Carolyn Kindle Betz
President, Enterprise Holdings Foundation; member, MLS4TheLou
DoorDash
The food delivery app is a staple: “With our busy schedules, I’m not sure my husband, Adam Betz, would ever get dinner without this app.”
Fairway Solitaire
Games can provide a much-needed distraction from a demanding work schedule. Betz’s game of choice is Fairway Solitaire. “I try to take 10 minutes every day to play this game on my phone, just to relax my mind.”
Kiku Obata
President, Kiku Obata & Company
Photography by Kevin A. Roberts
WhatsApp and FaceTime
The two apps help Obata stay connected to her daughters and granddaughters.
News
Obata begins her days by perusing the news, regularly reading The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal, and checking out CNN and Quartz.
Patrick R. Brown
Community Development Executive, Ameren Missouri
iPad Pro
“I don’t take written notes in meetings anymore or drag around a clunky laptop with its seemingly never-fully- charged battery.”
Strengthsfinder 2.0 and The Hamster Revolution
The former emphasizes ways to build on what you do best; the latter is subtitled “How to Manage Your Email Before It Manages You,” an idea many St. Louisans can appreciate.
Sarah Fenske
Host, St. Louis on the Air
Photography by David Kovaluk/St. Louis Public Radio
Google Calendar
Since joining St. Louis Public Radio, Fenske has switched from a paper calendar to Google Calendar. “I’m very old-school, but I’m glad I finally switched. Now I just need to figure out how to get it to sync with my phone.”
NYT Cooking’s Recipe Box
It helps Fenske stay organized in the kitchen, which is especially important with her busy schedule.
Tania Beasley-Jolly
Co-founder, MERCH
Photography by Megan Lorenz
The Business of Fashion
The fashionable St. Louisan starts her days scanning the site, which covers the latest across the fashion industry.
TruFusion
Beasley-Jolly plans her day around classes at TruFusion in Clayton. “I will do anything that is hot,” she says. “I do one class every day.”
Brant Baldanza
Owner, OG Hospitality Group
Photography by Kevin A. Roberts
Setting the Table, by Danny Meyer
St. Louis native Meyer, the founder of Shake Shack, wrote the book on service—and it’s a go-to for Baldanza. “My copy is filled with sticky notes and highlights,” he says.
D1 Training
Baldanza and his colleagues train together four days a week and have seen significant results.
Editor's Note: This article has been updated from an earlier version to reflect that Patrick R. Brown is now a community development executive at Ameren Missouri.
