The Pain of P.A.In
We have had a few people ask if we noticed the Professional in Applied Innovation designation reads out as “pain”. The short answer: yes, yes we have. The longer answer,…
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR LEADERS
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,…
Logistics & Innovation
Peter Drucker is known for saying, “[T]HE PURPOSE OF BUSINESS IS TO CREATE A CUSTOMER, THE BUSINESS ENTERPRISE HAS TWO–AND ONLY TWO–BASIC FUNCTIONS: MARKETING AND INNOVATION. MARKETING AND INNOVATION PRODUCE…
Supply Chain Logistics – Agility and Flexibility
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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…
Risk Frameworks & Risk Maturity
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…
Embracing Complexity
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…
FROM RISK TO RESILIENCE: A LEADERSHIP STRATEGY
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…
What is the goal of change?
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…
Supply Chain Resilience
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…
CHANGE LEADERSHIP: ENABLING CHANGE
Leadership development doesn’t work because it fails to address the totality of who and what we are as human beings. It fails to recognize the profound depths of our inner…