Dan Charnas is an award-winning culture and business journalist who has written extensively about the intersection of professional excellence and daily practice, drawing from his background in both the restaurant and music industries. As a former record company executive and music supervisor, he authored the definitive history of hip-hop business The Big Payback, and went on to teach at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, where his research into professional kitchen organization led to the development of his work-life management system.Β