Restaurant leader and innovator Jeff Sinelli talks with Paul Barron on what it takes to be nimble in todays business climate. Creative, fast thinking and always seeking what's next. Join us as we get inside the mind of the creator of Which Wich and Genghis Grill.

As part of the "Leading in the digital age series" Amanda Hite, CEO and founder of Talent Revolution, talks with Rethink on the future of how companies will engage and hire on the social web.

"The brands are the people," she says. Social networks, like glassdoor.com and LinkedIn, allow you to test drive a company before even going in for an interview.

Amanda is also working with Share Our Strength to end child hunger in America by 2015.

Restaurant industry trade media is moving fast and many digital and social tactics are defining the way we will consume media in the coming years. In this episode, we talk to Sarah Lockyer and Ron Ruggless of Nation's Restaurant News on how social is reshaping the trade media business.

Nation's Restaurant News rethinks the various ways to reach its readers. In a world where immediacy is key, it can be dangerous for a journalist. Quality journalism is still needed. As Nation's Restaurant News serves their readership, there is comfort knowing the information presented is still accurate and sourced - which is what keeps them ahead of their competitors. 

Leading in today's digital age is a challenge and one that is reforming business in all walks of life. In this episode, we speak to David Rutkauskas, CEO of Beautiful Brands International, whom has evolved out of owning and operating fast casual restaurant businesses over the past 25 years. He knows what it takes to build brands into international success stories. Camille's Sidewalk Café grew from one small unit in Tulsa, Oklahoma to more than 900 territories in development in 38 states and 4 continents.

Listen to how David rethinks business structure and focuses relationship building through technology and social. As one of the first brands to use Facebook and Twitter, David embraces social as a way to connect with customers in real time. "This is a digital world we live in," he says.

His story of success is amazing and one you won't want to miss!

Everyone has an Evil Plan, maybe it's tucked away inside your mind or maybe you are developing one this very minute. But for the lucky few, we are executing it daily! Join us in this episode as we talk with the artist, innovator and evil genius Hugh MacLeod himself about the book "Evil Plans".
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Today's business seems to be moving at hyper speed and I am asked all the time how do you keep up with all the technology and content? Business has been a collection of tools, people and services forever and today in Social Media that's no different.

In this episode we explore how business can keep up by implementing the right strategy and most of all accepting the change that is happening before us today. CEO and Founder of Fohboh, Michael Atkinson talks on Hyper Speed for the restaurant industry and the what the future holds for us.
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When you think of HootSuite you probably think social media dashboard, tech wonderkids, and innovators of all things social right? Well you can think of them as one more thing - Social Business Educator.

That's right HootSuite has a university of sorts but more importantly its the first of any of the platforms to take social media education seriously. I think this is the first step in a long line of Social Business education platforms that will be developed over the next few years.

Join us in this episode as we speak to the HootSuite Learn Director Krystyl Baldwin.

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This episode brought to you in part by MORGANS HOTEL GROUP and the CLIFT HOTEL

In this episode of Rethink we talk to the co-founder of Foodspotting, Alexa Andrzejewski. She shares her insights to social interaction and how restaurants can look to these new platforms to get the word out about their culinary creations. Social media continues to impact the restaurant business and innovators like Foodspotting are just the beginning of how this will change the restaurant business in the next few years.

The master minds behind the South Beach Wine & Food Festival reveals the model that has made this event an icon in South Florida.  Integrating branded content, new age business processes, integrated publishing with a spin of event creativity.