CEO Advisory

In times of great crisis — like the one we’re in now — it’s easy for business leaders to fall into short-term thinking. But a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. Economically speaking, what’s happening now is likely going to match or exceed the repercussions of the global financial...

How can drones help bring supplies as we’re social distancing?  Unmanned automated vehicles are reducing face-to-face contact worldwide. China quickly deployed remote trucks for deliveries during its shutdown to limit human interaction. Organizations like Zipline have used drones to deliver critical medications to locations in Rwanda for more than a...

We have been through this before -- on company, industry, national and global levels.  It is difficult to imagine that as we experience and react to the human and economic challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pausing to reflect, however, on the challenges since the Vietnam War -- from massive ones...

This week, Christians and Jews will celebrate Holy Week and Passover, and later in the month, Muslims will begin Ramadan. Millions of Americans will practice their sacred rituals, but without the fellowship that usually accompanies them, thanks to social distancing guidelines and community lockdowns. At least that is the hope...

The world has hit kind of a reset button in 2020. The reason for that is obvious. A novel virus that originated in the Wuhan district of China has now taken refuge in host bodies in almost every part of the world. Even the remote islands of French Polynesia have...

For the first 29 years of my life, I was stuck inside my comfort zone – and I was unfulfilled. But for the past two years, I’ve been moving further and further away from my comfort zone – and I’ve never been happier. When I was 17, I moved from...

I have banned myself from using the word unprecedented! However, the very real issue remains; how do leaders navigate through isolation for themselves and those that they lead? Isolation is not a new concept, but it is a challenge for those facing it. Just ask my 89-year-old father (who has...

Looking back on the start of AMERGINT amidst the economic downturn of 2008, there is no irony lost in the fact that our company name evokes a combination of the words America and emerging. It was, in fact, the intention of its three co-founders, Randy Culver, Mark McMillen and Sean...

History will be the final judge of how U.S. President Donald Trump handled the global COVID-19 pandemic, but an array of elected and appointed officials and political observers have found his leadership and communications lacking in the face of the worst crisis faced in at least a generation. Even more...

Covid-19 continues to spread fear and volatility in the financial markets, it feels endless at the moment, though one day, it will end. When I first considered how negative the stock markets would react to the Covid-19 over a month ago, I didn’t include a price war in the oil...