Tony Astro

Tony Astro Experienced holistic career counselor, business consultant and cultural coach. More at This is a violation of privacy.

Welcome to the Commercewise (Formerly called Navy Career Wise) page. Business and Career page for People in Transition in all communities with expertise on: Veterans, Sailors, Serviceman, Counselors, Mentors, Military Family's Social Page. Created and administered by Tony Astro, a 23 Year Navy Chief Counselor veteran with 8 years of business experience and 20 years of career advisor exper

ience. He is a certified Career Management Facilitator and independent career counselor. Many "insider" and official information are posted here and have already helped many Sailors, Veteran and military family everyday and now business owners and transitioning civilians as well. Everyone seeking advice on business and career are free to post as many informative and useful information and answer some of the daily questions of Sailors and veterans. Chief Astro is currently being assisted by active duty Navy counselor, Senior Chief Butch Gibbs as the only 2 Navy administrator. We are constantly looking for someone who is familiar with how we run this page and would like to invite you into our team. Please email [email protected] or send us a Private Message.

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Important Note: Commercewise cannot provide the most detailed and accurate advice. Only your Command Career Counselors have access to your complete service record & special circumstances and therefore only CCC & Community Managers at NPC can give you a better and more specific advice. By the way, please tell us how Commercewise FB have helped you today & previously in terms of advice and information. Tony Astro, Founding Editor)

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30 years.Not presenting. Teaching.Not speaking at people. Speaking with them.These photos span business workshop stages,...
09/04/2026

30 years.
Not presenting. Teaching.
Not speaking at people. Speaking with them.

These photos span business workshop stages, keynote speeches, military classrooms, one-on-one counseling sessions, and formal panel presentations — but the moment that matters most is always the same one: when someone in the room shifts from "I don't know what's next" to "I think I see it now."

I've spent three decades working with military members, veterans, transitioning civilians, and business owners navigating some of the hardest pivots of their lives. That work became 13 books. It became workshops. It became keynotes. And it's still happening every day.

If your organization needs a speaker who has actually been in every kind of room — not just a stage — I'm now actively booking keynotes, workshops, and facilitated sessions for conferences, associations, HR teams, and veteran-serving organizations.

Topics include:
→ The Misfit Advantage
→ Cultural Human Intelligence (CHQ)
→ The Human Career
→ The Broken Promise (veteran transition reform)
→ The Outsider Advantage
→ Cultural Hybrid Intelligence & AI-Era Workforce

📚 13 books available now:
hi.switchy.io/tonybook

🌐 Speaking inquiries:
commerceWise.net/start

09/04/2026

30 years.
Not presenting. Teaching.
Not speaking at people. Speaking with them.

These photos span business workshop stages, keynote speeches, military classrooms, one-on-one counseling sessions, and formal panel presentations — but the moment that matters most is always the same one: when someone in the room shifts from "I don't know what's next" to "I think I see it now."

I've spent three decades working with military members, veterans, transitioning civilians, and business owners navigating some of the hardest pivots of their lives. That work became 13 books. It became workshops. It became keynotes. And it's still happening every day.

If your organization needs a speaker who has actually been in every kind of room — not just a stage — I'm now actively booking keynotes, workshops, and facilitated sessions for conferences, associations, HR teams, and veteran-serving organizations.

Topics include:
→ The Misfit Advantage
→ Cultural Human Intelligence (CHQ)
→ The Human Career
→ The Broken Promise (veteran transition reform)
→ The Outsider Advantage
→ Cultural Hybrid Intelligence & AI-Era Workforce

📚 13 books available now:
hi.switchy.io/tonybook

🌐 Speaking inquiries:
commerceWise.net/start

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Webinars for career and workforce professionals in September 2026 . For more branding on career, commerce & cultural tips and real advice in-person visit: www.commercewise.us and set up a consult.

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Using LinkedIn for AEO: How marketers can use social media to improve their AI visibility [experiment] . Share your thoughts about this. Upgrading your Brand New Adventure with . Let Commercewise bring this thoughts & ideas to your team, Book Dr. Tony Astro at www.commercewise.us.

Does LinkedIn help teams show up in search engines? We ran an experiment to find out. Here’s what we learned about LinkedIn and AEO.

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CareerWise Weekly: Retention response | Youth disengagement | Trades moment – Sept 1, 2026 . For more branding on career, commerce & cultural tips and real advice in-person visit: www.commercewise.us and set up a consult.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOttawa’s $7.5 billion tariff response: what the new EI and workforce retention measures mean for practitioners, Neurodivergent candidates in interviews: What the recruiter doesn’t always see, Fall 2026 conferences for career and workforce professionals, This week’s Care...

What high-citation brands do differently in AI search: The 2026 AEO playbook  .  Share your thoughts about this. Upgradi...
09/02/2026

What high-citation brands do differently in AI search: The 2026 AEO playbook . Share your thoughts about this. Upgrading your Brand New Adventure with . Let Commercewise bring this thoughts & ideas to your team, Book Dr. Tony Astro at www.commercewise.us.

What’s the difference between brands that get cited and those that don’t? Here’s what we learned from brands that have mastered AEO.

Commerzbank to cut more jobs, branches: board member For more career, commerce & cultural tips and real advice in-person...
09/02/2026

Commerzbank to cut more jobs, branches: board member For more career, commerce & cultural tips and real advice in-person visit: www.commercewise.us and set up a consult.

Commerzbank will announce "considerably" more branch closures and job cuts when it lays out its strategy review in August, a member of the bank's supervisory board said on Monday.

5 reports that caught our attention the week of Aug. 30, 2026 .  For more branding on career, commerce & cultural tips a...
09/02/2026

5 reports that caught our attention the week of Aug. 30, 2026 . For more branding on career, commerce & cultural tips and real advice in-person visit: www.commercewise.us and set up a consult.

Reading Time: 2 minutesGetting your Trinity Audio player ready... CareerWise is always on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are several reports that we found interesting this week. Two-Thirds of Students (66%) Pursuing Skills Outside Formal Education (Ipsos) This...

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