Gentry Ferguson launched a new executive search firm with his business partner John Doherty in February of 2020. A few weeks later the world shut down. Companies stopped hiring, people stayed put, and the product they had just built had nowhere to land. Instead of folding, Gentry pivoted into career transition services and spent the rest of the year helping laid-off employees find their next role. He sits down with Sam to walk through the long arc that got him there, from waiting tables at Jack Stack, to a decade at Garmin, to a brand-new partnerships role at AMC, to co-founding Talent Solutions Partners in Kansas City.