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Judging Beer, Wine, Spirits – Who? How? & How Profitable?

Beverage Testing Institute CEO Jerald O’ Kennard tells how drinks get competitively rated, who benefits, & the profits of the good life.

Jerald O’ Kennard holds what many would call thedream job in the dream company.  He and his firm, The Beverage Testing Institute, make a very tidy living sampling and competitively rating hundreds of the best wines, beers, and hard liquors from across the globe.  Their clients send their latest vintages, praying for a high quality score and counting on the wise counsel offered by the BTI to help them improve and better sell their product.  Host Bart Jackson sits and sips with Jerald as they discuss the latest trends in wines et al; why Scotch is making a comeback; exactly how drinks get scored; and the real value of this information to both public and manufacturer.  Also, for your own entrepreneurial edification, tune in and learn exactly how this system of comparative, critical marketing works, and how you might apply it to your own industry.  Listen in: https://www.theartoftheceo.com/

Bart’s Better Business Resolutions for 2019

What would you really like to have happen in your business…life… career in 2019?  And more importantly, what changes do you need to make – what seeds do you need to plant now to bear fruit in the upcoming year?  Host Bart Jackson helps you reflect back and cast your eyes forward with a series of New Years Resolutions that you may joyfully keep, and are guaranteed to deliver fun and profit within the next 365 days. What do you think?  Would this be a good time to discover new llies…take your values and sense of humor to work…master your time and conquer one old nemesis?  Tune in and take some practical tactics for achieving that better you – which, after all, is your best and most marvelous asset.  Listen in:  https://www.theartoftheceo.com/

U.S. Worker Safety: Death by Compliance

Thirteen American working people are dying every single day on the job.  And internationally renowned occupational safety expert Phil La Duke is mad as hell about it. Host Bart Jackson unleashes the fireball La Duke who slams the blame squarely on lax and hidebound safety inspections, criminally negligent managers, and a deliberate disregard of working conditions by the business community at large.  In his An Iconoclasts View of Workers’ Safetyand other writings, La Duke shows how concern for workplace safety has become the bleeding stepchild we ignore and place behind a wall of compliance regulations.  But more than pouring out a gravy boat of venom and blame, La Duke lays out the practical steps and attitude adjustments that will halt these nearly 5,000 workplace deaths per year.  Tune in and learn how to cultivate a better conscience, and profitably free up your workplace from fear.    https://www.theartoftheceo.com/