Robert Cresanti joins Jim Blasingame to report on the significant contribution the franchise industry makes to the U.S., and the challenges it’s having during the pandemic lockdown.

Art Diamond joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the lessons we can learn from our COVID-19 experience in order to minimize the damage from the inevitable COVID-21.

Art Diamond joins Jim Blasingame to propose that a more decentralized approach to dealing with an emergency such as a pandemic threat would be more effective and faster.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to discuss some of the ways we’ll change the way we do business as a result of the disruption caused by our response to the pandemic, including disruptions that lead to opportunities.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on the end of single-source supply chain management – especially with China – and how this will create more manufacturing demand across north America, including Mexico.

Tony Uphoff joins Jim Blasingame to report on how his organization is being productive in the work-from-home pandemic era, and how that’s causing him to rethink office space expectations and expense in the future.

Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on how one company is putting their offerings into an online resource that fits the current pandemic protocols of working from home.

Joel Libava joins Jim Blasingame to report on the degree of disruption the coronavirus pandemic response has had on the franchise industry, both for the franchisors, but especially for the locally-owned small business franchisee.

John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the potential for positive things we didn’t expect to come from a pandemic that we wouldn’t have had without it.

John Huber joins Jim Blasingame to offer his thoughts on how to deal with the new and additional stress of business loss, social distancing and potential health challenges.