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During this mini episode, You, Me, and Your Top Three host and CGS Advisors CEO, Gregg Garrett, does a solo-cast to explore how the country and business leaders deal with the highest unemployment rate of all time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, Gregg discusses how to bring employees back, how it ties to innovation and how to capture the entrepreneurial spirit in order to open up the economy and work to make your business stronger than it was prior to the pandemic.

Greggory R. Garrett is the CEO and Managing Director of CGS Advisors, a boutique strategy and innovation advisory firm that works with senior leaders at public companies and select private organizations. He is a dynamic and experienced international keynote speaker, an adjunct professor of business and engineering, the host of the \\u201cYou, Me, and Your Top Three\\u201d podcast, and author of the best-selling business leadership book, Competing in\\xa0 the\\xa0 Connecting\\xa0 World. Having\\xa0 addressed\\xa0 audiences\\xa0 from\\xa0 20\\xa0 to\\xa0 upwards\\xa0 of\\xa0 1500\\xa0 people\\xa0 in\\xa0 public\\xa0 and private/corporate events, Gregg is at his best when he can focus on industry shaping & transformational topics.

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Prior to launching CGS Advisors, Gregg was the Chief Strategy Officer for IT & Innovation at Volkswagen Group of\\xa0 America.\\xa0 Before\\xa0 his\\xa0 time\\xa0 with\\xa0 VW,\\xa0 Gregg led\\xa0 corporate\\xa0 strategy\\xa0 &\\xa0 marketing\\xa0 for\\xa0 a\\xa0 division\\xa0 of\\xa0 Deutsche Telekom and was part of Ernst & Young\\u2019s Management Consulting practice. He is a visionary leader who prides himself\\xa0 in\\xa0 recognizing\\xa0 commonsense solutions for complex problems and supports \\u201cCorporate Bravery\\u201d by motivating teams to reach well beyond the typical boundaries to achieve greatness.

1:31\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 COVID-19s impact on business disruption and therefore the effects of that business disruption on transformation of employment

2:58\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Don\\u2019t bring employees back to unleash the potential silver lining of major disruption

4:10\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 How were innovation and entrepreneurship impacted during last few major disruptions?

5:54\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Clear Vision + Available Resources = how to make innovation work post-war, post-disruption \\xa0

8:34\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201cPeople are amazing. We\\u2019re a resilient creature\\u201d

9:02\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 \\u201c57% of FORTUNE500 companies were started in a recession or in major down years\\u201d

9:33\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Should people really ever come back from furlough?

10:40\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 A two-phase \\u201cReturn to Work Plan\\u201d

12:03\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0 Turning on the \\u201cCorporate Innovation Function\\u201d\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0

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