This Too Shall Pass — Chris Carter on Resilience, AI, and Real Transformation

What does it take to lose everything — and come back stronger?Chris Carter knows that answer firsthand. Two weeks before the end of the year, his biggest client gave him a choice: cut your rates by 65 percent or lose the contract. That client was 80 percent of his revenue. He had 36 employees depending on him. The company shut down. And for a while, his brain simply wasn't ready to lead again.What brought him back wasn't a new strategy or a better business plan. It was a bottle of scotch, a VP from SAP, and a mantra he still lives by every single day: This too shall pass.Today, Chris Carter is the Chairman and CEO of Approyo, founder of Muguto AI and Charging Bunny, a four-time bestselling author, host of the ETMA Tech Talk podcast — and a minority owner of Carrick Rangers FC in Belfast, Ireland. In this episode of One Day in Transformation, he joins Rainer Karcher and Anthea Wagner for one of the most honest and energizing conversations of Season 2.What we talk about in this episode:The collapse and the comeback — What it felt like to shut down a company, let go of 36 people, and spend two years rebuilding belief in himself — not just a new business plan"Most transformations are just expensive ways to reorganize the furniture while the house is on fire" — Why the same people making the same decisions in the same company will never produce real changeThree companies, one ecosystem — How Approyo (SAP & cloud), Mugatu AI (predictive analytics & AI), and Charging Bunny (solar-powered EV infrastructure) were built to work together — and why only one of the three was actually plannedAI and the human upgrade — Why Chris argues that bigger, better, faster, stronger humans using AI tools will create bigger, better, faster, stronger solutions — and why the fear of AI taking your job is missing the point entirelySustainability against the headwinds — How Chris holds conviction for solar and EV in a political climate that has pulled back subsidies — and what he says to Europeans who think the US has given upThe soccer owner, the books, and the bonsai tree — On passion, lifelong learning, and why heritage matters more than people thinkChris's transformation challenge — A simple mindset shift you can try today, on your worst day and your best dayConnect with Chris Carter:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-carter-885159/Approyo: http://www.approyo.com/Mugatu AI: https://mugatuai.com/Charging Bunny: https://chargingbunny.com/ETMA Tech Talk Podcast: available on all major platformsConnect with Heartprint:Website: heartprint.euLinkedIn: Rainer Karcher | Anthea Wagner | Heartprint GmbHOne Day in Transformation on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeOne Day in Transformation is a podcast by Heartprint GmbH — exploring leadership, resilience, AI, climate, and culture with people who are living transformation, not just talking about it.If this episode moved something in you, share it with one person. That's how transformation spreads.