CATHOLIC BUSINESS PROFILE: Ric Brutocao, entrepreneur with exceptional operational management leadership

Joseph O'Brien February 8, 2025

Catholic business leader and Catholic Business Journal mainstay Ric Brutocao (pictured left) has worn many hats in his many-storied career. But whether he’s heading up a major appliance manufacturer or leading a company of military engineers and support staff to defend communication stations in southern Vietnam, Brutocao has discovered along the way that

CATHOLIC BUSINESS PROFILE: Dan McClory—International Banker, Boustead Securities

admin February 1, 2025 0 Comments

(first published June 2017)—Having been a cross-country runner in high school and college, Dan McClory knows that going the distance is the most important part of any athletic endeavor. As managing director, head of equity capital markets and head of China markets at Boustead Securities, McClory knows the same is true in international banking. Since 2016,…

BOOK REVIEW: Why Quitting is the Ultimate Power Move: Annie Duke’s “Quit” Challenges the Myth of Perseverance

Thomas M. Loarie October 19, 2024 0 Comments

Book Review of “Quit” by Annie Duke. In Quit: The Power of Knowing when to walk away, Annie Duke, a former professional poker player and decision-making expert, flips the conventional narrative on its head by making a powerful case for the strategic value of quitting. Far from the negative stigma often associated with quitting, Duke…

Corporate Media’s Decline and the Rise of Real Dialogue: Why Alternative Voices Are Bringing Back Honest Conversations

Thomas M. Loarie October 12, 2024 0 Comments

Expanded Book Review: How the News Makes Us Dumb: The Death of Wisdom in an Information Society, by C. John Sommerville C. John Sommerville’s How the News Makes Us Dumb remains as relevant today as when it was first published in 1999. In an era where information is abundant but wisdom scarce, Sommerville’s insights into…

BOOK REVIEW: Bloomberg’s Micklethwait and Wooldridge Foretold Today’s Revolt Against Non-Responsive, Corrupt Western Democracies Back in 2014

Thomas M. Loarie September 13, 2024 0 Comments

In 2014, when I first reviewed The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the State by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, I was struck by how boldly they tackled the impending crisis in governance. They identified the key political challenge of the coming decade: fixing the bloated and dysfunctional state. Their analysis was as…

Two Standards: Investing is Harder for Catholics

Thomas Carroll August 17, 2024 0 Comments

A serious Catholic, in my opinion, is called to bring the faith into all areas of life. No walling off makes sense if we are making a sincere effort to follow Jesus. Therefore, as I hope I have made clear in earlier articles, we should include our investment activities in those areas. The U.S. Conference…

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