Conversations with industry pioneers who are shaping the future, setting trends, and creating the selective pressures driving innovation.

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Hospitality: Practice Hospitality • Bashar Wali

59 | Transactional vs. Relational Capital: Engineering Customer Loyalty • Practice Hospitality

Nic Encina 5/19/26 Nic Encina 5/19/26

Advanced Manufacturing: Alene Candles • Rodney Harl

52 | Value Chain Ascension: Repositioning Low-Margin Manufacturing • Alene Candles

Nic Encina 5/5/26 Nic Encina 5/5/26

Hospitality: bartaco • Anthony Valletta

50 | Product Commoditization: Defending Margin Through Experience • bartaco

Nic Encina 11/25/25 Nic Encina 11/25/25

Journalism: The New York Times • Carl Zimmer

44 | Narrative Framing: Storytelling as an Organizational OS • New York Times

Nic Encina 11/4/25 Nic Encina 11/4/25

Professional Rugby: New England Free Jacks • Alexander Magleby

41 | Cult-Like Belonging as a Sustainable Competitive Moat • MLR Champions

Nic Encina 9/30/25 Nic Encina 9/30/25

Research & Diagnostics: Thermo Fisher Scientific • Gianluca Pettiti

36 | Owning Data Control Points: Moat Construction in Tech • Thermo Fisher Scientific

Nic Encina 7/8/25 Nic Encina 7/8/25

Amusement Parks: Disney / Universal • Denise Weston

16 | Experience Architecture: Monetizing Shared Emotional Assets • Disney / Universal

Nic Encina 6/24/25 Nic Encina 6/24/25

Athletic Footwear: Reebok • Bill McInnis

13 | Narrative Economics: Why Emotional Positioning Beats Utility • Reebok

Nic Encina 5/27/25 Nic Encina 5/27/25

Hospitality: La Padrona • Eric Papachristos

06 | Defending Margins in Commoditized Markets via Human Experience • La Padrona

Thank you for joining us on this journey through innovation and evolution—your curiosity fuels the conversation, and we’re grateful to our visionary guests for sharing their insights.

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