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May 19, 2020

SPECIAL REPORT #39: Jesse Cool on Having a Heart

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Jesse Cool, preparing her nightly martini.

Jesse Cool has been operating her Flea Street Cafe in Menlo Park, California, for 40 years, and has seen it all during that time. Except for a pandemic. She’s used this opportunity for reflection and reevaluation to start developing a program she calls “Heart of House,” eliminating front- and back-of-house designations in favor of a model where everyone pitches in on all fronts, and all employees share equally in supplemental “gratitude” contributions from customers. 

(Note: This episode was originally to air on Monday; apologies if it confuses the current date for any listeners! It is actually launching on Tuesday.)

Our great thanks to S.Pellegrino for making these special reports possible.

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