#1: "My Job Is To Be An Explorer" - David Berdock (Riverside)
In our first-ever episode, we chat with David Berdock. Dave is the Director of Incubator Brands at Riverside Natural Foods (best known for the healthy snack brand MadeGood). He leads a team that is tasked with identifying new growth pockets for the company to innovate against. Prior to his current role, Dave worked in various brand management & innovation-centric roles at General Mills and in a partnership accounts role at A&C.
When Dave isn't changing the food space - you can find him changing diapers (he has two beautiful kids) & watching/playing basketball.
In this episode - we chat with him about charting out a career in innovation, how he likens his role to the history's greatest explorers, overcoming imposter syndrome & why Paw Patrol helped his career/personal life.
Who’s in this episode
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David Berdock
DIRECTOR OF INCUBATOR BRANDS
Riverside Natural Foods -
JP Del Carmen
HOST
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Jeevan Grewal
HOST
“That initiative of saying ‘I have an independent idea and am able to critically think of a problem’… bringing it to the table is something I look for.”
— David Berdock