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AI is transforming business—but it doesn’t replace human agency, lived experience, or purpose. In the latest episode of The Profitable Table, Steven Toboroff explores how leaders can use AI as a powerful tool while preserving the human judgment that drives meaningful decisions, customer connections, and innovation. Tune in to the full episode and discover how reframing AI can help your business turn uncertainty into opportunity.

In this episode of The Profitable Table, we explore Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason and its practical applications for business leadership, decision-making, customer service, rising costs, team challenges, and growth.What if the problems we face in business aren’t reality—but interpretations created by our own minds? Learn how to separate facts from emotional reactions, audit the assumptions shaping your decisions, and create more effective ways to solve problems and uncover opportunities.

Discover how Michael R. Katz’s new translation of Dostoevsky’s The Idiot brings timeless questions of faith, morality, and human nature into sharp focus for today’s leaders. In this episode, we explore why Dostoevsky still resonates in a modern world shaped by tension, doubt, and the search for meaning — and how his philosophy can inspire stronger leadership, clearer decision-making, and more values-driven businesses. Listen now to explore how great literature can shape great leadership.

Business owners have to answer hard questions about their market, target customer, financing, and objectives. That means stepping back, thinking strategically, and making creative decisions no one else can make for you.If you’re interested in business strategy, entrepreneurship, leadership, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving, this latest episode of The Profitable Table is for you.

Fall is a defining season for the hospitality industry in NYC. As universities reopen, people return to the city, energy builds across neighborhoods, and football season brings new momentum for restaurants, hotels, bars, and entertainment venues. In this episode of The Profitable Table, we explore how hospitality leaders can build a clear strategy, track weekly performance, measure what’s working, and stay accountable as conditions shift. From identifying opportunities to executing consistently, this conversation is about smart planning, clear decisions, and staying focused on growth in New York’s fast-moving hospitality market.

On this new episode of The Profitable Table, we break down how to filter out celebrity noise, emotional manipulation, and bad information—and instead stay focused on your own clear business objectives, better decision-making, and real ROI.Listen now if you want to learn about business strategy, leadership, entrepreneurship, and how to build a more profitable and resilient hospitality business.

Inspired by the NY Knicks championship win, this episode of The Profitable Table brings that same energy into the world of hospitality, digging into restaurant marketing, hospitality strategy, community building, customer connection, tourism trends, and leadership lessons. Listen now to get practical takeaways on resilience, reinvestment, brand positioning, creating memorable third-space experiences, and growing successful restaurants, bars, hotels, and hospitality businesses.

Restaurateur and cookbook author Allison Arevalo, founder of Brooklyn’s beloved Pasta Louise and Bar Louise, shares her journey from Homeroom in Oakland, CA to building a community-first restaurant group and the Pasta Rose Scholarship program. Listen now for practical, inspiring restaurant success strategies you can apply to your business today.Pastalouise.comBarlouisenyc.comPastafriday.comInstagram.com/pastalouiseInstagram.com/barlouisenycallison@pastalouise.com

With the World Cup presenting a major business opportunity, the latest episode of The Profitable Table shares practical strategies to help hospitality businesses boost visibility, drive traffic, elevate guest experience, and increase revenue. A must-listen for restaurants, bars, hotels, caterers, and hospitality professionals looking to turn global excitement into real business growth.