Posts by Andrew Stotz
Serve Consistently Good Coffee
Julian Loayza, writing for The Perfect Grind, reveals how to remain consistent when serving coffee. Here are my key insights from his piece. Embed from Getty Images Respect the suggested coffee measurements for your portafilter baskets—the weight has been tried and tested so don’t deviate and use scales to be precise Fine-tune your recipes…
Nervous Butterflies in Your Stomach?
Jill Schiefelbein, author of Dynamic Communication: 27 Strategies to Grow, Lead, and Manage Your Business and writing for Entrepreneur, helps us overcome the nerves we get when speaking to large audiences. Check out my observations below. Embed from Getty Images Use systematic desensitization to make true eye contact with your audience—start by scanning the…
Smart Thinking On Investing – June 23
Smart Thinking On Investing – June 23 Lesley James, writing for Money Nuggets, opens up Smart Thinking this week with a look at the best questions to ask a financial advisor. The Financial Panther reveals how to pay off ridiculously high amounts of student debt in just 5 or 6 years. And Sarah Li Cain…
Get Your Creativity Flowing
Harvard Business Review’s Jackson G. Lu, Modupe Akinola, and Malia Mason have collaborated on this article to help us become more creative at work. Here are my key insights from their piece. Embed from Getty Images Research demonstrates that by switching between problems at disciplined fixed intervals, we are likelier to achieve better…
Explore the Benefits of Kaizen for Your Business
Andrew Powell-Morse explores the Japanese model of Kaizen; a concept designed to help improve an organization’s processes. Check out my observations below. Embed from Getty Images The Kaizen concept was introduced to the Japanese business world after World War II and is best implemented as a long-term model across your organization At its core,…