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Food Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityGetting 1% better at your ProductYou do NOT need a whole product overhaul in order to improve your product. Today's episode is all about how to improve your product so that your customer (which includes your auditors and inspectors my friend!) has a better experience of your company and your food. It starts with the specification of course. So, let's dive in from there. Ready to work with me? I can help you. Book a discovery call here https://calendly.com/michele-pfannenstiel/45-minute-meeting-with-michele Check out Food Safety University here https://www.foodsafetyuniversity.com 2021-10-0722 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 102- Food Fraud Vulnerability AssessmentsIf you are a company trying to pass an audit...tune in because you need a food fraud vulnerability assessment. And I got a program for that. In today's episode we are going to cover... What is food fraud? What are the commonly adulterated foods? How do you do a food fraud assessment?2020-09-1727 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 101- Doing it All, All at OnceReady for the next 100 episodes? Because I am.  Let's set the stage though... Goals. You've got 'em. You love setting them, they feel awesome. Are you using them to beat the stuffing out of yourself? Probably.  Which makes you feel bad. So you set more goals for yourself because that makes you feel good and productive. Welcome to The High Achiever Goal Cycle. Let's get off that hamster wheel and onto running awesome businesses. Listen in, and start observing wh...2020-09-1023 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 100- Running a Family Business with AndrewIt's been 8 1/2 years on our business journey It's been 14 1/2 years on our marriage journey What works? What doesn't work? What are we going to do differently? Tune in and find out.2020-09-0436 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 99 - Interview with ASIAre you ready for a 3rd party audit? Well, if you've ever wondered what you need to do to prep, this is the episode for you. Join me as I interview 2 auditors from ASI on what goes into an audit and what you can do to make the whole process easier.2020-08-2725 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 98- Testing and Environmental Monitoring a year onWhen I last covered testing and environmental monitoring we talked a lot about the how of what you do... Today we talk about the why... Doing product testing and environmental monitoring well gives a lot of insight into your food safety culture. Get on board with how to do the testing and what it means for your company.2020-08-2022 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEp 97- Preventive Maintenance for Fun and Profit.How much time do you spend in preventive maintenance...and how much in urgent and emergency maintenance... Next question...how awful does all that emergency maintenance feel. Awful, right? What if you instituted PM and made this all suck less? What if your maintenance dept had FUN at work once in a while? Imagine how much more they'd get done my friend! Join my on this week's episode live on The Proofing Box and let's talk about how to make that happen.2020-08-1323 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 96- The Language of Food SafetyI say HACCP, you say HACCP...and we mean different things... Say wha?! Crazy, I know. But join me for this podcast and learn about the vocabulary! Let's clear all that up so that you can get your plans written!2020-08-0626 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 95- How to be a product of your productYou food changes lives. How do I know this? Because it's changed mine. Yours, my clients, the whole smallholder food movement...it changes lives. And changing lives is tough work and requires a lot of you. And when the going is rough, I want you to think about the opportunity you have to be a product of your product. I am going to tell you how that process works with me, and how you can incorporate that into not only your every day work, but your SOPs and how you work in your business.2020-07-3128 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 94- Interview with Tracy HothWhat's the mindset around being organized? That's the real question. Anyone can 5S their facility once...but it takes a lot more brain work to keep your facility and stuff under control.2020-07-2330 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 93- Attachment versus CommitmentWe talk a lot about goal setting around here and it is easy to go down the rabbit hole of attachment to goals. Commitment though, is much more powerful. Both can be useful, but commitment will get you everywhere, where as attachment doesn't. Tune in to learn the difference. And when you are ready to commit...book a call.2020-07-1637 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 92- You and your businessLet's diving into your relationship with yourself...what are the things you build your life on? Are they what you want to bring forward into your future?​ The foundations of freedom and opportunity are pretty simple... Wealth Community Compliance When we work to understand these we build assets. PERSONAL assets.... 1) Your relationship with yourself 2) Your relationship with others 3) The products of your life 4) The processes of your life 5) The capital in your life...2020-07-0926 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 91 - Interview with Matt Kuchera of Vet PivotVets- listen up! This vet is talking to another awesome vet this week. Matt runs Vet Pivot, works in finance and is the walking definition of amazing.  We cover lots of awesome stuff for non vets in this one as well, so you will all want to tune in!2020-07-0238 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 90- Interview with John StojTalking finance and small business today on the podcast. We've got a fun interview with John Stoj out of Sandy Springs, GA. He's a whiz at all things finance for small business. Finance and the world we live in today is no easy task, but John makes it wicked fun.2020-06-2529 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 89 - Inclusive Excellence Part 2Last week I talked about the mindset around racial justice. This week is the how.  - Learn how to go through a SOP so that it works for you. - Learn the 3 key pieces of implementing an Inclusive Excellence SOP. Need the SOP? Join us at the Proofing Box...it's in the files section2020-06-1935 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 88 - Inclusive Excellence in Food Production Part 1The goals of Inclusive Excellence are - to center to conversations of our colleagues of color and other cultures in ways that they wish to be centered - to be an example of what is possible when we dig into discomfort - to be an example of what a white woman can do to be part of the conversation and be brave and make mistakes Join me for the transformation2020-06-1134 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 87 - Interview with Paula HorneJoin us for this fascinating interview with Paula Horne, entrepreneur extraordinaire. Learn how she's transitioned out of the military and into a world of hot sauce. Our conversation is fun and chock full of what you need to know as you are getting your business started.2020-06-0423 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 86 - Monitoring and verificationI get it...you think monitoring and verification is wicked boring/tedious/hell of a lot of work Here's the deal, you can change your whole outlook on your business by approaching monitoring and verifications as activities that create wealth, community and compliance. Join us to learn how and the dive into those question by joining us on The Proofing Box. https://www.facebook.com/groups/proofingbox/2020-05-2830 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 85 - Interview with Jeff HahnJeff Hahn is the owner and principal of Hahn Public. Jeff focuses on brand crafting, message development and crisis communications and I ask you...how desperately is that needed right now? Grab a pen and be prepared to take notes on how you can lead through effective communications. This is so important right now.2020-05-2134 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 84 - Providing value changes people's livesAs local food has its moment, we are finding out a LOT about value and pricing. What do we mean when we say value? How are making sure you are delivering value to your customers? How does that affect your profit? Grab your pen, paper and brain and let's find out.2020-05-1537 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 83 - Interview with Larry ShillerThis week I talk to Larry Shiller, an educator and practitioner of how grit and resilience can be used in our lives and workplaces. How gritty are you? Find out here https://www.gritterprofile.org/2020-05-0730 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 82- Tracing and LottingHow does something so prosaic as trace and lotting create wealth and freedom?  Such a great question, I am glad you asked! Because this episode will not only tell you how freedom lies on the other end of a functioning trace and lot program, but, how to do one. It's VASTLY easier than you think. So get to work. Want help with that? Book a call with Dr. P to get into the Power Group for May. 90 days to build the foundation of your business.  2020-05-0119 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 81 - Interview with Cristina RomanAre you ready to get your time management game on? Join me for an amazing interview with Christina Roman of Pique Coaching She's an expert at helping you focus and get your work done, quite getting distracted and get the results you want in your business and life2020-04-2333 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityMinisode- Mobile SlaughterThere are so many questions out there about mobile slaughter, and this episode is all about answers... Humane handling Water/sewage- and errata here...I am off by an order of magnitude it is 0.3 gallons of water per pound of value added processing. Join us at The Proofing Box with questions.2020-04-1928 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 80- CCPs and CLsThat is Critical Control Points and Critical Limits Know 'em, love 'em and execute them with perfection. Find out how...2020-04-1734 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 79 - Interview with Sheila AustinJoin us as Dr. P talks to Sheila Austin. Sheila is doing some really interesting things in small ruminants in FL. Her experience and insight is invaluable if you are thinking about going into processing.2020-04-0935 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 78 - All boats rise, a pathway to a secure regional supply chainI have a radically new approach to regional food supply chains. This is information that our communities need, right now. How do you approach your supply chain? How do you manage your supply chain? What if it isn't all as hard as you think?2020-04-0328 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 77 - Interview with Barbara ShepherdJoin me as I interview Barbara Shepherd a cannabis entrepreneur. This fascinating conversation covers a wide range of things you need to be thinking about as you start your cannabis venture.2020-03-2626 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety University76- Justifying your decisions in your hazard analysisIn this week's episode we are covering some discussion about corona virus to start and then we are diving into justification for decisions in your hazard analysis. Really...why are hazards NRLTO or RLTO? Even know what that means? Well listen in and find out!2020-03-2029 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 75 - Interview with Felicia BroccoloFelicia is an amazing coach who really gets performance. She started her coaching business from a conversation about clean eating and body image. Do you know what conversation your target market is having about their foods? Tune in to find out.2020-03-1232 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 74 - Interview with Kelly Hanlin McCormickAnxiety. It might actually be a public health crisis. I have anxiety, you might, or someone you know and love might. Join us for a magical conversation with Kelly, a superb life coach who focuses on transforming anxiety from something terrible...to something you can live with.2020-03-0533 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 73 - How to do a hazard analysisWe've gone through the five pre-steps of HACCP and now we are on to the meat of the matter as it were. And here is where everyone gets stopped. Stopped in confusion and overwhelm and regulations and AIGH ISN'T THIS SUPPOSED TO BE A CCP. That overwhelm all comes from a fear that you are going to do it wrong and nothing is going to work and all your efforts will be for nothing. Stop. Breathe. I get it. I've been there. I was once new at this too. Listen, you...2020-02-2849 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 72- Branding with David Lemley of Retail VoodooBranding. Live by it. If your brand ain't working for you, it ain't working. Join us as I chat with David Lemley of Retail Voodoo on how to get your brand squared away. And then of course, it is off to the welders with you so you can get one for your cattle! JK, we freeze brand them now.2020-02-2043 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 71- Productive Negative EmotionsNegative emotions can be in us and drive us forward and... nothing is going wrong. Feelings always create actions. You get to figure out if they are going to drive actions that move you forward.2020-02-1429 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityTech Talk- Corona virus and zoonotic diseaseI get it, folks are worried. But, listen, this doesn't have to overwhelm you. Simple measures around handwashing and biosecurity are the name of the game. If you've got questions head on over to The Proofing Box and ask 'em!2020-02-1119 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 70- The 5 Pre Steps of HACCP- Step 5 Verify your Process Flow DiagramA verified Process Flow Diagram. You either have it or you don't. Many is the time I've walked through a plant and said "did anyone actually LOOK at this?" because "umm, no" is usually the answer. Let's fix that shall we? 2020-02-0629 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 69 - Intro to The Proofing Box Pt 4- Leadership and ServiceAre you ready to create results? Leaders create results.  What would your life look like if you stepped into leading yourself? It sounds simple, and it can be. But, acknowledging and stepping into your own leadership is a profound journey. Local food needs leaders, it needs you. Join me on this journey, won't you?2020-01-3030 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 68- Intro to the 5 Pre-Steps of Food Safety Planning Step 4 Process Flow DiagrammingSeriously, what could be more fun than process flow diagramming? The ANNOUNCEMENT I am coming out with for my veteran community. How do we do it around here? We build community.2020-01-2339 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 67- Book Yourself Solid Part 2In this episode I go over the STRIVE questions and the thought management process that I use to create trust and credibility. It doesn't matter what you are selling, you need to manage your mind to achieve the results you are looking for.2020-01-1630 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 66 Book Yourself Solid Part 1What if everything you knew about marketing and sales was wrong? Join me for this first in a 4 part series on exactly how to sell to grow and scale your business .2020-01-1021 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 65- Managing your Inventory Part 1Join me with Charlie Tidd (my awesome brother) as we talk about managing inventory inputs. This episode is going to change everything about how you see all that stuff stacked up in your walkins, your coolers and freezers.2020-01-0250 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 64- The 5 Pre-Steps of Food Safety Planning Step 3Step 3 of pre planning for success is understanding your customer and understanding how your customer consumes your food.  The bigger question here is how are you providing value to your customer, and then tying that value to your food safety plan.2019-12-2717 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 63- Intro to The Proofing Box Part 2: LeadershipThe underlying stability of The Proofing Box is the mindset management around leadership. What is it, how do you understand it and how do you practice your own leadership?2019-12-1929 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 62 - 5S your Food facilityAn encore presentation of our 5s discussion with Charles Tidd. Join us this week on the podcast where Dr. P and Charlie Tidd talk about the basis of 5S in food manufacturing and how they can help you in your own facility.2019-12-1236 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 61 - The 5 pre steps to food safety planning series: Step 2You've formed your team. Now what. Now you have to describe what you make. It shouldn't be hard...and yet.2019-12-0530 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 60- Introduction to The Proofing Box- Leadership and Your Minimum Viable ProductWhy is leadership tough? How have you go about solving your leadership problems and what hasn't worked? What is your MVP and how can you use this concept to drive your business forward?2019-11-2827 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 59- Feeling Marginally Less AwfulLet's not shoot for the stars just yet... Let's just start with the 3 steps to feel marginally less awful2019-11-2124 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 58- The 5 Presteps of Food Safety Planning Intro and Step 1You've decided to embark on a food business. Now you need a food safety team. Why? Food safety is a team sport! Listen in for the history of food safety planning, how we got here, and how to start on your documented food safety plan.2019-11-1536 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 57- Obvious ResultsHow do we look at the obvious results?  - Health - Wealth - Relationships Why do we look at the obvious results? Because telling ourselves truth, even if it is optional thoughts, creates clarity and allows us to manage our minds, which is the KEY asset in a business. When we serve up truth to ourselves, we have our own back. We learn that we belong to ourselves, and so many of us have a story of not belonging. Being vulnerable to the truth in our lives allows us t...2019-11-0823 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 56- Feed and feeding of food animalsOn today's episode we are going to cover what to feed your food animals. Primarily cattle and hogs. Let's get some feed biochemistry going my friends!2019-10-3132 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 55- Questioning AssumptionsOne of the best tools in my mind management toolkit is questioning assumptions. What assumptions do I make in around my thoughts? Asking this question takes thought work to the next level and can create massive breakthroughs in your life. Learn the 5 questions I ask myself during my own self coaching and work them into your life.2019-10-2428 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 54- African Swine FeverI've gotten a ton of questions on ASF. Well, here are some answers. The short version...if your pigs are blue and dying, call your state vet. The podcast covers a bit more than that though, so tune in!2019-10-1744 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 53- Stop Hugging the CactusGuess what? Negative thoughts about everything...are totally optional. What would happen if you decided that your negative thoughts, when they happen, aren't serving you? Miracles, that's what. You'll feel like you lost 20# in an instant. Join me and learn how to stop hugging the cactus. Learn how dropping negativity builds assets and creates wealth (no, I am not kidding). Learn how I drop the negativity in my head It's an amazing episode!2019-10-1132 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 52- On farm/initial production QA programs for animal based proteins.Let's talk how you know you are making what you are making. It's through putting systems in place. Today we are talking on farm quality assurance systems, I promise they aren't as scary as you think! Join us to learn about PQA Plus, BQA, LQA, FQA Find out about the first, easy step you can take to create an on farm quality assurance system. Links from today's podcast: https://lambresourcecenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2013-Updated-SSQA-Manual.pdf http://www.fao.org/3/X5624E/x5624e08.htm 2019-10-0336 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 51- The Cost of Doing NothingWhen we choose anger over empowerment When we choose to avoid food safety planning by being angry it costs us a LOT It costs our health, our wealth, and our relationships. What is your inaction or your anger costing you?2019-09-2728 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 50- Chemical Hygiene PlansThis is one of those topics where people just simply tune out. They know that they are supposed to do it, and they just don't. Why is that? Cause it is boring Cause it is hard (not really) Cause they are afraid of it Let's clear that up shall we?2019-09-1922 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 49- Food Safety BehaviorsFood safety is all about action. Often times, we act first, believe second. So what are those actions? How do we actually mitigate risk? What does that mean for leading and serving ourselves, our teams and our customers?2019-09-1228 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 48- Internal AuditsWhat could be more fun for a food facility than doing internal audits? Well, I love to do them, and now you can to! But seriously folks, internal audits are the difference between the results you have and the results you want. Why? Because if you decide to do the work, they allow you to show up to your product, process and people. Be brave my friends. Come learn how to serve up truth with internal audits.2019-09-0629 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 47- Next level thinkingJoin me on a trip through a thought download. What does it look like when I confront the thoughts that keep me up at night?  Thought work is a learned and learnable skill that requires vulnerability. Join me on this amazing journey.2019-08-2915 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 46- CalibrationWhat if how you did calibration was how you did everything? Listen in and learn what I mean...2019-08-2315 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 45- Finding Your PurposeWhat does finding your purpose look like? Sit and think Health, Wealth, Relationships What are some themes that have run through your life? What does your future self think? How did I do it? Why bother at all?2019-08-1622 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 44- Testing and MonitoringTesting doesn't have to be complicated. I promise Join Dr. P as as she walks you thru both FSIS N60 testing and USDA/FDA environmental monitoring for Listeria.  If you are still overwhelmed, book a call and we'll get you straightened out https://www.sfbdi.com/applicationcall2019-08-0928 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 43 - How to keep the doors openA follow up to the emergency call y'all heard about last week. How do you keep the doors open? 1) Observe 2) Train 3) Act 4) Document Now you know how to keep the doors open.2019-08-0219 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 42 - Wealth Creation encoreThis is an encore presentation of Wealth Creation.... What would happen if you opened up your business plan and put Food Safety costs in there? The real costs?I kid you not, you would build wealth in your organization and your life by doing food safety well. You'll have a more realistic cost structure so that food safety costs don't smack you in the face. You'll find out that telling your financial truth builds wealth.  I promise, you'll have less anxiety and sleep better When you stand in your truth of w...2019-07-2613 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 41- Stop Overeating part 2How much time do you spend thinking about what you are going to eat next? Or regretting what you ate? How much time would you have if, say, you didn't do that? A lot. A lot more time to go out and solve the problems you were meant to solve in the world. Listen in to find out how, and stick around for the awesome download at the end!2019-07-1826 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 40- Product Defect WasteOK folks...do you even know what your product IS? Let's define that first. THEN let's talk about how to measure defects. What are the best ways to measure defects? Listen to the end to get the handout that is super easy to start with TODAY.2019-07-1127 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 39- Stop Over Eating for Food ExecsI mean seriously, who else but Dr. P is gonna tackle stop over eating in the food industry. In this episode we talk about the reasons we over eat and how to bring awareness to your eating process.  And guess what? Feeling your feelings is the trick to everything.2019-07-0421 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 38- The 8th Waste of LeanYou’ve heard me talk about the importance of lean processing before on the podcast and how following this methodology helps eliminate waste in your facility. But today we’re going to talk about the importance of one of those wastes specifically: The waste of human potential. Yes, you pay your employees to do a job and give them the tools they need to do it, but I’d like to ask you an important question: Are you getting the best work out of your people? If you don't engage an employe...2019-06-2723 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 37 - What do you want to believeJoin me on the podcast this week where I talk about the unharnessed power of your beliefs. And how when you believe in the power of the future—YOUR future—you harness the power to decide who you want to be and how you want to grow your business.2019-06-2028 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 36 - FDA Regulations and FoodpreneursJoin me this week where I’ll cover what it means to be regulated by the FDA and the steps to take to be compliant. Plus, scroll down to download our handy white paper to help you get prepared.2019-06-1320 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 35 - Shame, vulnerability, and courageJoin me this week on the podcast where we talk about the importance of managing your feelings and how working with a coach can set you up for true success when building your dream business.2019-06-0719 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 34 - 5S your Facility Part IIThis week is more of  Dr. P and Charlie Tidd discussing the basis of 5S in food manufacturing and how they can help you in your own facility.2019-05-3025 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 33 - 5S your FacilityJoin us this week on the podcast where Dr. P and Charlie Tidd talk about the basis of 5S in food manufacturing and how they can help you in your own facility.2019-05-2419 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 32 - Courage and CommitmentJoin me this week on the podcast where I’ll teach you the one thing that will allow you to summon the courage and commitment to be able to do absolutely anything you put your mind to.2019-05-1617 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 31 - FacilitiesJoin me this week on the podcast where we talk about the amazing asset your facilities program is and how it, when invested in, builds wealth for your company.2019-05-0920 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 30 - Failing ahead of timeJoin me this week on the podcast where we’ll talk about how scheduling weekly epic fails allow you to become familiar—and ok with!—failure so you can reach your goals faster. Get ready for an amazing episode, folks!2019-05-0221 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 29 - Decision making and failureWhat if decisions were neutral? How fast would you make decisions if you knew that your life was going to be amazing no matter what? That you could do anything given any decision that you make? You'd make more money (indecision is the primary way that my clients waste money) You'd feel WAY better You'll sleep better because you'd know that you were doing it all just right How? Because you'd have decided that the way you decided, was just right for you. Don't fall into the trap that...2019-04-2615 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 28 - Impossible Goals      You can live in your future, even when you don’t know the how. Crazy ehh? Here's what we are going to do today: 1. Decide on your impossible goal 2. Write it down 3. Schedule actions over the next month where you’ll fail forward 4. Coach yourself on what happened   We are in business, when you fail forward, you are going  to learn so much and do everything so much faster you’ll get to profit faster you'll have less anxiety you'll sleep better you'll learn...2019-04-1821 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 27 - Having the hard conversationsDr. Pfannenstiel appeared on the Exemplar Global Food Safety Expo to teach STRIVE. This powerful tool allows anyone to solve any problem at work by addressing the root cause of problems...our thoughts.2019-04-1237 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 26 Trace and LottingWhat if you could  track things from your customer to your supplier? After this episode you are going to know to to know where everything is! You are going to find out way more about your inventory and inventory cost that you thought possible  This will lead to Much less anxiety and much better sleep Do lotting well and you will drive waste out of the system and create profitability.2019-04-0517 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 25 - The Value of CoachingApproaching your life and your business with openness and intentionality will help you achieve the results that you want.2019-04-0222 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 24 - Receiving, refrigeration, and storageWhen you do receiving, refrigeration, and storage right, you will be vastly more efficient. You will have higher profit margins. You will be more secure that all your cold storage is cold. You will sleep better. You will have time to do other, more interesting things to drive growth in your business (and not in your cooler).2019-03-2222 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityMinisode 2: Stop overdrinking for foodpreneursDo you overdrink? Do you not want to. Listen in to find out how we tackle overdrinking here at SFBDI2019-03-1713 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 23- Time managementFoodpreneurs This week, we are covering time management Why? When you show up to getting your stuff done, you will make more money. Not only that you’ll make more profit because you will be vastly more   efficient by making decisions ahead of time You will have more emotional energy for the things you want to do. You’ll have more capacity to think and drive creativity You will have so much less anxiety  You will not only be building the business you are meant to build, you’ll...2019-03-1429 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 22- Tech talk: Preventive and Productive MaintenanceMaintenance, I get it, it's a pain. But if you follow the plan and do it, here's your results... Have   more uptime   More uptime equals more profit   More uptime means you have more emotional energy to go and do the stuff that   drives your business forward   Sleep better because your machinery is working   Create the production system you want and need   Shift the way you think about maintenance and bring uptime into your life2019-03-0726 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 21- Emotional AdulthoodWhen you rely on yourself to feel good, you have better ideas to drive your own prosperity When you stop relying on other people, on circumstances to make you feel good,   you will take control of yourself and your own feelings You are going to become aware of what your feelings feel like in your body. What it feels like when you  surrender power to someone else When you leave emotional  childhood and step into emotional adulthood, everything changes. You ARE the person the universe calls you to be.2019-02-2824 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 20- Tech Talk: ObservationsWhat would happen if you found out how things really work in your facility?? Observations help you learn your truth. Truth creates wealth Standing around observing people in your facility? Teaches you to be brave. Being brave at work changes everything. Did you know observations actually build core strength? cause standing around and actively observing is actually pretty isometric! Foodpreneurs...being in your truth allows you to build the business you   were meant to build. Be brave and build it2019-02-2125 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 19- Manuals and boundariesWhat are manuals and boundaries? What if you could release people, including yourself from them What if you let go of all the manuals; see people how they really are, see yourself for how you really are. See reality for what it is.   I've got to say the financial benefits of not arguing with reality are pretty awesome. You spend your time on stuff making money When you drop your manual for yourself, you take a massive   step of living free from shame. ...2019-02-1419 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 18- Tech Talk: Hazards and hazard based plansToday we are going to clear up what we mean by hazards and hazard based plans. Then, let's get some clarity on what is and is not a HACCP plan   Next, decide on whether or not you need a HACCP or preventive controls plan. Remember, decision making is wealth making.   What if you could feel like you understand where you are in your hazard based food safety planning by actually thinking and understanding the process? Amazing!   Of course, you'll sleep better because you know you are controlling   your...2019-02-0731 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 17- Food safety as wealth creation in your businessWhat would happen if you opened up your business plan and put Food Safety costs in there? The real costs? I kid you not, you would build wealth in your organization and your life by doing   food safety well You'll have a more realistic cost structure so that food safety costs don't smack you in the face. You'll find out that telling your financial truth builds wealth.  I promise, you'll have less anxiety and sleep better When you stand in your truth of what your business needs to succeed and...2019-01-3113 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 16- Tech Talk: Corrective Actions and Preventive ActionsHow you do corrective actions is the metric of your food   safety culture At the end of this episode you can download the CAPA Program, so stick around! Do you stand in the truth of your organization? When you do, you will make decisions faster. Faster decision making means getting through issues faster and wasting less time. You'll have less reputational damage whether internal or external reputation! The faster you show up to your truth, the better you will feel. You will sleep better and have less anxiety Folks, th...2019-01-2421 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityMinisode 2: Thinking overworkAre you over thinking your problems in lieu of being uncomfortable in the actions of solving your problem? Think, feel, act, fail, learn, grow.2019-01-2403 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityMinisode 1: What sets your heart on fire?As we move into the new year, ask yourself: - what do you want to be an example of? - how do you want to show up in the world?2019-01-2007 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 15- Entrepreneurship mindsetWhat is the Entrepreneur Mindset magic formula? (hint, it is deceptively simple, but not easy) A flexible mind is your greatest asset as an entrepreneur.   Doing your thought work is the quickest way to get from point A to point B   You will have clarity on who you are and where you are going.   You will make decisions faster and make more money   You will have authority and agency in your own life   I promise, you'll sleep better ...2019-01-1715 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 14- Lean Manufacturing. We have GOT to talk about this in small food.Foodpreneurs, today, we are going to introduce lean manufacturing into   local food Learn how to take the 8 wastes of lean, and observe your processes to drive dramatic results. You are going to see your facility in a whole new light. When you waste less, you reduce expenses and increase profit. It is pretty much that simple. The clarity lean processes bring you is unsurpassed.  Efficient business where people are clear about what’s being made, where they are going and what they are doing are businesses that can live into...2019-01-1128 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 13- BufferingBuffering is when we use external things to change how we feel emotionally. It’s something we do to keep from fully experiencing our lives, to hide from reality, to procrastinate, to not show up and face the music and face ourselves and our feelings. We don’t want to face the truth of our lives because we don’t want to experience any type of negative emotion. We feel entitled to feel happiness and pleasure all of the time. We feel entitled because we have been TAUGHT that we are supposed to be happy all the time. When...2019-01-0416 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 11: Time ManagementWhat if we could stand in discomfort and make massive progress? People who are willing to stand in discomfort are able to do anything Imagine: You will stop beating yourself up and telling yourself you’ll get things done, cause you’ll actually get things done You'll sleep like a baby (though, given how my kids sometimes slept, I think we should change this phrase to you'll sleep like a teenager on a Sunday morning) You will show up to the world the way you were meant to2018-12-3114 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 4: Tech Talk- Supplier ApprovalsGarbage in, garbage out folks. What supplies do you use in your food and how are your customers mitigating the risk of your food? Learn what everyone needs to know from meat and poultry, to fish to produce, and everything in between!2018-12-3130 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 12 Tech Talk: Verification and ValidationVerification and Validation, they are a headache and half to most folks. You've written your food safety plan, and now you have even more work? Seriously??  So how do we actually do verification and validation? It is actually pretty simple:  Figure out what you said you were going to do Figure out if you did it Fix it if you didn’t.   This brings clarity.   Writing down what you said you were going to do = being   decisive. Being decisive = making more money   Stand in a plac...2018-12-2820 minFood Safety UniversityFood Safety UniversityEpisode 10 Tech Talk: How to survive a recall.What if during a recall you thought "I can handle anything" Learn how to manage your mind to: - Reduce the time associated with a recall and save money - Change your entire outlook on how a recall affects your business - Actually get some sleep and stop worrying even during the recall - Know, without a shadow of a doubt, that you can handle anything2018-12-1427 min