Adapting Episode 1: Canlis

The world has changed. Acquired is changing too: we’re taking a
pause from our normal episodes. The world doesn’t need stories of
M&A and IPOs right now. But it does still need stories of
great companies and great leaders. So we’re taking everything
that we’ve put into Acquired - our format, our infrastructure,
and the way we can reach all of you - and launching Adapting.
Adapting is a series all about doing just that -- changing to fit
what the world needs right now, not what it needed last week.


Our first episode starts on the front lines of change: the local
restaurant industry. Mark Canlis joins us to discuss how the
world-renowned Canlis restaurant in Seattle is adapting by
simultaneously closing their 70 year old dining room service, and
launching three brand new, no-contact concept restaurants in just
one week to keep their staff employed and the city fed:


"Pretty quickly we realized that it would be just as risky to do
nothing as it would to do something really radical. And if we
were gonna live into our values, every once and awhile that’s
really going to cost you something."


This conversation is an incredible inspiration to us all, and a
reminder of the vast power of the human spirit during challenging
times. 





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