Ryan O’Melveny Wilson: Balancing Innovation and Tradition
A family restaurant business honors its past while eyeing the future.
September 26, 2019
A business whose biggest innovation has been adding sour cream to a baked potato may not seem like a candidate for change.
The key is making lots of small changes instead of a few big ones, says Ryan O’Melveny Wilson, MS ’18, chief marketing and strategy officer of Lawry’s Restaurants Inc.
— Mike Brown
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