11-11-11-18: REMEMBRANCE. I always find Remembrance Day a time for meditation and gratitude. Here in Canada, the day marks the end of World War 1. As the story goes at…
DEMAND As the “new normal” emerges, we must become resilient. We are not there yet, because we have not understood the dynamics of risk. Risk is multidimensional and entails everyday…
This blog builds on studies conducted by researchers and principles at McKinsey and Company, and published as The Digital-led Recovery from COVID-19: Five Questions for CEOs in April 2020 [Fitzpatrick,…
SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS – FLEXIBILITY Establishing organizational excellence, seeing strength in risk and leveraging risk knowledge to competitive advantage are the foundation on which Global SCL strategy becomes flexible and…
SUPPLY CHAIN LOGISTICS – A BUSINESS ECO-SYSTEM In the 21st Century, we have emerged from process thinking into systems thinking. We have re-positioned global supply chains from linear operations focused…
STRATEGIC THINKING – CALL TO ACTION How do we answer the call to action? Where do we begin? Let’s talk about strategy and strategizing as the key differentiator. “Strategic Planning…
PREFACE By my own reckoning, these blogs are intense. They are not directly about how important or essential supply chain and logistics are; nor do they discuss how good logistics…
Recently, the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, delivered a video speech to the world about COVID19 in what can be characterized as a Call to Action for the world at…
Management by definition is about control, creating process and developing checklists to ensure compliance. Enablement, on the other hand, is about creating patterns of interaction which allow individuals to grow…
There are lessons to learn from the coronavirus pandemic. The world is integrally connected. We do not actually live in independent nations, whatever our sense of national identity. We live…