Recruitment & Retention
How organizations can build great teams that last, and how we’ve done it for nearly a decade.
The Importance Of Company Culture
What does it mean and how do you articulate and implement it in a way that feels meaningful?
Inside Out: Why Should A Dishwasher Have Any Less Access To Information Than The CEO? Structuring Organizations Differently.
What’s the reasoning behind transparency, and why does it matter? How a simple change in the way we share information and knowledge can make employees feel empowered and engaged.
Embracing the Change: How To Create A Work Environment Where People Aren’t Living In Insecurity.
We all know that most people are naturally afraid of change. Why? Most change in real life is exciting and looked forward to, so why are people afraid when it happens in a company? How do we shift that perception and make change exciting?
Thinking Differently: Why Best Practices Are The Worst
If you keep doing what everyone wants you to do, you sound like everyone else. How do you break out of that cycle?
How To Make It Easy To Be A Customer
How to gain customer loyalty and make people instinctually return.
Making India Cool, One Restaurant At A Time
Just like there’s no European food in Europe, there’s no Indian food in India. The first time Meherwan had Indian food was when he came to America. He was shocked and he vowed to change that. The story of Chai Pani.
How Well Are You Telling Your Story? Use Your Brand, Culture, And Your Background In An Engaging Way.
No matter what your business is, you have to tell your story. Hear it from Meherwan‘s perspective.
Meherwan Irani is a chef and restaurateur changing the perception of Indian food in America through his growing restaurant and spice empire in the South’s most essential culinary cities. He is a leading voice in the industry’s conversation around diversity and cultural exchange. Meherwan was named by TIME Magazine as one of the “31 People Changing The South”, the 2022 James Beard award winner for Best Restaurant for his flagship Chai Pani, and a five-time James Beard Award semifinalist for Best Chef: Southeast.
Meherwan leads a team of more than 300 as Founder, Chef and CEO of Chai Pani Restaurant Group that includes Chai Pani Asheville, Chai Pani Decatur, Botiwalla Atlanta, Botiwalla Charlotte, Buxton Hall Barbecue, Buxton Chicken Palace, Nani’s Rotisserie Chicken in Asheville, Nani’s Piri Piri Chicken in Atlanta, and Spicewalla.
Meherwan grew up in Ahmednagar, in the midwestern state of Maharashtra in India, and he came to the U.S. at age 20. In 2009, he and his wife and business partner, Molly, introduced Asheville, North Carolina, to the colors, flavors and faces of India with Chai Pani.
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