Core to our business is people. This episode has us sitting down with our Talent Manager, Emilly. We talk through what hiring for attitude looks like, checking your bias, and from 10+ years with Funlab, how that's influenced her and led to the experiences that add unexpected value to her role today.

If you’ve worked in a funlab kitchen in the past 5 years you’ve likely come into contact with Chia.  We talk about how a new menu comes together, the lessons of opening a new venue from the kitchen perspective.  What goes into training a team, why you need to dry the sauce cups and his approach to hustling. 

In our first 3 guest episode, we’re celebrating the journey to our success in achieving B Corp certification.

What is a B Corp? How does it work? What’s involved in it all?

Tune in as we’re talking to three of our B-keepers, from the people, procurement and food and beverage teams about the impact of the B Corp journey and the way this shows up in each of their areas in our business. 

For more, visit this page on our website - fun-lab.com/about/bcorp

This episode we sat down with our resident glitter queen Amy.  We talk lessons from fine dining and her passion for creating memorable experiences. The challenges of being a people please in reform and learning how to have hard conversations moments. What self reflection looks like for her, how you show up in moments of opportunity,

Tune in for the full chat about Niall’s journey in Funlab (and some of the world). You’ll hear how his famous last words as a backpacker “I’m not looking for a career here” got him into a role that’s resulted in a 16+ year career. 

Sitting down with Wayne, with over 10 years of Motherfunner experience in our venues.

He has a real passion for guest experience and cultivating that in his team.  He is the pioneer of dressing up (in costume) in our interview process. We talk about the shift adding costumes to interviews created, how conversations cultivate a culture of creating memorable experiences, his championing of sustainability and the project of data gathering to create trackable environmental change. 

Our guests John and Saia have worked together for so long they’re basically brothers.  Starting out working on the door, taking opportunities and becoming some of the most knowledgeable arcade and amusement gurus. Listen in to hear about some of the behind the scenes in a games venue and of course have a few laughs along the way. 

With over 20 years in the business, Blaise holds so much passion for bringing fun to the world.  We talk about how the guest journey mapping happens, where the passion comes from and how she sustains it plus so much more!

Trigger warning towards the end of the episode around some conversations related to domestic violence. If this brings up anything for you please reach out to your local domestic violence support and if there is immediate threat of danger always call your local emergency services.

We sat down with Oonagh and Carlos to talk about the journey of transitioning our parent company Funlab to a consumer facing brand.

Funlab has been around for over 20 years, we sat down in 2023 with Chelsea Mannix - Funlab's Chief People Officer (aka. our Hunter Gatherer) whose been around for almost all of those years.

There's the inspirational right place at the right time way she came to be part of Funlab. We talk about some of the first venues before we were officially Funlab, some of the best interview costumes she's seen in her time and so many more stories from over the years.