Dan Simons

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Jul 26
4 min

Stop the Limbo Life of COVID World. Here We Are. This Is What We Have.

The virus is still here, it is still a pandemic, we remain without leadership at a federal level, and none of this looks to be changing a...

Jul 12
1 min

The Role of Conscious Businesses in Systemic Injustice: A Discussion

I had the opportunity to join DC's Conscious Capitalism chapter's monthly discussion, Hot Seat, with my colleague and friend, Stephen Bal...

Jun 30
5 min

We Can't Allow PPP to Be a Bridge to Nowhere

I am grateful to have received PPP monies in the second round of funding. I am grateful that I have some positive news for my salaried te...

Jun 15
1 min

A Discussion on Restaurant Work with The Aspen Institute

Last week, I was invited to join The Aspen Institute discussion, Open to Good Jobs: Now is the Time to Improving Equity and Job Quality i...

May 16
2 min

5 Leadership Lessons from COVID World

In mid-February 2020, I started paying attention. By March 1st, I saw the impending train wreck. From March 16th to now, I’ve learned and...

May 12
2 min

To the Graduating Class of 2020

The resiliency, tenacity, and optimism that drove you to choose your college or university, and achieve the goal of graduating, are the s...

May 1
3 min

The Pivot

Restaurants have been my life for as long as I can remember. I am as proud of my work with our farmer-owned restaurant company as I am ha...

Apr 24
5 min

More Important Than Ever. More Difficult Than Ever.

Since very early in my career, I have always believed that in my restaurants – where my friends eat, where my children eat, where my team...

Apr 10
3 min

A Restaurant Question: #ShutUsDown or #StayInTheFight?

As a member of society, a parent, and a restaurateur, I am sitting smack dab in the center of this question: Should restaurants be shut d...

Jan 19
3 min

Go YOUR Way

I want to be on a team. I want a squad. A posse. A crew. I want to be part of a unit on a mission that can only be accomplished together....

Dec 9, 2019
8 min

#Concussion

I had just carved a perfect turn, rocketed through the wake on the return, and was feeling the endorphin rush of what I was sure was my b...

Oct 1, 2019
2 min

Defining a Leader

What word is included in almost every job description and job posting, yet rarely defined? The vague descriptor that everyone requires bu...

Aug 15, 2019
4 min

A LETTER TO YOUNG MEN

This started as a letter to my three growing boys. After many conversations with my partner, their mom, we wanted to write down some guid...

Aug 6, 2019
3 min

How to Win Best Place to Work

There are probably dozens of reasons why Farmers Restaurant Group was named one of the Best Places to Work in the DC area by Washington B...

Jun 12, 2019
2 min

7 Steps for Families to Manage Smartphones

After posting my blog, 9 Steps to Making Your Smart Phone Your Tool... Not the Other Way Around, I got a lot of questions about HOW to do...

May 7, 2019
6 min

The Largest Productivity Gain Most Companies Are Missing

I believe the single largest productivity gain staring us in the face is not technology, robots, layoffs, or new manufacturing methods – ...

Apr 29, 2019
1 min

In the Weeds with Derrick Dockery

We all need role models. Derrick Dockery is a role model for every phase and stage of life. Watch the video for insight into his thought ...

Apr 22, 2019
4 min

6 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Stop Trashing the Planet

It’s Earth Day, and our news stories and social media are filled with images and videos of the planet earth. And the news is mostly bad. ...

Apr 15, 2019
4 min

9 Steps to Making Your Smartphone Your Tool… Not the Other Way Around

If you’re the loser and your cellphone is the winner (cuz that’s where I was), here’s a winning playbook to get back in control. FYI: The...

Mar 18, 2019
1 min

NOW

Now has got to be the time. That thing that has been bothering you for a while, maybe a long while, that thing you just sorta tolerate: t...

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Stop the Limbo Life of COVID World. Here We Are. This Is What We Have.

The Role of Conscious Businesses in Systemic Injustice: A Discussion

We Can't Allow PPP to Be a Bridge to Nowhere

A Discussion on Restaurant Work with The Aspen Institute

5 Leadership Lessons from COVID World

To the Graduating Class of 2020

The Pivot

More Important Than Ever. More Difficult Than Ever.

A Restaurant Question: #ShutUsDown or #StayInTheFight?

Go YOUR Way

#Concussion

Defining a Leader

A LETTER TO YOUNG MEN

How to Win Best Place to Work

7 Steps for Families to Manage Smartphones

The Largest Productivity Gain Most Companies Are Missing

In the Weeds with Derrick Dockery

6 Simple Things You Can Do Today to Stop Trashing the Planet

9 Steps to Making Your Smartphone Your Tool… Not the Other Way Around

NOW

I love getting your messages, even if you think I’m bonkers. Talk to me. School me if you think I need it. Maybe I’ll write about it.