Ties That Bind – The Power of Individual Investment
By Richard Godfrey – CEO & Co-founder Avec-me Bob Bowman is the Director of Swimming at the University of Texas. He is a legend in the swimming and diving world. He served as US Olympic coach in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. In 2018 he was appointed head coach of the men’s Olympic Team. He […]
A Classic Car – From Mexico For Mexico
By Richard Godfrey, CEO & Co-founder Avec-me In August 2024 SAIC (a Chinese state-owned manufacturer) announced that they would build cars, under the classic MG brand, in Mexico. This announcement was not, on its own, unique except for one thing. Automotive assembly in Mexico is a major activity. US, European, Japanese and other Asian brands […]
Finding a Place to Belong
By Richard Godfrey, CEO & Co-founder Avec-me Sindhu Mahadevan describes her journey to becoming a Canadian permanent resident in a first person article published at www.cbc.ca. She titled her article, “Last year Canada became my home. Feeling like a Canadian will take a bit longer. Over a decade ago Sindhu left her native India to […]
His Grandmother’s House, His Children’s Future
By Richard Godfrey, CEO & Co-founder Avec-me Writing in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Nina Molina tells the story of James Arkoulis’ grandmother’s house. Her home on the island of Serifos in Greece which had been the center of family gatherings and memories for over a decade had fallen into disrepair, after her death. Molina […]
Like Her or Not – They Love Her: Taylor Swift is the GOAT of Empathy
By Richard Godfrey, CEO & Co-founder, Avec-me Old and young, famous and not, rich and poor – you will find “Swifties” everywhere you look. She’s a talented performer, a world class business leader, an artist, composer and lyricist, but most of all she’s beloved. There are a lot of things leaders need to be successful. […]
The Invisible Silos – How to Stovepipe a 21st Century Organization
By: Richard Godfrey, CEO & Co-founder – Avec-me Theresa is a highly experienced, successful and in demand leader in her organization. She is also a highly invested, caring and engaged mother. That’s where the challenge came and where a post-Covid world seemed to offer a solution. Working at home throughout the pandemic meant that the […]
Seeing Bridges, Building Bridges
In 1942, a little girl named Jane Goodall received a copy of The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting. Her favorite part of the book was an illustration of a monkey crossing a bridge that Dr. Doolittle had built in the forest. From that moment, the idea of going to Africa and watching wild […]
If I Could Walk with the Elephants
Cambodia is a country on the go and on the mend. Decades ago, the Khmer Rouge propagated a vile genocide on their own people—butchering hundreds of thousands in clearings known to history as The Killing Fields. Part of their evil campaign involved sowing farmland and forests with thousands of landmines to make it impossible for […]
Know Your Audience: Offer the Right Gift
At the end of the Yalta Conference where the allied powers met to discuss their final strategy in the battle against Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, FDR met with the King of Saudi Arabia–Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud–to secure American access to the vast oil reserves that lay under the sands of the Kingdom. The King, […]
Constellations and Guiding Stars
My family inherited a love for the outdoors from our grandparents. One grandfather spent his career as a civil engineer outdoors riding horses, surveying property lines and collecting arrowheads in the hills of southern Utah. Another grandfather grew up spending summers herding sheep, and continued his love of the outdoors through camping, boating and fishing. […]
