Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – We grow when we’re stretched. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how opening three places (4 if you count The Palm) in under 10 months has stretched us as a company. I liken it to grabbing a dough ball and poking … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…9/16/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – (from 3/18/19) What can we be the best in the world at? Last week I posed the question at the Manager Meeting; What can we genuinely be the best in the world at? We had a great conversation and a lot of great answers came up, but the one … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…9/9/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – Becoming Invaluable. A few weeks ago, I wrote about our “culture of learning” and why we value it so much. In a small business environment like our, we rely heavily on every single one of you to knock it out of the … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…9/3/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – We’re chasing attention. Isn’t it funny to think that 15 years ago smart phones didn’t even exist?! The world is changing at breakneck speed and people’s attention is the most valuable thing in in it. Never before in history has our attention … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…8/26/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – Art and Science. There’s a certain finess to the way we do things at LNS and Odds. An unusual combination of systems and creativity that we’ve molded together that create the well-oiled ecosphere that we all call “work.” The “Science” part is all of … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…8/19/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – Who is your Datty, and what does he do? We deal in the world’s two favorite things, Pizza and Booze. We’re pretty lucky in that respect. There is zero learning curve to what we sell. As in, we really don’t have to … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…8/12/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – Burning the Candle at Both Ends. We’re a work-hard-play-group, that’s for sure. You could argue that getting drunk or high is in our DNA. We’re the place that keeps the party going way after it should probably end. We embody getting fucked … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…8/05/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – We Trust You. If I were to pose the question to everyone reading this right now, who here feels micromanaged? I bet there wouldn’t be a single hand in the air. As a company, it’s no accident that we put a TON of trust … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…7/29/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – Being unapologetically ourselves. During the recent updating of our Mission, Vision and Values, we added something that I feel is at the heart of what we set out to do, and that’s being unapologetically ourselves. This is another perfect example of something … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…7/22/19 →

Good Morning Friends! Here are my 5 Things to Consider this week! Culture – ABL. Always Be Learning. One of the main unspoken pillars of our culture here at LNS and OF is dedication to constant learning. We know that change is progress and progress is growth and the foundation for change, progress, and growth is learning. … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider This Week…7/15/19 →