Jefferson Fisher

Welcome to the Jefferson Fisher podcast.

On today's episode, my guest is Will Gadara.

He is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Unreasonable Hospitality.

If you see a bright yellow book in an airport or a bookstore, it's most likely Will's.

He is fantastic.

He is the former co-owner of the restaurant 11 Madison Park in New York.

And under his leadership, it was named the number one restaurant in the entire country.

And he is also the co-producer of FX Series Emmy award-winning show, The Bear.

There are so many gems from this conversation.

We talk all about the art of hospitality in conversation.

How do you bring creativity and deliver more than just the minimum expectations and how we interact with one another.

We talk all about how to have the right kind of meetings, how to get attention immediately, how to navigate the right way.

and at the end of the day, how to do it with grace and kindness and a little bit of something spontaneous that you never expected.

Enjoy.

So you go to a restaurant and then it's easy to pick up on those little moments.

I imagine even when you're working and even if you're just there hanging out, it's almost impossible for your eyes not to be just hypervigilant the whole time.

Yeah, you don't need to be doing that.

I have one of my best friends was a policeman forever.

And still he sits always where he can see the door.

Like that's just, he's not going to sit anywhere.