Darrel Darby is President and CEO of Darco International, a medical-device company based in West Virginia but working globally. We chat with Darrel, who is currently in self-quarantine, about what his job looks like during the COVID-19 crisis. Darrel tells us about the ways he’s keeping his employees safe, how quarantine is giving him a chance to reevaluate his life, and how the Christian tradition prepared his company for these challenges.

• Challenges of running a medical-device company during a medical crisis
• How businesses can take care of employees
• How the Christian tradition prepares you for crisis
• The importance of trust
• The freedom found in living virtuously
• Social isolation as a chance to reevaluate important relationships and priorities

Links:

The Noonday Devil by Dom Jean-Charles Nault O.S.B.

The Waning of the Middle Ages by Johan Huizinga

Revolutions podcast

Pints with Aquinas podcast