Most restaurants rely on heroics. That’s why they break.
Chef calls out—everything collapses.
Staff turns over—culture disappears.
Owner burns out—nothing changes.

After 33 years in the kitchen, I’ve seen it all.
I’ve run high-volume operations, trained green teams into machines, and led groups through chaos and culture collapse.
And here’s what I know:

Culture eats talent for breakfast.
Systems beat talent when talent doesn’t have systems.

Today, I help restaurant leaders build kitchens that don’t rely on superheroes.
I work with chefs and operators to:

→ Define their way of doing business
→ Build leadership systems that teach it
→ Create operations that run consistently—even when they’re not there

It’s not theory. It’s not fluff.
One client cut turnover by 60% and grew profit by 15% in 90 days.

If your team is talented but inconsistent…
If your culture changes depending on who’s in charge…
If your restaurant falls apart when one person is out…

Let’s talk.

On the CULINARY MECHANIC podcast, I host candid conversations with hospitality's most innovative leaders. From kitchen culture to tech innovations, we blend battle-tested wisdom with modern insights that challenge 'the way it's always been done.' It's where restaurant wisdom meets real systems that work.

🎙️ Host: CULINARY MECHANIC
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Advancing 🇺🇸 Deep Tech Innovation | 9th NASA Chief | ISS + Webb + 61 Astronaut Missions

A space cadet from the Bronx now on a mission to help Americans accelerate the deep tech renaissance. 

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Official Bio.

The Honorable Daniel S. Goldin is an entrepreneurial and scientific visionary, with the distinction of serving as NASA’s longest-tenured Administrator from April 1992-November 2001 reporting to three U.S. Presidents. He is credited with the re-emergence of NASA after the Cold War, as he diplomatically fostered east-west international cooperation and oversaw the redesign, construction, and initial operation of the $120B International Space Station, as well as guided the initial concept of the James Webb Space Telescope to assure it would see back to the beginnings of creation. As the founder of Cold Canyon, an innovation advisory company, and as a senior advisor to Cerberus Capital Management, his career spans space exploration and science, aeronautics, air traffic management, national security systems, semiconductors, advanced sensors, hypersonic, communications, and artificial intelligence. With his accumulated experience, Mr. Goldin is a highly sought-after leader in advancing American technologies and businesses.

Dan Goldin

Grateful to live the human experience on this beautiful planet we get to call Earth!! Happy Thanksgiving to you all, from the Mrs. and me!

I've been in my feelings lately and I thought I'd explain why I share so much about my past work. 

It's less about the past achievements on a personal level (although I am human and I would be lying if I didn't want to talk about the stuff that made my career). 

But I feel that I was able to participate in one of the most exciting times to build in our country. 

These stories about the ISS, the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Webb, the Alpha laser...

These are all examples of what our country achieves when we’re not afraid to take high risks.

When we don’t back off and we press forward.

So I guess with that said, LET'S PRESS FORWARD and KEEP WRITING OUR STORY!!

🇺🇸 

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The separation between builders from dabblers is passion. 

“Passion” comes from the Latin passio, derived from patī, meaning: to suffer. 

If you saw the movie Passion of Christ, it was not about enjoyment. It was about the suffering, endurance, and willing acceptance of pain for a higher purpose.

If you want to identify real passion, ask:

1 / What problem am I willing to think about when it’s inconvenient?
2 / What work would I still do even if no one praised me?
3 / What frustration feels meaningful rather than draining?
4 / What would I pursue even if it took 10–20 years?

Enthusiasm fades when conditions change.
Passion persists when conditions worsen.

Do you agree?

This is my first grade class at PS 93 in 1946. 

The world was not a pretty place between 1939 and 1945, when totalitarianism broke out. 

It was only because of the technology advancement that we had in America, and our selfless servicemen and their families, that we made it through the horrors of World War Two. 

When it ended as a child, I remember the happiness in the street and the thought there was going to be no more war.

But by the sixth grade in 1952, the happiness at the end of WWII faded because we were doing duck and cover dives in case of an atomic bomb attack. 

In 1961 the Russians exploded the largest hydrogen bomb ever, 50 to 58 megatons. 

It was horrifying. 

Living at that time, America had no other choice but to develop hard technology.

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Thoughts on how to become the premier advanced technologies team: 

1. Hire talent with intuition. 

2. Pay them the good $$$$ (if you can prove to achieve #1, #2 will follow).

3. Make them believe they can produce the impossible faster than any other team in the world. 

What have I missed?

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With AI, I’ve never seen a moment where original thought matters more than ever.

Because so much of my, and my cohort’s, lives were lived offline and never fully captured in databases, I get the benefit of experiences that don’t converge inside the models.

When I walk into a meeting now, it’s easier than ever to tell who is converging on the same synthesized ideas versus who is pulling from something genuinely their own.

There’s a ton of alpha in that.

Which is a pretty compelling reason to step away from screens once in a while and go live some original experiences.

Thoughts??

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