Tag: HBR

  • AAR: HBR Season 2

    AAR: HBR Season 2

    We finished season 2 of Hamburger Business Review after a run of eight episodes. There was no direct shareholder vote the new season, but it was related to the McJob vote that passed with 72% approval. In the after action review of season 1 I said “I feel a growing expertise about the fast food…

  • Collect Burgers, Carry Fries

    Collect Burgers, Carry Fries

    Working in a fast-food restaurant can feel like performing the same repetitive tasks—taking orders, frying fries, wiping surfaces—without leaving a lasting mark. In this post, Van Morrison’s “Chop that wood, carry water” lyric and an ancient Chinese poem guide a reflection on labor, purpose, and personal identity. The result is a closer look at what…

  • CBC ❤️ HBR

    CBC ❤️ HBR

    Peter Armstrong endorses Hamburger Business Review podcast for its insightful exploration of McDonald’s through engaging case studies and personal experience.

  • HBR S2E1: My Hamburger Restaurant

    HBR S2E1: My Hamburger Restaurant

    The podcast discusses McDonald’s E. coli concerns, shares insights on sustainability, features a case study, and discusses both new menu items and economic challenges.

  • Hamburger Mornings

    Hamburger Mornings

    In the dark hours of the morning in the shadow of Elysian Park, on the banks of the concrete Los Angeles river, it’s time to wake up and get ready for a shift at the hamburger restaurant.

  • Choose Your Own Case Study

    Choose Your Own Case Study

    Hamburger Business Review’s second season invites listeners to vote on the inaugural case study exploring McDonald’s sustainability efforts, addressing environmental impacts and corporate responsibility.

  • AAR: HBR Season 1

    AAR: HBR Season 1

    We’ve finished season 1 of Hamburger Business Review, a shareholder endorsed project (74%). Ten episodes of discussion about a Harvard Business School case study on McDonald’s. Closing the season I feel a growing expertise about the fast food industry, somewhere right on that edge of realizing how much I don’t know. This is an AAR…

  • Hamburger Business Review Series Order

    Hamburger Business Review Series Order

    On March 15th, 2023 I ordered a pilot episode of Hamburger Business Review cohosted by me and Zach Rose. The initial pitch that sold me on the idea was that Zach and I would read and the discuss a Harvard Business Review case study about McDonald’s. Harvard Business Review has over thirty case studies about…