June 04, 2007
If you can take the heat and you want to concoct a strong corporate team that produces Michelin-star-quality work, you better get into the kitchen. Wells Fargo, Old Navy, Charles Schwab and American Express are a handful of the bigger-name companies that have chosen team building from the menu of options offered by hip Berkeley culinary school Kitchen on Fire since it opened in April 2006. The on-fire team has also worked with a mix of small firms—employees from a dental office; the staff of a music store; several independent retailers and others—eager to improve internal relations and performance.
