of Storytelling in Hospitality and in Life

About this episode

This episode discusses the significance of storytelling in the hospitality industry and beyond, highlighting its impact on brands and leadership.

Welcome to The Cutting Onions Podcast. This is episode 106, and today’s conversation we're talking about the power of storytelling in hospitality and in life. Alongside my co-host, as always, Myles Gift, we’re really excited about this conversation. We believe storytelling has become a really important part of the work we do in the restaurant and hospitality industry, but you see its importance everywhere in every industry across every platform. This week, there has been a lot of energy around storytelling coming from some of the major burger brands out there and their new sandwiches so that's part of this, but certainly not the full weight of it. This conversation is really on the power of storytelling and why it matters in hospitality. We talk about the three stories that every hospitality brand is telling: They're telling the story of the guest They're telling the story of their team. They're telling the story of their leadership. We’re very excited about this conversation. We hope you enjoy it as you immerse yourself in it and really think through the way that you're telling your story and the way that your brand is telling their story and using storytelling as a leadership…

People in this episode

Host: Bobby Shaw

Topics covered

• storytelling
• hospitality
• leadership
• restaurant industry
• brand narrative

Keywords

• storytelling
• hospitality
• leadership
• restaurant
• brand narrative
• Harrison Ford
• Screen Actors Guild

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Screen Actors Guild, burger brands

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