Ep. 80 - Controlling the Uncontrollable during COVID-19: Rapid Innovation, Iteration and Elevation of Skillsets to Drive Momentum— with Jon Krinn

Strategic Momentum

Amid a global pandemic, economic upheaval, and social distancing restrictions, many in the restaurant industry have experienced potentially irrevocable suffering. But Jon Krinn — Chef, marketer, and owner of the award-winning fine dining restaurant Clarity based in the Washington D.C. area — took this time as an opportunity for innovation.

It’s because it’s not his first rodeo. In 2008, when the economic recession negatively impacted the livelihoods of many in the service industry, Jon was forced to shut down his restaurant and, subsequently, decided to make a change in his career path. But as an athlete and competitor at heart, he used this setback as a launchpad for learning and growth. Since then, he’s rebuilt his restaurant career, pivoting from the culinary industry to an 8-year stint at Booz Allen Hamilton as a marketing strategist and then back to being a restaurateur.

He’s taken everything he’s learned from that experience in the corporate world to help adapt his current restaurant business to the climate we are in now with COVID. In this episode, Jon shares what he did to control the uncontrollable, the pivots he made and skillsets he’s learned along the way, as well as the value of creating a career mash-up that can help you thrive amid adversity.

Learn more, and find the complete show notes, at https://www.strategicmomentum.co/episodes/80

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