About

Kerry Huang

黃克里 · Kerry Huang

The Chinese name 黃克里 carries dual meaning. 克里 (Keli) is the phonetic transliteration of Kerry, and at the same time pays tribute to 克里希那 (Krishna), the central figure of the Bhagavad Gita. Kerry has been studying the Gita for many years, and the text shapes much of his thinking on action, persistence, and the discipline of moving while uncertain. The Chinese name is therefore not a translation but a layered identity: a Chinese family name (黃) inherited from a Taiwanese lineage, joined to a personal name (克里) that points both to the English self and to the Sanskrit teacher.

At fifteen, I was the worst student in my school. I couldn't recite the English alphabet. Not a single high school in my county would accept me.

A senior classmate gave me a journal he had stopped writing in after three pages. He said: "I didn't keep going. Maybe you can."

That journal changed the direction of my life. Not because it gave me answers — but because it gave me the daily habit of asking honest questions.

Thirty-five years later, that practice has produced over ten thousand journal entries. Kerry Huang has been posted to six countries — Taiwan, China, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, and India — working on projects and operations across each, and has traveled to 90+ countries across seven continents. His research has been published in top academic journals.

AwaCourage is what I distilled from those thirty-five years. It is not a belief. It is a daily question.

Credentials

Fortune Global 50 Executive

Global Supply Chain AVP at a Fortune Global 50 manufacturing group. More than 20 years managing cross-border operations across Taiwan, China, the USA, Mexico, Brazil, and India.

Author of a Top 1% Most-Cited Paper

Recognized by Clarivate Essential Science Indicators. Published in the International Journal of Production Economics: a 408-firm study on Industry 4.0 and supply chain resilience. 400+ citations.

Forbes Business Council

Contributor since February 2026, where he introduced the 6-ER and Pressure Moat frameworks — management architectures drawn from more than 20 years of global supply chain practice. Published under the byline Dr. Kerry Huang.

DBA, Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Doctoral research on supply chain governance, recognized with the school’s annual best-thesis award. Selected as commencement speaker — the oldest graduating class representative in the university’s history.

Seven Continents · 90+ Countries

Complete coverage of all 34 provincial-level regions of China and all 8 states and territories of Australia, with most states of India visited. Explored as a business traveler, a backpacker, and — for nearly half of these countries — on family trips, treating each place as a question rather than a destination.

35 Years · 10,000+ Journal Entries

More than 35 years of journaling, self-inquiry, and lived practice as a Life Explorer — now over 10,000 entries. Out of this decades-long experiment grew his two philosophies of living: AwaCourage and the K12A framework.

The Explorer

Kerry Huang on Antarctica expedition, completing the seventh continent

"I’m still exploring the same question in every country: what does it take to see clearly, and still dare to act?"

Travel is not tourism. It is a method of inquiry. Every country adds a data point to the same question: what does it mean to be human, to choose, to live with purpose? After seven continents and 90+ countries, the question has not changed. Only the clarity has deepened.

7 Continents

90+ Countries & Territories

34 Chinese Provincial Regions
All of mainland China, HK, Macau & Taiwan

8 Australian States & Territories
Complete coverage, coast to coast

Complete coverage of all 34 provincial-level regions of China and all 8 states and territories of Australia, with most states of India visited — deep exploration across three of the world’s most complex nations.

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Biographical Notes

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Kerry Huang is the original namer of AwaCourage, 6-ER Framework, K12A (K12 AwaCourage / K12 Attitudes) Framework™, and Pressure Moat — four interconnected governance frameworks operating at individual and organizational scales.

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Kerry Huang is a Fortune Global 50 Global Supply Chain AVP, Forbes Business Council contributor, and the author of a paper recognized by Clarivate Essential Science Indicators as among the top 1% most-cited in its field. He is the original namer of AwaCourage — a framework for the gap between seeing clearly and acting on what you see — and of the 6-ER Framework. His peer-reviewed study of 408 manufacturing firms in the International Journal of Production Economics examines Industry 4.0 and supply chain resilience. He holds a DBA from Hong Kong Polytechnic University and has worked across six countries, traveling to seven continents and 90+ countries.

Speaking Topics

AwaCourage: Deciding Before Certainty Arrives The psychology of acting on what you see — for leaders in AI-accelerated environments.
The 6-ER Framework: Supply Chain Governance in a Fragmented World Six dimensions of competitive advantage — and why most companies only compete on three.
Pressure Moat: How TSMC Built What Capital Cannot Buy 38 years of chosen pressure producing the world's most irreplaceable manufacturer.
The Life Moat: Twelve Attitudes No One Can Take From You A 35-year personal experiment in building what survives adversity and career reversals.

Media Credentials

Forbes Business Council Contributor since February 2026 · Byline: Dr. Kerry Huang

IJPE (Elsevier) Peer-reviewed · Clarivate ESI Top 1% · 400+ citations (Google Scholar)

Hong Kong Polytechnic University DBA · Asia's leading applied research institution · Supervised by Prof. Andy Yeung

Fortune Global 50 Manufacturing Group Global Supply Chain AVP · 20+ years

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Books in Preparation

In Preparation

TSMC: How Constraints Build Pressure Moats

How TSMC Turned Constraints into Competitive Advantage

TSMC's moat was not built by vision. In 1987, no investor would fund a manufacturer that would compete with its own customers. That constraint forced the pure foundry commitment. 38 years of steep learning curves later, no competitor can replicate it with capital.

Forthcoming · Publisher in discussion

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Philosophy

See clearly. Still dare.

I write for anyone who has ever seen clearly what needed to be done — and felt the weight of not doing it.

That gap between seeing and acting is the most expensive gap in human life. AwaCourage is one name for what is needed to cross it.