
Culture By Design - Adam Lara - Defining Hospitality
"It's not just design, it's basically problem solving."
Hi, I'm Dan Ryan - entrepreneur, connector, and host of Defining Hospitality.
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"It's not just design, it's basically problem solving."

"If we can't answer what is this here for or why are we doing this, well now you're just a Pinterest board."

"It wasn't about, hey, we have these great finishes on the walls. It was about what does it feel like to be in that place."

"It wasn't about, hey, we have these great finishes on the walls. It was about what does it feel like to be in that place."

"If we don't make a profit and we don't invest well, our ability to provide a good experience for our guests is significantly hindered."

"Identify a need, see something that doesn't exist. That's pretty much what we did."

"If you don't know exactly who is going to do the work, it's probably you. You need to find that person."

"It's a calling, a vocation for me. So there's a lot of love that goes into it. This is a job where you are working long hours, and if you don't love it, you're gonna burn out."

"Hospitality is the humanity in the built environment, that is the way in which we express care and facilitate all of those great high touch point, high emotional engagements that the best hospitality

"Lighting design is an editing tool. Emphasize, de-emphasize, reveal, conceal."

“It’s those people that have a fear of the future that get held back. Sometimes you just have to jump off the bridge and leap into those entrepreneurial waters.”