Description

Learning Objectives:

  • Evaluate guest growth opportunities and brand relevance by identifying cultural blind spots, assessing trust and appeal, and addressing gaps in guest expectations, frontline execution, and operating context.
  • Apply a repeatable decision-making framework using the Four Intelligences—data, human insight, execution capability, and contextual awareness—to make culturally intelligent brand decisions that enhance storytelling, hospitality behaviors, and in-store signals.
  • Activate cultural intelligence within teams by equipping them with practical tools to adapt interactions, maintain consistency, and measure the impact of cultural alignment on guest acquisition, loyalty, and long-term value.
Type

Expo + Education

Speakers

Erika Cospy Carr

Erika Cospy Carr

Vice President at Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance (MFHA)

Christopher Kenny

Christopher Kenny

Vice President, Programmatic Marketing & Activations at National Restaurant Association

Angela Lagos

Angela Lagos

Hospitality, Restaurant & Tourism Executive, IO Psychologist, Global Talent Practitioner

Handouts and Resources

Key Topics

Key Topics

  • Diversity, equity & inclusion
  • Training & upskilling
  • Wellness

Audience

  • Accounting / Finance
  • Administrative
  • Affiliated
  • Bar/Tavern/Pub/Brewery
  • Beverage Management
  • Chef/Culinary
  • Commercial Restaurant / Foodservice
  • Corporate/Executive Management
  • Franchisor/Franchisee
  • Lodging
  • Non-Commercial Foodservice
  • Operations
  • Retail Foodservice
  • Training & HR