We've all been told to think outside the box. What if that's exactly what's holding our creativity back?

Andrew Davis, bestselling author, former NBC producer, Muppets alumnus, and one of the most entertaining keynote speakers we've encountered, joins Beck and Chad on the ChatGTM Podcast to challenge everything we think we know about creativity.

Fresh from his appearance at Prosper Forum, Andrew breaks down his Cube of Creativity, a practical framework for turning limitations into better ideas, sharper execution, and meaningful business results.

We explore why successful companies can become less creative as resources grow, why killing two projects might be the smartest way to start one, and whether AI is helping us think better or simply produce more stuff.

Then we get into the attention economy. Andrew explains why curiosity creates tension, why the payoff matters more than the click, and the two questions every content creator should ask before hitting publish.

Along the way, there are Muppets, MacGyver, childhood puppet theaters, a spy novel in progress, and one marketing word Andrew would happily banish forever.

Meet Andrew Davis

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewdavishere

Website and speaking events: https://www.akadrewdavis.com

Books: https://www.akadrewdavis.com/books

Chapters

00:00 Meet Andrew Davis: Creativity, Keynotes and the Muppets
04:44 How Andrew Accidentally Started Speaking
07:47 Authenticity and Finding Your Stage Presence
10:07 Why Thinking Outside the Box Gets It Wrong
12:53 The Four Constraints of the Cube of Creativity
15:22 Why You Must Eliminate the Unnecessary
17:14 Constraints vs. Excuses
21:15 Does AI Make Us Less Creative?
23:30 Why Successful Companies Lose Creativity
26:16 Boredom, Childhood and Imagination
30:20 How Committees Kill Creative Ideas
32:35 Applying Constraints to Restaurants
35:08 What Actually Earns Attention?
37:50 Will Human Experiences Become More Valuable?
40:31 Curiosity Gaps, Tension and the Payoff
43:02 When Clickbait Damages Trust
45:17 How a Keynote Evolves After 100 Performances
46:57 Rapid Fire with Andrew Davis
49:21 Where to Find Andrew and Final Thoughts

Your turn: What's one thing you could eliminate today that would make room for something remarkable?

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Relationships first. Business second.

What if the biggest competitive advantage in foodservice distribution isn't technology, but the relationships behind it?

Hans Schatz, Executive Vice President of Cut+Dry, joins Michael Beck and Chad Horn on The ChatGTM Podcast to explore how one company is transforming foodservice distribution while investing in the people who make the industry work.

From unified digital commerce and Yes Chef AI to helping independent distributors compete, Hans explains how Cut+Dry is reducing friction, improving operations, and connecting manufacturers, distributors, and restaurant operators.

We also explore RESERVE, Cut+Dry's gathering in Napa Valley, and why building a meaningful community is every bit as important as building great technology.

Because the future of foodservice isn't just about better software. It's about what we can accomplish together.

IN THIS EPISODE
• Why relationships come before business
• Helping independent distributors compete
• Yes Chef AI and distributor intelligence
• Simplifying manufacturer programs and billbacks
• Reducing friction across foodservice distribution
• The vision behind RESERVE Napa
• Why showing up matters

MEET OUR GUEST
Hans Schatz | Executive Vice President, Cut+Dry
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hans-schatz/
Cut+Dry: https://cutanddry.com/

CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening banter and introduction
01:45 Why relationships still drive foodservice
04:01 Introducing Cut+Dry
04:35 What Cut+Dry does and the problem it solves
11:52 Helping independent distributors compete
12:59 Yes Chef AI and distributor intelligence
19:27 Simplifying manufacturer programs and billbacks
20:23 AI, automation, and operational efficiency
27:54 Building technology with distributor partners
28:17 Going beyond software to support the community
29:10 Why Cut+Dry invests in relationships
30:18 Relationships first, business second
32:10 Why showing up matters
39:16 Creating meaningful community experiences
40:15 The ChatGTM Rapid Fire
42:07 Final thoughts and closing

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ABOUT CHATGTM
Hosted by Michael Beck and Chad Horn, The ChatGTM Podcast brings candid conversations with the leaders shaping restaurants, hospitality, technology, and business.

Produced by Inc Tank GTM: https://inctankgtm.com

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What if the key to better restaurant performance isn’t asking hourly employees to “think like owners,” but actually paying them like owners?

In this episode of the ChatGTM Podcast, Michael Beck and Chad Horn sit down with Peter Riggs, Founder of WaveWage, to explore what happens when frontline restaurant employees share in the upside they help create.

Peter’s idea started with a moment almost every operator will recognize. About 30 minutes before closing, he watched a restaurant employee turn away customers who were ready to spend money. For the employee, another table meant more work. For the operator, it meant lost revenue and potentially a lost customer.

Peter’s question was simple: What if the employee actually benefited from that sale?

That became the foundation for WaveWage, a performance-pay platform designed to connect hourly employees with measurable sales performance.

Peter shares how incentives can change frontline behavior, how restaurants can reward incremental revenue without destroying margins, and why the last hour of business could potentially become one of the most profitable hours of the day.

We also get into restaurant technology itself, including why great software still fails inside restaurants, how WaveWage approaches integrations and gamification, and what technology founders consistently misunderstand about operators.

One of Peter’s best observations:

“Just because your tech works doesn’t mean we can put it to work.”

CHAPTERS

00:00 Welcome to ChatGTM
03:09 Meet Peter Riggs
04:28 From restaurant operator to technology founder
07:42 The truth about restaurant employee engagement
10:16 What is WaveWage?
11:01 The restaurant moment that sparked the idea
14:34 The dreaded last-minute customer
15:11 Incentivizing the entire restaurant team
17:03 Finding hidden performance gaps
19:07 Why nobody built WaveWage before
21:10 Making incentives visible and engaging
22:45 Employee badges, recognition and portable reputation
25:11 Avoiding unintended consequences
25:44 AI-generated incentive rules and confidence scores
28:36 Can employees change restaurant operating hours?
29:27 How do you prove an incentive actually works?
32:01 Can employees make more while restaurants make more?
35:13 POS, payroll and restaurant-tech integrations
36:58 What restaurant-tech companies misunderstand
40:06 What Peter now understands about tech founders
41:29 Selling WaveWage to his toughest critic: himself
42:27 Rapid Fire
43:20 Customers walking in two minutes before closing
44:08 The restaurant metric operators aren't measuring
44:33 What restaurant work needs to fix
45:31 Closing thoughts and what comes next

Learn more about WaveWage:
https://wavewage.com

Peter Riggs on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-riggs-495b274/

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