Rice, Reinvented.

Don't expect your regular plate of starchy grains at RICE restaurant in New York City. The unique menu offers a color palette of rice choices: black, yellow, brown, & green, and dishes feature flavors inspired by Asian, African, and European cuisines. So what's the draw to a restaurant that focuses on what billions of people consider "filler"? It started with a vision from owner, David Selig: take one of the world's staple food items and transform it into eclectic plates that are healthy and flavorful. The true genius is Selig's ability to examine and use rice in a variety of ways, while remaining committed to his core goals: health, inspired eating, and protecting the environment. When was the last time you examined a seemingly mundane or basic component of your business, that if only given focus and attention, could change the way you work?

Now you try.
1. Make a short list of your daily actions.
(meeting with Joe, finish Power Point slides, research venues for next month's offsite, etc.)
2. Next, choose the one activity that you consider the most basic or tedious.
(finish Power Point slides)
3. Break the activity into its most basic parts.
(open Power Point, review old slides, insert text boxes, change font sizes, etc.)
4. Finally, creatively explore ways that this task can be reinvigorated or reinvented.
(enlist input from an artistic co-worker, use a font you've always wanted to use, incorporate video or music into the presentation, etc.)

Want to check out Rice on your next trip to New York? You know you do. Get more info here: www.riceny.com