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Thursday Lunch

Thursday Lunch

By: Stephanie Robbins and Dan Howell
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Thursday Lunch dives into the mechanics, and the magic, of building great brands: from innovation to business strategy, team leadership, and everything in between. With decades of experience leading ideas from napkin sketch to national launch, Dan Howell and Stephanie Robbins unpack how strong teams, smart planning, and thoughtful execution drive category-defying results through the use of the 4cs process and understanding.

Stephanie Robbins and Dan Howell
Art Cooking Economics Food & Wine Management Management & Leadership
Episodes
  • Trust, Culture, and Getting Your Best Work Done
    Apr 2 2026

    Trust—not just process—is what allows teams to get out of each other's way and do their best work. From understanding everyone's constraints (not just your own) to building a culture where people can disagree with integrity, Dan and Stephanie discuss how the Four C's framework creates the foundation for teams to collaborate without micromanaging, divide and conquer without losing alignment, and ultimately deliver better outcomes together.

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    32 mins
  • Baseball, Bets and Being Adaptable
    Mar 19 2026

    When big and small companies succeed at the same rate with new product launches, we have to ask: what do they have in common? Dan and Stephanie explore why adaptable organizations succeed more often, drawing on Annie Duke's Thinking in Bets and showing how the Four C's framework builds the flexibility teams need to navigate uncertainty. Success isn't about having all the information, it's about controlling the decisions within your reach, embracing a growth mindset, and making the best bets with what you know.

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    25 mins
  • What You Measure Matters
    Mar 5 2026

    Success and failure are more contextual than most people realize, and what we measure matters. When we measure the wrong things we get the wrong results. From hummus projects that succeed and fail simultaneously to vanity metrics that look impressive but mean nothing, Dan & Stephanie make the case that failure isn't terminal, it's a jumping-off point for learning, if you're measuring what actually matters.

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    31 mins
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