Obra

People
First
Culture

Viva

Viva

People First culture

Why?

Obra Viva provides the necessary tools to enact change, maximize value, and prepare for the future, through a combination of decades of boots-on-the-ground experience, a forward-thinking management philosophy, and innovative applications of modern technology.

Hospitality must change

Hospitality must change

The problems hospitality faces are deep and cultural. Until our leaders learn how to Put People First, we remain caught in an endless reactionary cycle of putting out fires. We must shift focus from symptoms, towards proactively addressing root causes.

Hospitality must change

The problems hospitality faces are deep and cultural. Until our leaders learn how to Put People First, we remain caught in an endless reactionary cycle of putting out fires. We must shift focus from symptoms, towards proactively addressing root causes.

Adapt or Fail

Adapt or Fail

Fostering a strong team with limited resources is not a unique challenge. Other industries have been nimble, building success in this area for decades. Hospitality has uniquely failed to adapt and modernize. Obra Viva's goal is to learn from other industry leaders, while translating their lessons to the specific needs of your business.

Adapt or Fail

Fostering a strong team with limited resources is not a unique challenge. Other industries have been nimble, building success in this area for decades. Hospitality has uniquely failed to adapt and modernize. Obra Viva's goal is to learn from other industry leaders, while translating their lessons to the specific needs of your business.

We don't sell shortcuts

We don't sell shortcuts

Shifting culture is a monumental task which can only be achieved by Putting People First. Our work is bespoke to your business, and we design it to stick and show results. By empowering each member of your team, we foster a growth-oriented, long term mindset for your business.

We don't sell shortcuts

Shifting culture is a monumental task which can only be achieved by Putting People First. Our work is bespoke to your business, and we design it to stick and show results. By empowering each member of your team, we foster a growth-oriented, long term mindset for your business.

What?

Obra Viva's People First system empowers your team and supports leaders from within.

The first step is a hands-on deep dive, which we use to design a bespoke program for your business. We divide our work into five modular systems, which integrally support each other, or can be applied individually as suits your needs.

Operations Toolkit

Operations Toolkit

This is an intuitive and user friendly digital home for all your forms, SOPs, training systems, and more. By removing the inconsistency from your operational structures, the OTK shifts the focus of day-to-day management to Put People First.

Operations Toolkit

This is an intuitive and user friendly digital home for all your forms, SOPs, training systems, and more. By removing the inconsistency from your operational structures, the OTK shifts the focus of day-to-day management to Put People First.

Leadership Workshops

Leadership Workshops

With a high-touch approach, we directly present custom materials to your team to deepen the nuance of our systems, and ensure full implementation across the organization.

The workshops do not end when the meeting is over. We provide follow through and accountability, taking full-circle responsibility for our work.

Leadership Workshops

With a high-touch approach, we directly present custom materials to your team to deepen the nuance of our systems, and ensure full implementation across the organization. The workshops do not end when the meeting is over. We provide follow through and accountability, taking full-circle responsibility for our work.

360 Reviews

360 Reviews

Obra Viva has designed a review and compensation system to align hospitality with best practices from other industries. By implementing a 360 degree review process across your org chart, we create consistency, transparency, and align the incentives of individual team members with ownership.

360 Reviews

Obra Viva has designed a review and compensation system to align hospitality with best practices from other industries. By implementing a 360 degree review process across your org chart, we create consistency, transparency, and align the incentives of individual team members with ownership.

Executive Mentorship

Executive Mentorship

Good intentions are not enough, and layering a positive attitude onto a flawed system fails to achieve meaningful change. Obra Viva will act as your partner during our engagement, providing show-don't-tell guidance, feedback, and support. We make you the best version of yourself as an owner. We can also extend this to other levels of your organization, providing direct 1:1 training and mentorship to managers and shift leads.

Executive Mentorship

Obra Viva will act as your partner during our engagement, providing show-don't-tell guidance, feedback, and support. We make you the best version of yourself as an owner. We can also extend this to other levels of your organization, providing direct 1:1 training and mentorship to managers and shift leads.

HR Partnership

HR Partnership

Obra Viva offers a direct hand to reach the best possible HR outcome, while turning them into valuable learning experiences and teachable moments for you and your leadership team.

Lacking HR compliance is a lawsuit waiting to happen, looming over all your hard work. Obra Viva will not just armor your business against this risk, but develop nuance and soft skills in your management team as we Put People First.

Obra Viva offers a direct hand to reach the best possible HR outcome, while turning them into valuable learning experiences and teachable moments for you and your leadership team. Lacking HR compliance is a lawsuit waiting to happen, looming over all your hard work. Obra Viva will not just armor your business against this risk, but develop nuance and soft skills in your management team as we Put People First.

HR Partnership

Obra Viva offers a direct hand to reach the best possible HR outcomes, while turning them into valuable learning experiences.

Lacking HR compliance is a lawsuit waiting to happen. Developing nuance and soft skills in your management team is Putting People First.

How?

01

Free Consultation

A free call to assess if Obra Viva is right for you and to workshop some day to day problems your facing.

02

Learn

We do a hands-on deep dive into your business, develop our bespoke plan to fit your needs, and make recommendations around potential blind spots.

02

Learn

We do a hands-on deep dive into your business, develop our bespoke plan to fit your needs, and make recommendations around potential blind spots.

03

Collaborate

Our end goal is to bring your vision to life. Obra Viva combines the best of what you have built with our decades of experience, to provide a rock-solid cultural framework for the long term.

03

Collaborate

Our end goal is to bring your vision to life. Obra Viva combines the best of what you have built with our decades of experience, to provide a rock-solid cultural framework for the long term.

04

Implement

Other consultants may hand off a folder of deliverables and lead a training seminar or two, and consider the job done.

Obra Viva takes pride in our commitment to setting you and your team up for success. We intimately involve ourselves as required to not just set the intention for change, but to actually effect that change.

This is a process, and we consider ourselves your partners in that process. For the duration of our engagement, you may consider us part of your org chart, as we lead by example to Put People First.


04

Implement

Other consultants may hand off a folder of deliverables and lead a training seminar or two, and consider the job done.

Obra Viva takes pride in our commitment to setting you and your team up for success. We intimately involve ourselves as required to not just set the intention for change, but to actually effect that change.

This is a process, and we consider ourselves your partners in that process. For the duration of our engagement, you may consider us part of your org chart, as we lead by example to Put People First.


Testimonials

Obra Viva helped us move beyond the usual “back-of-house/front-of-house” tensions and actually restructured how we talk to each other. They didn’t just give us templates or rules—they helped us reconnect with why we opened a restaurant in the first place. The culture here is unrecognizable now (in the best way). Staff are staying longer, morale is way up, and we finally feel like a team again.

John Doe - Managing Director at Apple

John Yu

We’ve worked with other consultants who came in hot with spreadsheets and zero vibe. Obra Viva was different. They respected our vision and actually built systems around our values. The new SOPs and training flows are clean, intuitive, and somehow still feel like us. Front-of-house efficiency is way up, but guests still feel like they’re walking into a familiar space.

Sofia Carter - Marketing manager at Twitter

Sofia Carter

We’ve worked with other consultants who came in hot with spreadsheets and zero vibe. Obra Viva was different. They respected our vision and actually built systems around our values. The new SOPs and training flows are clean, intuitive, and somehow still feel like us. Front-of-house efficiency is way up, but guests still feel like they’re walking into a familiar space.

Sofia Carter - Marketing manager at Twitter

Sofia Carter

Before Obra Viva, I was on the verge of quitting my own restaurant. I felt like I was just putting out fires every day. They came in and didn’t just fix the broken parts—they helped us reimagine how we run things. Now we have a leadership structure that spreads the weight, and I can actually take a day off without panic. I didn’t think that was possible.

Chloe Ortiz - CEO at Survey Monkey

Chloe Ortiz

Before Obra Viva, I was on the verge of quitting my own restaurant. I felt like I was just putting out fires every day. They came in and didn’t just fix the broken parts—they helped us reimagine how we run things. Now we have a leadership structure that spreads the weight, and I can actually take a day off without panic. I didn’t think that was possible.

Chloe Ortiz - CEO at Survey Monkey

Chloe Ortiz

Obra Viva isn’t about surface-level tweaks. They went deep with us—understanding the dynamics between owners, managers, and staff—and helped us get real about the habits we needed to break. It was challenging in the best way. Six months later, we’re still applying their tools, and the energy in the space has totally shifted. Highly recommend for anyone ready to go all in on doing things differently.

Mario Rossi - CFO at Microsoft

Mario Rossi

Obra Viva isn’t about surface-level tweaks. They went deep with us—understanding the dynamics between owners, managers, and staff—and helped us get real about the habits we needed to break. It was challenging in the best way. Six months later, we’re still applying their tools, and the energy in the space has totally shifted. Highly recommend for anyone ready to go all in on doing things differently.

Mario Rossi - CFO at Microsoft

Mario Rossi

About

We are a team of seasoned hospitality professionals with a deep love for our industry and a drive to help it grow and adapt.

Diana
With over 20 years of experience mentoring and building Leaders, Diana has worked in full service Hospitality concepts including upscale resorts, hotels and restaurants with an emphasis on Human Resources, Compliance, Team Building , Alignment & Softening, while Strengthening Leadership styles & teams alike.

Kevin
Focusing on systems, growth, investor strategies, buildouts, aesthetics, workshops, and profitability. Kevin uses his almost 2 decades of Culinary, Management, and Operational finesse to focus on what moves the needle and gets results for your business.

Joe
With over 15 years of experience managing kitchens in San Francisco, Joseph is a chef who focuses on solving the hard problems. This can include rebuilding your P&L, implementing complex systems in an established business, or re-imagining your training protocols from the ground up.

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