11/06/2026
5 similarities between an omakase experience and a business mindset
Omakase means, in Japanese, up to the chef.
It is an experience built around the mastery of the chef, where they create a menu based mainly on fish, seasonal ingredients and ingenious combinations, arranged in a specific order to create a complete experience.
During our omakase experience in London, I started noticing how many similarities there were between the experience itself and the Universal Laws.
1. Mastery comes after many failed attempts
Mastery comes after years of practice, experimentation, trial and error. After many versions that do not work, adjustments, returns and things built again.
The same is true in business. Success comes from the ability to integrate failure, not from avoiding it.
2. Simplicity is the result of refinement
In business, very often you start from something simple, then begin to complicate it. You add processes, ideas, people, directions, versions.
But true mastery appears when you can return to the essence and make something simple that seems very complicated to others.
3. Value lies in the relationship between elements
At an omakase dinner, the experience is created through rhythm, sequence, combinations, temperature, texture and the way each dish prepares the space for the next one.
The same is true in business. People, processes, ideas and products gain value through the way they are combined.
4. A good experience is built in order
In omakase, the order of the dishes matters. Each stage has its place.
The same is true in business. The way a client finds you, enters your process, is served, supported and guided creates either a complete experience or a fragmented one.
5. A business becomes valuable when you know who you are
In omakase, the menu carries the chef’s signature.
In the same way, a business carries the signature of the person building it.
And mastery shows when what you do starts to feel simple, clear and natural, even though behind it there are years of attempts, mistakes and refinement.