Author: Matthew Kayser

Key Takeaways There is a concept in emergency management that rarely makes it into public conversation: nobody performs better than their preparation allows. Under extreme stress, people do not suddenly become more organized, more decisive, or more thorough. They revert to whatever routines and systems were already in place. When nothing was in place, the response falls apart fast. Hurricane season tests that reality every year. Millions of homeowners along the Gulf Coast and Atlantic seaboard tell themselves they will handle things when the time comes. Galen M. Hair, founder and managing partner of Insurance Claim HQ, has spent years…

E-commerce continues to evolve as artificial intelligence, social media, changing consumer expectations, and new purchasing technologies reshape the online shopping experience. While no one can predict exactly what the industry will look like in 2027, developments already visible in 2026 provide important clues. Businesses that understand these emerging trends may be better prepared to adapt, experiment, and serve their customers effectively. Here are some of the most important e-commerce trends likely to influence the year ahead. 1. AI Shopping Assistants Will Play a Larger Role Artificial intelligence is moving beyond basic chatbots and product recommendations. Newer AI shopping assistants can…

Summary: ProAssisting stands out among the best fractional executive assistant companies in the US by pairing top-tier American EAs with C-suite leaders to deliver elite, high-retention support. The best fractional executive assistant companies in the US typically provide experienced domestic executive assistants, strong client-assistant matching, reliable communication, high retention, confidentiality, calendar and inbox management, project coordination, and flexible support without the overhead of a full-time hire. ProAssisting is structured around this model, matching CEOs, founders, and C-suite leaders with experienced American executive assistants on a fractional basis. When modern founders and C-suite leaders evaluate the best fractional executive assistant companies…

Picking an offshore hiring company is one of those decisions that looks simple until you’re staring at a dozen near-identical websites, all promising vetted global talent at a fraction of US cost. The savings are real either way — a dedicated overseas hire runs 50 to 70 percent below a US salary. What varies wildly is what you actually get. This guide walks you through the decision in four steps, with real providers as examples across full-time, direct-hire, and part-time models, so you end up with the right partner instead of the loudest one. Here’s the answer up front: the…

Growth in healthcare rarely breaks overnight. It is a series of fractures that occur over time. The wear becomes evident through delays in care, team fragmentation, and clinicians pushed past their limits and exiting in record numbers. That pressure is familiar terrain for me. Long before expanding Katalyst & Co. beyond U.S. borders, I worked inside complex healthcare organizations where strong teams were constrained not by vision, but by capacity. Regulations multiplied. Administrative demands increased. Talent shortages became chronic. Even well-run systems struggled to scale without exhausting the people holding them together. Domestic healthcare operations are reaching structural limits. Compliance…

The wellness consumer of 2026 is asking different questions than the wellness consumer of a decade ago. Performance still matters. Convenience still matters. But increasingly, people want to know how the products they use every day fit into the broader environments they inhabit. They are reading ingredient labels, researching materials, evaluating supply chains, and, in growing numbers, examining the role electromagnetic exposure may play in modern life. That shift has created a new conversation at the intersection of technology and personal well-being, one that extends beyond what a device does and into how it is designed. For companies operating in…

In an era when many executives are measured solely by revenue growth, market share, or quarterly earnings, Larry Puckett has built his reputation around something far less common: purpose. As the co-founder and CEO of Theon Global, Puckett has emerged as a leader whose entrepreneurial success is rooted not only in business performance, but in a commitment to integrity, service, and long-term impact. Puckett’s journey to becoming one of the wellness industry’s most respected CEOs did not begin with a single breakthrough moment. Rather, it was shaped by more than two decades of experience building companies, investing in businesses, and…

In business, some leaders build for headlines. Others build for the moment when the market finally catches up. Neil Batlivala appears to belong to the second group. The Pair Team CEO has spent years building a healthcare company around a population many startups ignored and a care model many investors once viewed as too operationally complex to scale. Now, with Pair Team selected as one of 150 participants in CMS’s new ACCESS program, Batlivala’s long game is coming into focus. What once looked like a difficult and unglamorous corner of healthcare increasingly looks like a leadership play built for where…

For small businesses, reputation can take years to build and only hours to damage. That reality became painfully clear for Kelly R. Scott, owner of Little Britches, after false online accusations spread rapidly across social media and triggered public backlash against her business. Scott, a longtime business owner in the children’s retail space, spent more than a year fighting the claims in court after posts alleging misconduct involving baby products circulated widely online. The case ultimately resulted in a civil jury verdict in Scott’s favor. But while the legal outcome helped clear her name, Scott says the experience exposed a…