Episodes

Was interviewed by Ben Waterworth from Capital Daily about the Post Shift Podcast and why I started podcasting, gets a little bit behind the podcast and why I keep doing it. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary ...

Had a great Happy Hour with Sean Finter and his team chatting about my upbringing, what I am up to now and making a couple of drinks through it all. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospital...

To preface this whole podcast as a tough one is an understatement, I like to keep my personal life very personal but lately, I have been getting a lot of questions and asking for advice on maintaining a long relationship in the industry. I took some questions from Instagram and asked my wife, Jillian how she deals with the ups and downs of someone so driven and passionate about the industry. Hopefully brings some industry people struggling with relationships some value. Share a dram with the hos...

Dave Mitton and I go way back and he has the illustrious title of being both one of my first interviews and also one of the highest listened to episodes in Post Shift history. You can listen to his original back story here , we catch up and see how his role has changed and what is in store for the brand and himself over the next few months. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breath...

With post-pandemic for a lot of people now becoming the new normal and workers slowly coming back to work, this episode is for how to get the job you really want. 10 steps to getting back in the employment game. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to defi...

We chat with absolute legend this week, Donnie Wheeler; former Havana Club Rum brand ambassador, we chat about his love not just for the rum but how he dived deep into the product, the process and the culture behind it. He is forever giving back to the community that he loves, and I for one am looking forward to seeing what he has in store in the next few months. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn ...

Work Life Balance to me is a very personal choice, one that requires you to be completely self aware of yourself and your surroundings. If you love to work, don't feel guilty about missing out on social time with friends and vice versa, if you work to live than enjoy it. But most of all through all of this, make sure you are happy. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and i...

Been a throwback week this week, this episode is from about 3 months into doing the Post Shift Podcast and touches on how to be more patient along with resonating with me personally in the way of Clive's in the beginning now that I have retaken it over. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and pr...

This is more important than ever, a throwback to one of my first episodes. I have talked about mentorship over the years but in this interesting time, it is important to connect with your community and offer as much support as possible. Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and t...

This is a fantastically raw and down to earth interview with Tim Etherington-Judge on why Healthy Hospo started, his way back from being in deep depression, why he decided to start a calvados company and how turning down big money for it spawned his need to give back to the bartending industry through his crowdfunding campaign . Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbi...

I did a very in-depth episode with my partner in Exemplar LM a few weeks back, but with how much I am doing in this realm right now; I wanted to get down some thoughts that may be a bit more approachable way. I am really deep into this now and have to say that most distilleries and wineries are vastly behind on the consumer convenience and brand equity that is happening due to COVID. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industr...

This is a seminar that I was supposed to present in New Orleans in March for the American Distillers Institute Conference; obviously, due to COVID, this didn't happen and it went virtual. In this seminar, I talk about helping to create award-winning spirits here in British Columbia and beyond shortly. If you are opening a distillery, this is a must-listen seminar for anyone thinking about creating spirits and how to leverage the bar industry to do so. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s...

Influencer marketing has been demonized in the last few years and rightly so, but that being said. I do strongly believe, like any marketing strategy, that a well thought out, properly planned and instigated influencer marketing strategy can reap benefits. But as I mention in the video, it's a two way street with rules, deliverables and goals. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, bre...

Sean and Jack have been an inspiration to me for nearly a decade, from the years creating the bar at the Merchant Hotel to the award-winning Dead Rabbit; we also talk about their partnership, it's strengths and weaknesses and how they continue to power on through thick and thin. Great insight on how to create one of the best bars in the world. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, bre...

I chat to partner and graphic designer, Colin Parks from Human Construct Design + Branding about the importance of brand, logo and collateral to the long term success of your business along with geeking out about fonts, favourite eras of design and how we combine 20 years of graphic designing with hospitality experience. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hosp...

Had a great chat about productivity and time management expert, Mike Vardy, the Productivityist about applying a lot of his techniques to the bar industry and for entrepreneurs as a whole. This episode brings a ton of value for anyone wanting to get more out of their day. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advic...

This week's mash up talks about resilience, dealing with negativity and becoming better at loving yourself to combat it all. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics fro...

Angus Winchester has been a leading educational powerhouse for decades, I have been lucky enough to call him a good peer for years and it was great to catch up and chat about how he got to where he is and of course to prove or disprove some legends about him. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, ...

A mash up of how to define what you want and how to achieve it. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, an...

Have a follow-up chat ( first episode here ) with Z from Proof & Co. and more importantly EcoSpirits, a new packaging and shipping technology that is going to disrupt the spirits industry over the next few years. Great to get down to how and why the product came about and the plans for the next few years. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for deca...

This came out of a post about people pigeon holing people, this isn't your perception, it's there's and there's alone. To break perceptions of yourself out of the pigeon hole you may find yourself in; you will need to work twice as hard to prove you are half as good. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, op...

I have been preaching since day one of the pandemic to come out of the other side of it better than we went in as an industry and ourselves. I sat down with Ren Navarro from Beer. Diversity and chatted about her work with the project along with how you can get her to help with changing your brewery or restaurant culture for the better going forward. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has live...

My first Post Shift Shot in a while, wanted to tackle Inventory Management this week due to people reopening, struggling with inventory and cash flow. Wanted to give 5 pointers including some that I got from peer, Sean Finter of Barmetrix this week. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provoc...

I was taken aback by just how raw and insightful this episode was with Chris Patino, formally an award-winning brand ambassador with Pernod Ricard and now running his own agency and is one of the owners of the Raised by Wolves in San Diego. If you ever want some real advice about brand ambassadorship, hospitality entrepreneurship and bartending advancement, this is the one for you. Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry ...