{"podcast":{"title":"Real Leadership","slug":"real-leadership-6416273","podcast_index_feed_id":6416273,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/real-leadership/feed.xml","website_url":"https://real-leadership.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16325038/Real-Leadership-PodBean.jpg","author":"real-leadership","episode_count":52,"summary":"Welcome to REAL Leadership, the podcast that takes you on a journey behind the scenes of some of the world’s most successful companies. Produced by The О̄nin Group and hosted by COO Jim Weaver, our show is dedicated to exploring what it truly means to be a leader in industries that make, move and process. In each episode, Jim sits down with C-level executives to discuss their experiences and insights on leadership, as well as the challenges and opportunities that come with leading in dynamic environments. Our guests come from a range of industries, including logistics and manufacturing, and offer real stories and actionable advice to inspire you to take your leadership to the next level. If you’re a seasoned executive or aspiring leader looking to sharpen your leadership skills and stay ahead of the game, then this is the podcast for you. Join us as we dive deep into the world of REAL Leadership.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T04:19:20.802550+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-leadership-6416273"},"episode":{"title":"Dan Seidel, Global Chief Operating Officer of HelloFresh, Real Leadership","slug":"dan-seidel-global-chief-operating-officer-of-hellofresh-real-leadership","published_at":"2026-05-19T13:30:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-leadership-6416273/dan-seidel-global-chief-operating-officer-of-hellofresh-real-leadership","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-leadership-6416273","url":"https://real-leadership.podbean.com/e/dan-seidel-global-chief-operating-officer-of-hellofresh-real-leadership/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4mxqur34ympy37gi/RL_S03_E08_Dan_Seidel87szo.mp3","summary":"What does it take to run a supply chain where every input is perishable, every customer is different, and every week the entire operation resets? Meet Dan Seidel, Global Chief Operating Officer at HelloFresh, and one of the sharpest operational minds in the food industry. Dan oversees 36 industrial kitchens and distribution centers across 18 countries, a portfolio of brands that includes HelloFresh, Green Chef, EveryPlate, Factor, Chef’s Plate, and You Foods, and a business that has delivered well over a billion meals. But his path didn’t start in food. Dan spent more than 15 years at Thomas and Betts, an ABB Group company, as a Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and VP of Operations, building the manufacturing discipline that would later carry him through Amazon, Target, and now HelloFresh. When Dan joined HelloFresh in 2024, he bypassed the typical executive onboarding. Instead of boardrooms and investor tours, he spent his first two months on the floor of HelloFresh’s most complex production facility in Illinois, working alongside team members, learning the barriers to their success, and building the trust that would allow him to rebuild the operation from the inside out. In this episode, Dan shares what he’s learned about leading at scale through real transformation — from reducing inventory and going farm-to-box, to cutting first-box delivery time from three weeks to three days, to launching AI-driven personalization that expands customer choice from 35 meals toward hundreds. He also gets candid about what has to change in manufacturing leadership over the next five years. In this episode, we cover: How a 15-year manufacturing foundation prepared Dan for the unpredictability of fresh produce Why inventory is the “number-one evil” in lean — and why most operators pro…","meta_description":"What does it take to run a supply chain where every input is perishable, every customer is different, and every week the entire operation resets? Meet Dan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2930,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/real-leadership-6416273/episodes/dan-seidel-global-chief-operating-officer-of-hellofresh-real-leadership/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/real-leadership-6416273/dan-seidel-global-chief-operating-officer-of-hellofresh-real-leadership.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}