In this episode, we talk with longtime and dear friend JONI DOOLIN, who is a restaurant industry icon and workplace expert, who has been devoted to helping service sector workplaces (like restaurants) balance people, profits, planet and purpose.
THOUGHT #1
You Don’t Have to Have an Opinion - Ryan Holiday
THOUGHT #2
The Highest Form of Knowledge…is Empathy – Bill Bullard
CONNECT:
- Website: BlackBoxIntelligence.com
- Email: [email protected]
- Instagram: @JoniThomasDoolin
- Linkedin: Joni Thomas Doolin
- Twitter: @LuckyPenny
BRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:
- "Use Somebody" (Kings of Leon)- Youtube.com
- Bruce Springsteen - BruceSpringsteen.net
- Dave & Jessie Place - letsdesignyoursite.com
- Five Finger Death Punch - FiveFingerDeathPunch.com
- Mickey Mantel - MickeyMantel.com
- People Report - HospitalityTech.com
- Global Best Practices/Summer Brand Camp - BlackBoxIntelligence.com
- Coaches Collective International - CCIcoaches.com
- Leadership Council of Conscious Capitalism - ConsciousCapitalism.org
- C.H.A.R.T (Council Of Hotel and Restaurant Trainers) - Chart.org
- N.R.A - Restaurant.org
- Women’s Foodservice Forum - WFF.org
- Ryan Holiday - RyanHoliday.com
- The Daily Stoic (Ryan Holiday) - Amazon.com
- Marcus Aurelius - DailyStoic.com
- Share Our Strength (No Kid Hungry) - NoKidHungry.org
- Stillness is the Key (Ryan Holiday) - Amazon.com
- Digital Minimalism (Cal Newport) - Amazon.com
- Deep Work (Cal Newport) - Amazon.com
- FOMO - Fear of Missing Out
- Stephen Covey - FranklinCovey.com
- Critical Race Theory - Wikipedia.org
- COVID-19 - CDC.com
- George Floyd - Wikipeida.org
- ZOOM - Zoom.us
- Kathleen Wood - KwoodPartners.com
- Ian Vaughn - Linkedin.com
- CNN - CNN.com
- PW Gopal - PWGopal.com
- Bill Bullard - Wikipedia.org
- Sri Lanka - SriLanka.travel
- Hapkido - Wikipeida.org
- Keto - Wikipedia.org
- Hard Rock International – HardRock.com
- bookstarPR - bookstarPR.com
- Thoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.com
- Leadership That Rocks: Take Your Brand's Culture to Eleven and Amp Up Results (Jim Knight) - LeadershipThatRocksBook.com
- Culture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company’s Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.com
- Black Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.com
- Rock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.com
- Cannonball Kids’ cancer – CannonballKidscancer.org
- Big Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.com
- Spectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.com
- Jeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT Keel
JONI DOOLIN'S BIO:
Founder, CEO, Board Member, Advisor, Investor, Speaker, Writer, Workplace Expert
Joni founded People Report, co-founded Black Box Intelligence, co-created Summer Brand Camp and the Global Best Practices conferences.
Her career has been devoted to helping service sector workplaces balance people, profits, planet and purpose.
She has served as a board member for Share Our Strength, Coaches Collective International, BBI Metrics, Black Box Intelligence LLC (a Diversis Capital company), No Kid Hungry, and as an advisor and founding member of the Leadership Council of Conscious Capitalism.
Her work in industry associations includes advising, speaking and research for C.H.A.R.T., the National Restaurant Association and its Educational Foundation and MFHA, and the Women’s Foodservice Association. She was the recipient of the WFF Trailblazer award.
Joni and her husband Wally endowed a scholarship for the NRAEF that helps fund tuition for women of color.
She is a frequent contributor to industry trade press, podcasts and blogs.
She publishes periodically on her own blog, The Kindness Economy.
Black Box Intelligence™ is the leading data & insights provider of restaurant industry performance benchmarks & metrics, serving over 300 top operating brands. www.blackboxintelligence.com
Our purpose is to reveal insights that unlock potential and enrich lives.



