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Supply Chain RevolutionRegenerative Work Systems: Bridging Indigenous Wisdom and Modern Skills to Transform Organizations - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureJoin the Supply Chain Queen® and James George with Namuun Purevdorj—a leader who bridges two powerful knowledge systems that together can create transformation neither achieves alone.
Namuun brings an extraordinary blend of experiences: born and raised in Mongolia's deeply communal, nature-centered culture, MIT-trained in supply chain management, and seasoned across consulting, Amazon operations, and retail leadership. As someone who grew up learning that wellbeing depends on the wellbeing of people and nature around you - persevering through -40°C winters and seasonal apprenticeships—she offers a unique lens on building regenerative organizations.
Currently leading the eyewe...
2026-01-0927 minSupply Chain RevolutionForest Positive Transformation: Designing Supply Chains That Regenerate Nature - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureJoin Sheri Hinish, the Supply Chain Queen®, and co-host James George for Big Idea 7 of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast all about Forest Positive Supply Chains. This episode is part of the 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future series and explores how global supply chains can evolve from deforestation free compliance to forest positive regeneration.
Featuring Sophie Beckham, Chief Sustainability Officer of International Paper and one of the world’s most respected leaders in forestry and biodiversity stewardship, this conversation reframes forests as living infrastructure that underpins long term bus...
2025-12-1228 minSupply Chain RevolutionInfrastructure as a Service: Rethinking Logistics, Circularity, and Ownership in Regenerative Supply Chains - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureWhat if the most transformative infrastructure for regenerative supply chains was the one you never notice?
In this episode of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast, hosts Sheri Hinish (Supply Chain Queen) and James George sit down with Sandra Leyva Martinez, Head of Sustainability for CHEP Americas at Brambles—the world's largest circular asset pooling company. Sandy brings extraordinary experience from leading transformation at Amazon, managing sustainability across 40,000 suppliers, and building the first sustainability hub for Amazon's 2.5 million selling partners.
Together, they explore how circular distribution infrastructure serves as the invisible backbone for regenerative communities, moving beyo...
2025-11-2218 minSupply Chain RevolutionThe Global South’s Supply Chain Revolution: From Decolonizing Resilience to Regenerative Frontiers - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureThe next transformation in global trade isn’t being written in boardrooms — it’s being built in the Global South.
In this episode of The Supply Chain Revolution®, host Sheri Hinish (The Supply Chain Queen) and co-host James George are joined by Professor Gautam R. Desiraju, one of India’s most distinguished scientists and co-author of India’s Supply Chains in a World at War. Together, they uncover how supply chains — once designed for efficiency and control — have become tools of conflict and power.
But within this chaos lies a blueprint for...
2025-11-0721 minSupply Chain RevolutionPlanetary Intelligence Revolution: Making Earth Systems Your Competitive Advantage - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureJoin the Supply Chain Queen and James George with Julia Armstrong D'Agnese, Co-Founder and CEO of Earth Knowledge, for a groundbreaking discussion about making nature a measurable stakeholder in business operations.
In this episode of the Supply Chain Revolution's "10 Big Ideas" series, you'll learn how Julia's team has pioneered Integrated Planetary Intelligence™—a platform that translates the complexity of Earth's natural systems into actionable business insights to build regenerative supply chains. As a top Microsoft partner serving Fortune 500 companies and now featured on NASDAQ DataLink with 800,000 users, Earth Knowledge is transforming how companies understand their planetary dependencies.
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2025-10-1728 minSupply Chain RevolutionAI - Powered Transformation for Regenerative Manufacturing - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureJoin the Supply Chain Queen and James George with Teesee Murray, Group President of Turtle | CEO of TurtleX, for an eye-opening discussion about transforming manufacturing through AI-powered regenerative systems.
In this episode of the Supply Chain Revolution's "10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future" series, discover how companies are leveraging AI and exponential technologies to create regenerative manufacturing outcomes. Teesee, leading a fourth-generation, family-owned Certified Women's Business Enterprise with over 100 years of history, shares insights from navigating multiple industrial revolutions—from electrification through automation to today's AI transformation.
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2025-09-1221 minSupply Chain RevolutionCircular Materials Economy: From Trillion-Dollar Waste to Business Value - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureJoin the Supply Chain Queen and Dr. Garry Cooper, neuroscientist-turned-circular economy pioneer, for an eye-opening discussion about transforming the trillion-dollar waste economy into business value through circular materials practices.
In this episode of the Supply Chain Revolution's "10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future " series, discover how companies are moving beyond recycling to create true circular materials economies. Dr. Cooper, CEO and Founder of Rheaply, shares insights from 10 years of building one of the country's largest reuse networks, revealing why the global circularity rate has actually declined despite increased awareness.
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2025-08-0132 minSupply Chain RevolutionFrom Sustainability to Regeneration: A New Paradigm in Sourcing - 10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative FutureIn Season 2, Episode 2 of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast, hosts Sheri Hinish and James George delve into the concept of regenerative sourcing as a transformative approach to supply chains. They discuss the shift from traditional sustainability practices to a regenerative mindset that aims to leave ecosystems better than they found them. The conversation covers systemic thinking, practical applications in agriculture and textiles, the role of technology in enabling regenerative practices, and future trends in supply chain sustainability. The episode concludes with a call to action for listeners to be curious and engage in learning about these critical topics.
2025-05-0924 minSupply Chain Revolution10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future - Meet the HostsWelcome to the new season of the Supply Chain Revolution podcast, where hosts Sheri R. Hinish and James George discuss the launch of '10 Big Ideas to Transform Supply Chains for a Regenerative Future'. As they reflect on their previous conversations and emphasize the need for actionable change in the industry. The episode serves as an introduction to the new season, highlighting the personal motivations behind their work and the legacy they wish to leave for future generations. They outline the upcoming episodes focused on transformative ideas that can reshape supply chains for a better future.
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2025-05-0107 minSupply Chain RevolutionThe Future of Work in Supply Chain, Exponential Technology, AI, and Chat GPT with Dr. Yossi Sheffi (MIT, Author)In Episode 77, Dr. Yossi Sheffi, iconic thought leader and professor at MIT, innovator, and author of a new book ‘ The Magic Conveyor Belt’ chats with host Sheri Hinish about the future of supply chain including the people, exponential technology, and disruptive themes that will shape the future of the profession. This book offers explanations to pressing supply chain topics and much more, with historical perspectives and modern examples. It covers contemporary issues of outsourcing and re-shoring, sustainability, resilience, regulations and the social, managerial, and policy issues resulting from technological innovations.
Additional topics covered in this episode include: how...
2023-09-1029 minSupply Chain RevolutionTransformative Sustainability with Trust in Action: Earth Day Exclusive with Jim Massey (CSO, Author)In an exclusive Earth Day Special, Jim Massey lays out the case for why all progress in sustainability depends on trust - the basis of successful selves, teams, and systems. Sustainability is the path to prosperity for humanity and businesses alike. Every April 22nd, stakeholders of all backgrounds come together to advance sustainability and climate action in commemoration of Earth Day.
Companies who’ve developed strong Environment Social Governance (ESG) standards are seeing better profitability, stronger financial performance, and happier employees. But this transformation isn’t just about transforming our economies, operating models, and supply chai...
2023-04-2232 minSupply Chain RevolutionA World Without Waste Using AI + Better Math for Circular Supply Chains with Steve Pratt (CEO, Noodle AI)Earth Month Exclusive featuring Steve Pratt (CEO of Noodle Al, Co-Founder of Infosys and Regenerative Ranch aficionado) + Supply Chain Revolution podcast to explore how better math and Al can enable circularity in a new supply chain planning paradigm.
The way supply chain planning has been done for the last 30 years has been under the assumption that computers were slow and data was expensive, and so they needed to make a lot of simplifying assumptions.. Very importantly, they ignore probabilities and complex pattern recognition that are all allowed by this more advanced mathematics.
To Learn...
2023-04-1536 minSupply Chain RevolutionSustainable Marketing in World of Greenwashing with ChatGPT and James GeorgeSustainable marketing is a hot topic as many lean in to position their brand, product, service and persona as being sustainable, responsible, and ethical. Join host Sheri Hinish as she explores with returning guest James George (ex-Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Strategist at Pyxera Global) in episode 74 the parameters of sustainable marketing, and the types of greenwashing, pressure testing ChatGPT real time + unpacking Planet Tracker's "Greenwashing Hydra" or different dimensions of greenwashing (source - https://planet-tracker.org/greenwashing-growing-increasingly-sophisticated-says-planet-tracker/ )
What is sustainable marketing? Sustainable marketing is a marketing approach that emphasizes the long-term health and well-being of the...
2023-04-041h 05Supply Chain RevolutionFrom Source to Sold: 26 Supply Chain Leaders Tell All in Strategy, Transformation and Disruptive Innovation (with Authors Radu Palamariu, Knut Alicke)In Episode 73, host Sheri Hinish delves into bestseller, "From Source to Sold” and offers an inside look at the real-world experiences and valuable lessons of supply chain experts, industry leaders, and disruptive innovators. The book delves into the career paths and strategies of 26 Supply Chain Leaders who have propelled businesses of all sizes, from large multinationals to startups, to the forefront of their industries. It provides listeners with a unique perspective on the specific techniques and smart business practices employed by today’s top supply chain leaders to achieve success and reach the C-suite level.
Why now and...
2023-03-1250 minSupply Chain RevolutionInternational Women's Day Theme: 'DigitALL' Innovation and Technology for Gender EqualityThis year's International Women's Day theme is, “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality,” which highlights the role of innovative technology in promoting gender equality and meeting the health and developmental needs of women and girls.
Women and girls remain underrepresented across the creation, use and regulation of technology. In the face of escalating global crises, we stand at a crossroads. I wanted to share insights from UN Women released today.
-63% of women have access to the internet, compared to 69% of men. And women are 12% less likely to own a...
2023-03-0811 minSupply Chain RevolutionSustainable Supply Chains + Net-Zero Deforestation, Responsible Commodity Sourcing and Risk Management with Gen Z for the Trees (RainforestPartnership.org)Sustainable supply chains can address the key drivers of forest and biodiversity loss in the agriculture and forestry sectors, fueling biodiversity conservation and responsible sourcing of commodities like palm oil, soy, timber, and much more. Episode 71 introduces Gen Z for the Trees, a powerful youth movement aiming for net zero deforestation by 2030 using supply chain mapping + modeling techniques, GIS, and environmental science knowledge to uncover what's REALLY happening in some of the biggest brands' supply chains...and all while attending university full time.
Deforestation in the supply chain is bad for several reasons. First and...
2023-03-0222 minSupply Chain RevolutionThe Sustainability Imperative: Zero Waste, Zero Inequality, Zero Carbon Emissions with Tom Raftery (Climate 21 podcast)Happy Earth Day 22! In episode 70 (yes) host Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) joins Chief Evangelist Tom Raftery (SAP) for an EARTH WEEK discussion that zeros in on the Sustainability Imperative across climate, social equity, and responsible business.
Key topics include:
🔹 The world is changing – the global economy is about to become the climate economy
🔹 Business decisions will not only be weighed by financial implications, but climate implications
🔹 Both employees & customers have high expectations around the sustainability
agenda set by companies
🔹 Actions Organizations Should Take to set targets, measure and report, and co...
2022-04-2232 min
Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast#140 - People’s Collaboration and Metaverse Meetings with Sheri Hinish of IBM and Justin Goldston of Penn State UniversitySheri Hinish is the Global Sustainability Services Lead at IBM. Justin Goldston is the Professor and Coordinator of Project and Supply Chain Management at Penn State University.
On this week's episode Sheri, Justin and Maria discuss:
The overwhelming amount of emerging technology.
Figuring out priorities as an individual or organization.
Practical applications of value-based leadership and identifying self-authenticity.
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2022-03-2432 minSupply Chain RevolutionHow to Create Resilient, Sustainable, and Profitable Logistics + Transportation with Anshu Prasad, CEO of Leaf LogisticsToday, the transportation industry operates in silos that lead to a lack of coordination and waste. 30% of the trucks on the road drive empty. This directly leads to massive excess carbon emissions that can be significantly reduced through better planning and network coordination. Not to mention a 90% driver turnover, uncovering well-being, safety, and social sustainability opportunities in the logistics industry.
Have you wondered how to drastically reduce your corporate carbon footprint by filling the empty miles driven by your carriers?
According to Leaf:
— 30% of truck carbon emissions are not associated with material utility fo...
2022-02-1513 minSupply Chain RevolutionHuman Rights Transparency and Risk Resilience in Supply Chains: MLK Special Release with Justin Dillon of FRDMWhile environmental sustainability goals have become a high priority for consumers and businesses with a global call to action on climate change, other ESG issues haven’t gotten as much attention. For many organizations advocating for human rights in the supply chain is a material priority, and one of the most pressing issues involves ensuring there is no forced labor and child labor in supply chains. But how do you know?
-In its 2016 study, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that 40.3 million people worldwide were victims of modern slavery at any given time, 25 million of whom were in...
2022-01-1723 minSupply Chain RevolutionWhy Sustainable Change Starts With You: Holiday Takeover Covering Sustainability of the Past, Present + Future with James George (Pyxera Global)Sending a big shout out to everyone for your support and it's been TWO YEARS! This episode is a holiday takeover. Since we released the 2020 holiday takeover last year, it's received thousands of downloads. We're coming back again with a bolder, Rebel take on what's hot in 2022.
2021 has been another "Year of the Pledges". From setting 2030 to 2050 goals and claiming carbon-neutrality, one thing is for sure...you can pull up to many tables, but which ones? Has this been the year of social and green washing and what can we expect in the new year?
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2021-12-2337 min
Supply Chain RevolutionLeading with Purpose Mitigates the Great Resignation and Tech for Good in the Future of Work and Automation with Jonathan Wright (IBM)According to McKinsey’s latest study, 'more than 19 million US workers—and counting—have quit their jobs since April 2021, a record pace disrupting businesses everywhere. Companies are struggling to address the problem, and many will continue to struggle for one simple reason: they don’t really understand why their employees are leaving in the first place. If the past 18 months have taught us anything, it’s that employees crave investment in the human aspects of work. Employees are tired, and many are grieving.
They want a renewed and revised sense of purpose in their work. They want social and int...
2021-12-0623 minSupply Chain RevolutionLive from COP26 - The Carrot or the Stick Approach in Sustainability and Why Real Impact Happens at the Local Level with James George of Pyxera Global (Day 3 of 3)‘Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.’ Join host Sheri Hinish LIVE from the COP26 floor with returning guest James George (formerly of Ellen MacArthur Foundation and now with Pyxera Global). Part 3 unpacks which is more effective: the carrot or the stick approach. We also delve into where real impact happens and the answer may surprise you. Other topics include dialogue around policy and public-private partnerships. Amongst the walls and halls of pledges, panels, and provocative dialogue, this 3 part series will bring you the pulse of COP, the highlights and what does...
2021-11-3012 minSupply Chain RevolutionLive from COP26 - Creating ESG Transparency and Raging Against the Machine for Systems Change not Climate Adaptation with James George of Pyxera Global (Day 2 of 3)Join host Sheri Hinish LIVE from the COP26 floor with returning guest James George (formerly of Ellen MacArthur Foundation and now with Pyxera Global). Supply chains came up ALL OVER THE PLACE TODAY! Amongst the walls and halls of pledges, panels, and provocative dialogue, this 3 part series will bring you the pulse of COP, the highlights and what doesn't make the headlines.
In Part 2, we explore how reliable is data + if disclosures really create transparency, financing the gap in climate transition, the types of data and insights that create space to rage against the machine (systems change...
2021-11-2218 min
Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast#117 - Why Supply Chain has an Image Problem with Sheri Hinish, Radu Palamariu & Lebogang LetsoaloThis week we have the privilege of sitting down with three guests; Sheri Hinish, Radu Palamariu and Lebogang Letsoalo. Sheri is IBM's Global Practice Leader for Sustainable Supply Chain, Circularity and Social Impact. Radu is the CEO of Alcott Global and the Global Head of Supply Chain & Logistics Practice. Lebogang is a supply chain coach, thought leader and currently a Chief Executive of Sincpoint, an organisation focusing on sustainable supply chain advisory, logistics, and capacity development solutions. Together they have a combined 60 years experience in Supply Chain Management.
On this week's episode Sheri, Radu, Lebogang and Maria d...
2021-11-1734 minSupply Chain RevolutionLive from COP26 -The Pulse of Progress or More GreenWashing with James George of Pyxera Global (Day 1 of 3)Where are all the grown ups? In early October, the IPCC issued a CODE RED for humanity. The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP26 brings together the world's parties (leaders, industry giant, communities, voices unheard, and technologists) to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The event focused primarily on climate action and Net-Zero goals.
Join host Sheri Hinish LIVE from the COP26 floor with returning guest James George (formerly of Ellen MacArthur Foundation and now with Pyxera Global). You can't do business on a dead planet...
2021-11-1516 minSupply Chain Revolution'Procurement with Purpose,' the Powerful Movement in Sustainability with Authors Mark Perera and Peter SmithThe decisions we make this decade are the most important in human history. You have to ask yourself: if our economic system actively destroys the biosphere and fails to meet many people's basic needs, what actually the point of it all? With COP26 weeks away, answering the call in climate action and equity for all, how will we emerge and redesign our world, our systems, supply chains, and economies?
In episode 62, Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) explores key themes in our world's transformation with two thought leaders - Mark Perera (Founder of Procurement Leaders and CEO of Vizibl) + Peter...
2021-10-1240 minSupply Chain RevolutionLeading a Bold Path for Sustainable + Transparent Supply Chains with Sandra Macquillan (Mondelez)"Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. "– Chief Seattle, 1854
In Episode 61, Sheri Hinish joins Sandra Macquillan, EVP + CSCO of Mondelez, an epic leader and Rebel extraordinaire who is forging a bold path for sustainability and being people positive across supply chains in the world we share.
Sewing the threads of sustainability to form the basis of transparency is no easy task. In this episode, you'll learn how Sandra started her jou...
2021-09-2828 min
Transform Talks: The Supply Chain Transformation Podcast#102 - Maria Villablanca & Sheri Hinish on Sustainability and DE&ISheri Hinish is a senior leader supporting IBM's Global Supply Chain Transformation teams. Also known as the “Supply Chain Queen.” Sheri’s purpose is simply to make a meaningful impact on the clients, colleagues, partners, and communities she serves. Recognized as a 2021, 2020 & 2019 Supply & Demand Chain Executive "Pro to Know," the "People's Choice 2020 Global Woman in Supply Chain Leader,” Corporate Vision Excellence award recipient for “2020’s Most Influential Leader in Supply Chain & Technology,” a 2021 Top 100 Women in Supply Chain by Supply Chain Digital, and a trusted partner, Sheri is a leading advocate for sustainable supply chains and 'supply chain with purpose' acros...
2021-09-2339 minSupply Chain RevolutionMoving From Ambition to Action with Upstream Thinking for a Sustainable + Circular World with James George (Pyxera Global)If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with others. In this chat with returning guest James George, previously at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and now in a new role at Pyxera Global, we explore a breadth of topics to redefine systems for sustainability, equity, and circularity-> starting with upstream thinking.
Topics include: 1) defining accountability, 2) causality challenges, 3) fair living wage, 4) how lowest price encourages bad behavior in supply chains, 5) what is the total cost of ownership and why should we care, 6) the shift toward planet positive and how we will...
2021-08-0636 minSupply Chain RevolutionA Selfish Plan to Save the World with Transparency + Freedom in Supply Chains w/Justin DIllion (CEO of FRDM)For to be free is not to merely cast of one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. (Nelson Mandela)
Freedom. We all want it, even in our supply chains to unlock visibility and truth, a prerequisite to freedom as described by our guest. Episodes 59 explores the intersection of technology, human rights in ethical trade, and the urgency in sustainable supply chain risk management w/ Justin Dillion founder of FRDM, a social tech company improving the world through supply chain transparency.
Justin is a prominent advocate an...
2021-07-0427 minSupply Chain RevolutionCreating a Regenerative Economy with Circular Supply Chains and Blockchain: World Oceans Day Chat with the Plastic Bank CEO David Katz“We all agree...someone needs to do something about ocean plastic. This is the something, you are the someone.” David Katz, CEO of Plastic Bank.
Today is World Oceans Day, observed by United Nations member states to bring discussions, policies, and people impacted by ocean and coastal degradation worldwide.
In Episode 58, Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) chats with Plastic Bank CEO and Founder, David Katz, who describes himself as a creator in world who wants to make an impact improving the quality of life for others, connected to the ocean, poverty, and improving marine life. David's company is e...
2021-06-0823 minSupply Chain RevolutionEmbedding Sustainability and Circularity With Material Intelligence for Responsible Sourcing in Digital Supply Chains with Veera Johnson, Co-Founder of CirculorIn Latin, the word Circulor means 'to form groups'. Doing business responsibly is now a business imperative and enabling the network effect through sustainable supply chains and circular economy is Circulor's unique mission.
In episode 57, host Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) chats with Veera Johnson - supply chain extraordinaire, woman of many trades including owning a retail operation at 16 + an acting feature in Aladdin, and current co-founder of Circulor. We explore why sustainable benefits in supply chains have historically been consequential, not intentional. Veera urges that traceability at scale - including digital identity and the tracking of physical material...
2021-05-0521 minSupply Chain RevolutionThe Sustainable Procurement Pledge + Making Circular Supply Chains Real with Thomas Udesen, CPO of Bayer and Co-Founder of SPP.EarthWe all have a role to play in the decade of our lives to reach the 2030 SDG vision. Procurement professionals though have a unique opportunity controlling about $8.3T of world trade in materials flow and services annually.
In one of the most inspiring episodes to date, Thomas Udeson, Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer and Co-Founder of the Sustainable Procurement Pledge (SPP.Earth) chats with Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) about his journey, the power of uniting under the SDGs for climate action and sustainability, and how procurement professionals are uniquely positioned to make this happen.
For Thomas...
2021-03-1121 minSupply Chain RevolutionReimagining Industry 4.0 with Digitalization, Quality Visualization, Ground Truth, and 'Human in the Loop' AI w/ Chuck Myers of Cogniac (SAP.iO)We’re in the midst of a significant transformation regarding the way we produce products thanks to the digitization of manufacturing and the convergence of tech. This transition represents a change in global supply chains, the fourth revolution that has occurred in manufacturing. Quality, harmonization across processes, leveraging data for insights in industry 4.0, all still hinge on an enterprise's ability to elegantly incorporate technology, humans, and the original ground truth of what's happening real-time. How do you revolutionize vision and inspection with a big data platform for visual data? How do you manage it and let it permeate in the...
2021-03-0120 minSupply Chain RevolutionWhere Purpose and Product Meet Sustainable + Circular Supply Chains: Sustainability in OmniChannel Commerce + Logistics with Jeremy BodenHamer (CEO, ShipHawk)This is an episode where purpose and product meets sustainable + circular supply chains. From the amazing stories/use cases of AllBirds, Grove Collective, RareForm, and e-commerce brand Parker Clay who asked "...could we bring these beautiful products to the world, create jobs to empower vulnerable women in Ethiopia to become economically independent, and protect traditional, sustainable, and ethical craftsmanship all at once?" - > Buckle up and get ready to be inspired and glean insights from brands powered by purpose and the technology that makes it happen.
In Episode 54, host, Sheri Hinish, also called the SupplyChainQueen, joins CEO...
2021-02-2221 minSupply Chain RevolutionBuilding the Future of Supply Chain with the SDGs, Climate Action, Circular Economy, and the Convergence of Tech with Digital Strategist Anthony DayTraditionally, supply chains are one directional, linear and strive for incremental improvements. But through the lens of blockchain + sustainability + circularity, supply chains truly become an ecosystem with endless possibilities, connections, collaboration in an ocean of abundance, as opposed to closed, point to point processes. Think open. Think ecosystem, don’t think closed and incremental.
Join host Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) and Anthony Day (IBM Blockchain Partner and host of the podcast "Blockchain Won't Save the World) as they unpack how to build supply chain of the future that transform the world we share. Topics discussed include:
-The...
2021-02-1238 minSupply Chain RevolutionDigitizing the 1st Mile with Blockchain, AI, and Self Sovereign Identity Connecting Coffee Farmers from Field to 1st Sip in Sustainable Supply Chains with Farmer Connect (CEO, Michael Chrisment)Think about the journey of a coffee bean from East Africa to the consumer. Thousands of miles away in the 1 sip to field wrapped in a complex, and often unsustainable, inequitable supply chain. There are 25 million people living in the coffee ecosystem, and 2.5 billion coffee drinkers worldwide, and that number is expected to 2-3X in coming years.
With little transparency and traceability, it's still a challenge for consumers to validate the sustainability and ethics of that 1st sip of morning brew and also ensure that farmers are receiving fair wages and decent acceptable working conditions. Data...
2021-02-0122 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Circular Supply Chains and Managing Value Streams in the MarketPlace of the Future for Secondary Flows + Circular Cities with Bharani Sankar (Rheaply)Imagine a world with total resource efficiency that leaves no one behind, allowing organizations to better visualize, quantify, and share assets across global supply chains. By connecting leading research institutions, Fortune 500 companies, government, school systems, nonprofits, startups, and other organizations in between, Chicago-based start-up Rheaply is creating a shared economy for innovation.
This is the secondary, circular, marketplace of NOW enabled by a super-cool company called Rheaply. Circular supply chains + Rheaply's approach empowers any organization to harvest their internal resources before making any purchasing decision, making the management, exchange and tracking of assets more transparent, sustainable, traceable...
2021-01-2521 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring How Diversity Fuels Innovation at the Intersection of Supply Chain, Technology, Sustainability, and Gender Equity with Sallie Jian (Head of SAP.iO NY Foundry)The business case for diversity is stronger than ever. According to McKinsey's latest research, 2019 analyses find that companies in the top quartile for gender diversity on executive teams were 25% more likely to have above-average profitability up from 21% in 2017 and 15% in 2014. Yet gender equity in STEM and supply chain has been hit hard in 2020.
Women accounted for 100% of the 140,000 jobs shed by the U.S. economy in December, more than 111% of jobs lost last month. 5.4 million women have been affected since February — equal to 55% of all U.S. jobs lost. We need bold steps in 2021 to build back be...
2021-01-1820 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Why You Should Stop Buying Stuff You Don't Need: A Discussion about Pledges, Climate, and Sustainability - Holiday Takeover with James George (Ellen MacArthur Foundation)Did you know that human-made materials now outweigh Earth's entire biomass? The human footprint in the world in 2020 is greater than the impact on the planet of all other living things, research suggests. 2020 has been the "Year of the Pledges". From setting 2030 to 2050 goals and claiming carbon-neutrality, one thing is for sure...you can pull up to many tables, but which ones? Has this been the year of social and green washing and what can we expect in the new year?
James George from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation has taken over the Supply Chain Revo...
2020-12-2334 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring AI in Logistics and Last Mile Delivery, Innovation in Customer Experience, and A Rebel's Story of Normalizing Hijabi for Women in Stem w/ Layla Shaikley of Wise Systems (SAP.iO)This is a story that is unique and one that needs to be evangelized. Layla Shaikley, co-founder of a tech start-up that has seen explosive growth in logistics tech and AI-driven optimization within last mile stumbled into supply chain. She actually has a background in architecture and design. As an Iraqi woman, she wanted to make mobility safe during the most recent Iraqi war. It was during an elective class in the media lab at MIT (while she was getting her 2nd masters degree) that a seemingly small class project - "how to change 1 billion lives with technology"...
2020-12-1423 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Digital Resilience in COVID, Technology Investments to Accelerate Innovation, Plastics & Climate, and Consumer Behavior & Sustainability- Part 2 with Dr. Yossi Sheffi (MIT)This is an ACTION-PACKED EPISODE! Epsiode 47 is part 2 of a series where Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) chats with a thought leader and supply chain advocate, Dr. Yossi Sheffi from MIT who has been teaching, learning, building, authoring many publications, including a new book 'the New (Ab) Normal' in a conversation that pushes boundaries highlighting areas that many in supply chain and technology shy away from discussing...getting real on transformation, innovation, and disruption.
In part 2, Episode 47, we'll explore doubling down on technology for transformative change. From AI, digital twins, and a deeper dive in...
2020-12-0925 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring the New (Ab) Normal in COVID and Beyond, the Future of Supply Chains, Sustainability, and Climate Change- Part 1 with Dr. Yossi Sheffi (MIT)Excellence does not happen by accident. Supply chains are answering the call during COVID and will continue to do so as a new vaccine comes to market. But how do we keep the momentum of speed, flexibility, without cutting corners?
In a 2-part series, Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) chats with a thought leader and supply chain advocate, Dr. Yossi Sheffi from MIT who has been teaching, learning, building, authoring many publications, including a new book 'the New (Ab) Normal' in a conversation that pushes boundaries highlighting areas that many in supply chain and technology...
2020-12-0729 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Circular Technology That Enables Sustainability, Inclusion, Net-Zero Waste, and Circular Cities with Dr. Garry Cooper of Rheaply (SAP.iO)Dr. Garry Copper, neuroscientist turned sustainability technologist and circularity advocate had a pivotal moment - that our field is one-noted and we need to build a reuse bridge to capture value left in materials to transition to a sustainable world, a fly-wheel of wealth for communities who have been left out in the linear economy. Led by curiosity and studying how people remember and forget, he stumbled on CE, and his life was changed forever. He is the CEO of a Chicago-based technology start-up Rheaply that helps manage material flows and the life cycle of assets in the circular ec...
2020-11-1632 minSupply Chain RevolutionRecycling, Blockchain & Reverse Supply Chains, the Business Case for Sustainability & Recycling Plastics, and Social Environmentalism w/ Stan Chen of Recycle GoThe wastes from plastics and electronics are putting increased pressure on the recycling industry and reverse supply chains. Despite massive initiatives by public and private organizations, recycling rates remain low and progress remains slow. Estimates suggest there are 400 million tons of plastic produced each year, which is projected to more than double by 2050. Around 40% of plastic packaging is said to be landfilled, and another 32% leaked into the environment and not reused, according to the World Economic Forum.
Nine-tenths of all solid waste in the United States does not get recycled. While landfills are among the biggest contributors...
2020-11-0923 minSupply Chain RevolutionDisruptive Retail Technology: E-commerce Made Human Through Virtual Shopping and Brand Experience Innovation w/ Natasha Franzen of HERO (SAP.iO)Experts predict that retail ecommerce sales will reach $4.13 trillion in 2020 and it is expected that mobile commerce will take a market share of e-commerce of 72.9% by 2021. As we enter the holiday season navigating COVID, retailers face unprecedented opportunities to reimagine brand experiences and bridge the storefront’s physical to digital continuum. While adapting an agile supply chain, increasing conversion rates, reducing wastes, including decreasing returns are front of mind, 1 company is transforming virtual shopping, where the online shopping experience is made human, again. Meet HERO (usehero.com).
In Episode 43, Sheri Hinish (SupplyChainQueen) joins Natasha Franzen, COO of HERO...
2020-11-0215 minSupply Chain RevolutionCrossing the Chasm to Accelerate AI in Digital Transformation, the Future of Work, and Understanding Your Value w/ Jennifer Bryne (former CTO Microsoft)Every tech company wants to tell you what their AI can do. Patterns help us make sense of the world and can help us overcome the impossible tasks we face each day in supply chain orchestration. From understanding gaps and influences, AI creates more intelligence in how to detect, understand, and pull parts of the patterns together that build an ecosystem.
Through the lens of business transformation, a common challenge for many is knowing what levers to pull strategically, reinventing portions of their business in a digital way. The biggest issue is not tech, it's the lack...
2020-10-2622 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Digital Distribution & Additive Manufacturing, Industrial Sustainability, and the Future of Decentralized Supply Chains w/ Espen Sivertsen of Ivaldi (SAP.iO)The purpose of a supply chain is to move goods and services around the world to meet user demand. And over decades, we’ve built coupled-networks based on principles of regionalization or centralization of function, location, and cost efficiency. COVID is an example of the uncertainty supply chains face on a day-to-day basis derived from old-school thinking and design.
Imagine a world where supply chains are flipped upside down, a world where we send files, not parts? A world that empowers the end consumer to produce what is needed on-demand through cloud based technology, including recycling on site...
2020-10-1926 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Pet Sustainability & Impacts, Pet Ownership & Social Justice, and How Pets Are A Bridge Back to Nature w/ Melissa Bauer (Pet Sustainability Coalition)Did you know that if you add up the cats and dogs in the United States, they’d represent the 5th largest population of protein consumption in the world? When it comes to pet supply chains and sustainability, there is typically 1 sector called "pet services and products”. This one sector, encompasses dozens of other industries that have many categories in human supply chains. For example, apparel, food, medicine, and healthy/beauty are considered dramatically different industries in the human world, but we buy good and services for our pets in all those areas and more.
The environmental impact...
2020-10-1219 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Sustainability, Traceability, Transparency, and the Future of Mobility w/ Stefano Savi (Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber)The tire industry consumes 70% of the natural rubber. Issues like deforestation, child rights, land grabbing are at the center of WHY we need a global movement for sustainable natural rubber. Joined with physicist turned green advocate Stefano Savi, this episode explores a new collaborative platform to help the Producers, Processors & Traders, Tire makers and other rubber makers/buyers, Car makers, other downstream users and Financial Institutions, and Civil society transition, sustainably.
What's interesting is many of the supply chain challenges like traceability, transparency, and moving beyond Tier 2 - 4 are being addressed by GPSNR and its members...
2020-10-0524 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring The Future of Digital Supply Chains, Choosing Partners in Digital Transformation and Lora Cecere's Network of Networks w/ Christine Barnhart (Infor)Networks are all about meaningful connections. When we think about the future of digital supply chains and ‘the network of networks “ powering the world, it’s just as much about connecting people with accurate information, partners, and ideas, as much as it is about connecting people with opportunities across plan, source, make, deliver, and reimagining conventional business models. In the future of work, we will exist in ONE multi-enterprise business network (MEBN), a super-highway connecting your business, products, services, and impacts to global trading partners.
In Episode 38, Christine Barnhart from Infor Supply Chain Strategy and Lora Cecere’s ‘Networ...
2020-09-2826 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Social Sustainability & Sustainable Development and the Largest Global Platform that Bridges the Equity Gap in Entrepreneurship w/ Taylor Hebble (SoGal Foundation & Hope For Haiti)“The only way to end systemic inequality is to invest in minorities, the underrepresented, and women.”
Access to education, healthcare, clean water, and economic development opportunities remain key priorities for many countries. Entire populations and children are being left behind and marginalized through climate change, disruptions, and globalization. Addressing generational poverty and transformation can take decades. How might we learn from current success stories, work that can scale to other parts of the world in sustainable development? Great ideas and innovation are everywhere, but often access to funding, relationships, and networks present hurdles particularly for young, underrepresented (often f...
2020-09-2016 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Discrimination, Bias, and the Opportunity for Diversity & Inclusion in Supply Chains & Academia w/ Dr. Justin Goldston (Georgetown & Penn State)Why does Diversity and inclusion matter? What impact does the Black Lives Matter movement have on/in the workplace? How does one navigate discrimination and is there more awareness in corporate America around racism and breaking systemic barriers, including how to engage HBCUs and communities who have talent, but may lack access? How do we make diversity and inclusion REAL? Is it just lip service and social washing? These are questions being asked during a very real inflection point, in the midst of social and human health crises unfolding globally.
In this episode, we are joined by Dr...
2020-09-1054 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Shiny Object Fatigue in Supply Chain Technology, Defining the Value Prop in Tech, and New School Leadership in Digital Transformation w/ Tim Judge CEO of AgilliticsLet’s face it. Despite what many technologists think, most supply chains are not run on laptops. We know the promise that advanced supply chain technology holds…agility, velocity, scale, resilience, transparency, and better customer experience. Yet, when I talk to supply chain leaders, many have shiny object fatigue. Have we failed supply chain leaders and professionals by not adding tangible value for impact? Digital transformation isn’t just a thing that you can you can buy and plug into an organization or a switch you flip. It’s complicated and doesn’t just involve technology. Digital transformation is an ongoing pr...
2020-08-3137 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Humans & the Future of Work in Digital Transformation, Diversity For Inclusive Product Design in UI & UX, and Woman In Technology w/ Suuchi Ramesh of Suuchi Inc.This is the second part of a 2-part lightning talk series. We hear so much about AI and the convergence of tech in digital transformation. But do we know where humans add the most value, particularly in digital supply chain? According to Forbes, 2/3 of a company’s competitive edge comes from its customer experience. Consumers who have an emotional connection with a brand have a 306% higher lifetime value. Moreover 67% of consumers will pay more for a great experience. How do we create good UI and UX? The answer is inclusive design and the conduit is diversity. The reality is desig...
2020-08-2510 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Digital Supply Chain, Measuring Sustainability, Digital Transformation on Steroids, and Scaling B2B Enterprise Software w/ Suuchi Ramesh of Suuchi Inc.Supply chains power the world and companies realize planning and execution is a competitive weapon in the modern, digital economy. Advanced supply chain capabilities like agility, transparency, and visibility can support efficient, effective, and sustainable approaches that connect the digital landscape into business performance that is tangible and measurable.
In Episode 33, Suuchi Ramesh joins the SupplyChainQueen to chat about the Age of Digital and sustainable supply chain. In this episode, we explore digital supply chains and the importance of connectivity, communication, and predictive data analytics in world-class supply chains. The convergence of tech has provided many options...
2020-08-2419 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring the Future of Fashion with Supply Chain Technology, Monetizing Waste Streams and How to Turn Pollution Into Profit w/ Stephanie Benedetto, the "Queen of Raw,” MIT Solve Global Challenge Winner and Google Women Who Tech Rising StarTwo Queens talk tech! Episode 32 is PART 2 of a 2-part lightning talk series exploring Stephanie Benedetto’s journey from corporate attorney, to sustainability tech entrepreneur. She is the co-founder of the Queen of Raw solution: a B2B platform for businesses to recapture value from their wasted materials and touts an impressive list of recents awards including MIT Solve Global Challenge Winner, LVMH Innovation Award, Google Women Who Tech Fashion Group International Rising Star, and thredUP Circular Fashion Fund Recipient.
Technology and the future of fashion includes assuring brand identity and ethical supply chains with provenance. How does te...
2020-08-1314 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Fashion Supply Chains and Technology with Stephanie Benedetto, the "Queen of Raw”This is Part 1 of a 2 part lightning talk series. "Are you naked right now? You’re not…because you’re using fabric. It’s everywhere! It’s where it’s supposed to be, covering things like us, and where it’s not supposed to be.” This was the opening 10 seconds of Stephanie’s award-winning pitch to Ashton Kutcher, Sean “Diddy” Combs, & Gary Vaynerchuk in 60 seconds at the WeWork Creator Awards where she scored a grand prize of $360,000. Queen of Raw then closed a $1.5M priced seed round led by True Wealth Ventures with minority investor MIT Solve. You’ll hear it in this episode al...
2020-08-1309 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring The Business Case for Sustainable Supply Chains and Circular Economy, Ocean Plastics, and the Sea Change in Circular Products in Footwear & Apparel w/ John Holm of Pyxera GlobalThere is a misconception that sustainability and circular economy is philanthropy... that it's a project or an initiative. Circular thinking can be compared to Lean; it's a mindset, it's a space where you're able to connect a vision, a product to the individuals inside and outside your organization, across your supply chain. The truth is that there is a business case for change and the transition toward a circular world is a fiscal argument. For example, there are companies like Adidas, Nike, Puma, and Reebok doing cool things in footwear using plastic waste as a feedstock and creating new...
2020-08-0308 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Supply Chains Using Sustainable Development & SDGs To Unlock Local Leadership for Global Progress In Circular Initiatives, Women's Rights and Building an Equitable Society with ESG Leadership w/ John Holm of Pxyera GlobalThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, were adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity by 2030. It is a bold vision referred to as the 2030 agenda and includes 17 interconnected goals, and 169 targets. The SDGs also position the roadmap for sustainable supply chains. However, many argue that the vision lacks local context and has failed the global development community. In Episode 29, one of our most provocative episodes to date, we explore this topic with John...
2020-08-0212 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Supply Chain Partnerships For Sustainability, Circular Cities, Scaling Circular Economy, and Zero Plastic-Waste Communities w/ John Holm of Pyxera GlobalHelen Keller said, "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Building a better world is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation, and consensus. Circularity, like supply chain, is becoming more popular in business discussions. However, we are at an inflection point where there are no good choices in a bad system. It’s powerful because we inadvertently make decisions that are “less bad” rather than designing solutions that proactively solve wicked problems 100 years from NOW. How do we get the public, private, and social sectors to collaborate? How do make the transitions real for marginaliz...
2020-08-0211 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Supply Chain Resilience in Navigating COVID and Beyond & The Wicked Debate of Sustainability Versus Circular Economy w/ James George of the Ellen MacArthur FoundationWe are facing unprecedented social, economic, and environmental crises. We've lost many lives to COVID and as unemployment reaches new highs, businesses and supply chains must navigate a new, never normal world. The business as usual operating model of globalization versus localized/shorter supply chains, lowest price versus value, opportunity versus obligation has created the status quo. Is incremental improvement or doing things "less bad" actually helping or hurting business and our planet? How do we connect the dots and show leadership during crisis using circularity?
In Episode 27, James George from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation discusses that...
2020-07-2616 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Supply Chain Innovation & Disruptive Design: How Lego and IKEA Use Creativity, Technology & the Human Experience to Build a Circular Economy w/ James George (Ellen MacArthur Foundation)As competition intensifies, the need for creative thinking increases. It is no longer enough to do the same thing better. It’s no longer enough to be efficient and solve problems. There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. (Edward de Bono)
The concept of a circular economy is a hot topic in the midst of COVID, not only because of its positive social, environmental, financial impacts but also the assuring of supply, mitigation of raw m...
2020-07-2016 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring the Green Revolution: Climate Change and Shifts in Industry, Technology, & Supply Chain, Sources of Renewable Energy, Green ‘'Cloud" Data Centers, EVs, and Sustainable Development Goal 13 for Climate Action with Tom Raftery (SAP)Global carbon dioxide emissions have increased by nearly 50 per cent since 1990, and 2019 was the warmest year on record. Climate change touches everything we do and for the 1st time, the World Economic Forum has named climate change as a leading risk facing business and our survival. Episode 25 discusses the Green Revolution and all its glorious, wicked, complexities. Climate action requires rapid changes that must take place in four key parts of society: energy generation, land use, consumer behavior, and industry. Tom Raftery, Global VP and SAP Innovation Evangelist joins Sheri Hinish, and both have a deep-rooted passion for sustainability and...
2020-07-1332 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Diversity & Inclusion in STEM & Supply Chain for Innovation & Competitive Advantage, and Building Digital Trust in a Digital Age with Transparency & Personalization with Celia Fleishaker (PROS)This Part 2 of a 2 part series featuring Celia Fleischaker, Chief Marketing Officer at PROS, an AI-based platform that helps people and companies outperform by enabling smarter personalization in the digital economy. In this episode, we explore diversity & inclusion and dive deep into the building blocks for digital trust.
Employment in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations has grown 79% since 1990, from 9.7 million to 17.3 million, outpacing overall U.S. job growth. There’s no single standard for which jobs count as STEM, and this may contribute to a number of misperceptions about who works in STEM and the diff...
2020-07-0616 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring the AI Revolution: Bias in Artificial Intelligence in Digital Transformation, the Future of Work, the Autonomous Supply Chain, and the Power of Diversity & Inclusion with Celia Fleishaker (PROS)In Episode 23, we explore AI and how digital transformation is a driving force in business today. But do we understand AI, and how can we shift the paradigm of black box to glass box? Recent research shows that even the most well-designed AI systems can still end up with bias, per McKinsey. This is important as we think about the future of work and autonomous everything because AI can exhibit “unfairness” by accident, ultimately embedding bias like sexism, racism, ageism and other discriminatory behaviors that WE rely on for decision making to become automated at scale.
According to Genp...
2020-07-0510 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Short Supply Chains, Urban Agriculture, and the Future of Circular Cities and Food to Rethink Commercial Food SystemsImagine a world where city and suburban agriculture takes the form of backyard, roof-top and balcony gardening, community gardening in vacant lots and parks, roadside urban fringe agriculture and livestock grazing in open space. From bio-walls, to edible landscapes, and “gardens-as-a-service,” the transition to a circular economy and sustainable world includes leveraging Urban Agriculture and regenerative farming techniques.
In Episode 22 (Part 2 of the discussion), we explore the principles of regenerative agriculture in the circular transition, including the tension of going local, integrating food education in public schools, the benefits of urban agriculture and holistic design, the importance of co...
2020-06-2817 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Food Supply Chains Using Regenerative Agriculture & Integrated Permaculture to Transition Toward a Circular Economy and Circular Cities: the Techniques and Sustainability Benefits of Rethinking Commercial Food Systems"More than a mere alternative strategy, regenerative agriculture represents a fundamental shift in our culture's relationship with nature." In Episode 21 ( Part 1 of 2 ), we explore the principles of regenerative agriculture in the circular transition, including integrated permaculture which provides an environmental-social-economic framework for equity, social, and environmental justice.
The future of food and cities uses space, people, and buildings to maximize value. This episode touches on the benefits of urban agriculture and decentralized food systems for food security and sovereignty...the right of people to have healthy and culturally appropriate food produced through ecologically sound and sustainable methods...
2020-06-2717 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring E-commerce in Africa, HealthTech Start ups in Emerging Markets, Mobile to Last Mile Delivery Direct to Consumer, and Digital in Consumer-Driven Global Health Care Supply Chain at Scale (Kasha)"If we are going to see real development in the world, then our best investment is women." (Desmond Tutu) The research is clear: when a women has the ability to take control of her destiny and make informed choices there are positive ripple effects on her family, her community and her country. Women drive 70-80% of all consumer purchases, so it also makes great business sense to build a solution that focuses on women.
In Episode 20 we are joined with Joanna Bichsel, Microsoft software developer turned CEO of health tech start up Kasha, pioneering women’s e-commerce an...
2020-06-1327 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Sustainability in CPG Supply Chains with the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil including First-Mile Sustainability, Strategy Across Industry Collaboration, Procurement, Manufacturing For Traceability in ESG CriteriaIn Episode 19, we explore one of the most controversial materials in consumer packaged goods and first mile sustainability - palm oil. Palm oil is in over 50% of products on retail supermarket shelves (WWF). From Unilever, Kelloggs, PepsiCo, to other members of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Sustainability and traceability are hot topics and front of mind in many CPG Supply Chains.
Cameron Plese joins us from RSPO in one of our best discussions yet, to explore why palm oil is such an important topic. Provocative PoV on the impact of palm oil on the environment...
2020-05-2529 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring the 3 Truths of Supply Chain, Using Change Management & Emotions to Build Trust in Teams, and the Importance of Logistics and Risk Management in Supply ChainIn Episode 18, we are joined with Adebayo Adeleke who explores three truths of supply chain: 1) how emotion is an element of critical thinking, 2) hope is not a cause of action, and logistics is the oxygen that allows supply chains to function. Adebayo Adeleke has an interesting story with twists and turns in different supply chain roles that has led him all over the world. He was a soldier, supervisor, and an officer in the US Army responsible for procurement, strategic sourcing, and logistics. Post retirement, Adebayo is a sought-after consultant, speaker, leadership trainer, and podcaster who shares his passion...
2020-05-1920 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Supply Chain Resilience in COVID and beyond, Sustainability, Building Teams for Digital, Diversity and Inclusion in Teams, Reducing CO2 Emissions, and Working in the Secondary Plastics Market (Henkel)In Episode 17, we explore many relevant and progressive topics in supply chain, manufacturing and building a world-class sustainability organization. Dr. Dirk Holbach, the CSCO and SVP of Henkel Home and Laundry Care, shares his PoV on navigating supply chain disruptions in dynamic, global markets using team diversity and a strategic force for resilience. We discuss the ever-changing requirements for supply chain talent and how to build supply chain leaders. He dives deep into talent management strategy, building internal competencies in digital transformation, and the importance of purpose, diversity, broad exposure, and responsibility to encourage employee engagement and retention.
2020-05-0122 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Digital Waste in Technology and Supply Chains, the Cloud, Why Digital Waste is Dirty and the Environmental Impacts It Has in the World We ShareFor the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, Episode 16 is all about digital waste! Digital waste has grown exponentially over the last decade as the storage of data, like e-mails, pictures, audio and video files have shifted to “the cloud". Guess what…the cloud is a physical place! Each day we generate more and more data and your digital footprint requires huge amounts of server space and energy. A part of any digital footprint may be described as digital waste. We explore this concept, what it is, where it happens in supply chain and technology decisions, and how you can help. ...
2020-04-2316 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Diversity & Inclusion in STEM and Supply Chain: Why It’s Time to CANCEL THE MANEL (all male panels) and How to Embrace Diversity and Inclusion at Industry (and Virtual) EventsEpisode 15 is a provocative and timely topic for supply chain and STEM professionals around the world. As we enter conference season coupled with the transition to virtual events due to COVID19, the on-going persistence of all-male panels must stop. It’s time to cancel the MANEL! As eloquently described by Dr. Francis Collins, the diversity of bright and talented minds has come a long way and our public engagements need to catch up. Breaking up the subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) bias that is preventing women and other groups underrepresented in science from achieving their rightful place in sc...
2020-04-1527 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Talent, Teams, and Diversity in the Value Economy, Leading Millennials and Gen Z With Purpose, Making the Shift From Old School to New School Leadership, and Customer First Supply Chain with Angela Hession (Microsoft)In Episode 14, we are joined by an EPIC REBEL who is the Head of XBOX safety and longtime Microsoft Supply Chain-er Angela Hession! The Future of Work is human and driven by experiences rooted in values and purpose. This provocative drink and learn turned interview explores talent, building teams, and the importance of diversity in the Value Economy. Listen as Angela explores many topics including why putting the customer first in everything you do is the key to building great products and supply chains to admire.
In this episode, you’ll hear how to make the shift fro...
2020-04-0811 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Digital Supply Chain, Sustainable Development, Circular Economy, Renewable Energy, Digital Waste and Cloud, and Sustainability with Tom Raftery on his "Women in Supply Chain” Series (SAP Digital)In Episode 13, we are joined by global futurist and innovation evangelist Tom Raftery…and with a twist! We are featured on HIS new “Women in Supply Chain” series, where he interviews the most high profile women in supply chain, tech, and digital. This was by far one of the most interesting conversations Deborah and Sheri have to date with broad concepts like hydroelectric, digital waste and connecting corporate sustainability to supply chain amidst COVID19 pressures.
In this episode, we discuss how supply chains provide are the perfect conduit for transformation to circular and sustainable business models. We dive into...
2020-04-0121 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Customer Centricity Through the Lens of Access to Human Health as a Basic Right, How Does Supply Chain Best Serve People Who Need It the Most, and Stakeholder Engagement in Humanitarian Supply Chains (Africa Resource Center)In Episode 12, we explore thinking about supply chains outside of the box, where we can often get stuck in academic discussions. The impacts of supply chains can quickly shift to rights-based discussions. This is Part 2 of our lightning talk with Pretty Mubaiwa, PhD Public Law Candidate and UCT Regional Coordinator for the Africa Resource Center. Pretty works in disruptive supply chain to provide critical medicine, access, and care at the point of need. She specializes in international public law and women's rights.
It’s time we expand our thinking around supply chain and how it’s a power...
2020-03-2415 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Humanitarian Supply Chains, International Development, Providing Access to Medicine and Medical Care (a Timely Conversation with the CoronaVirus/COVID19) Outbreak), and a Call for Women in Supply Chain (Africa Resource Center)In Episode 11, we explore humanitarian supply chains and international development. This is Part 1 of 2 lightning talks with Pretty Mubaiwa, PhD Public Law Candidate and UCT Regional Coordinator for the Africa Resource Center. Pretty works in disruptive supply chain to provide critical medicine, access, and care at the point of need. The mantra of this organization is African led, African inspired, and to improve lives of African people.
International Development is an extremely complex environment. In many parts of the world, governments run humanitarian supply chains as a public service. Coordinating how the medicines are sourced, and working w...
2020-03-1415 minSupply Chain RevolutionSupply Chain 5.0, the New Headspace, Stewardship, Leading in Networks, Culture, Ageism, the Rise of Social Media, and Diversity in the Future of Work (Supply Chain Brief)This is Part 3 of our first webinar series with Supply Chain Brief where discuss unlocking and empowering the value of "us", of humans in the future of work in Supply Chain 5.0.
Episode 10 is packed with insights starting with FOUR themes around leadership. We discuss the ‘new headspace’, embracing global stewardship and value creation, the new M.O. needed for new school leadership, and using digital an as equalizer to distribute leadership in networks. New diversity and new impacts are discussed...sensitive topics front of mind for all workforce generations and rebels.
Provocative PoVs uncovered include: the...
2020-03-1118 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Technology in the Circular Economy including Industry 4.0, Smart Supply Chains, Intelligent Assets That Leverage Digital Twins, Industrial Symbiosis, and Stewardship in the Future of Work (Supply Chain Brief)This is Part 2 of our first webinar series with Supply Chain Brief that described the Supply Chain Revolution and how we are leaving value on the table from the perspective of materials, process, and people. In Episode 9, we explore Circular Supply Chains and the Circular Economy though the lens of technology. The shifts in business models over the next 30 years will leverage smart supply chains and Industry 4.0 to build the circular economy at scale. In this episode, we discuss the 4th Industrial revolution, technologies that enable the supply chains of the future and how the sophistication of technology like...
2020-03-0713 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring 5 Paradigms in the Supply Chain Revolution including Old-School vs. New School, Digital Workplace, Price vs. Value, and the Importance of Sustainable Development in the Digital Divide (Supply Chain Brief)Hi Rebels! We just finished our first webinar series with Supply Chain Brief that described the Supply Chain Revolution and how we are leaving value on the table from the perspective of materials, process, and people. In Episode 8, we explore the meaning of paradigm and why it’s a huge tenet in the Supply Chain Revolution. The 5 paradigms we discuss include: 1) Old-School versus New-School, 2) breaking down the 9 to 5 workplace versus how employees can engage more meaningfully at “work” and on their career path, 3) Analog versus Digital and the conscious walk (it’s not what you think), 4) Price versus Value and the...
2020-03-0313 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring the Importance of Divergent Leadership, Building Productive Supply Chain Teams, Why Authenticity Matters in Your Career, and Rebels in the Future of Work with David Warrick (Microsoft)Episode 7, Part 2 of our Lightening Talk with David Warrick, Global GM of Customer Logistics at Microsoft. In this episode, we explore principles of leadership styles and approaches, how to build productive supply chain teams, things to look for in acquiring and hiring top supply chain talent, why authenticity matters in your career, and how being a Rebel will help you succeed in supply chain, technology, and leading teams in the future of work. To learn more about David, please visit~> https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-warrick-2b617a3/ and check out Microsoft’s Intelligent Supply Chain~>https://www.microsoft.co...
2020-02-2411 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring the Cognitive Supply Chain and Trends to Watch in Retail and Demand Planning, the Importance of Data and Visibility, and Why Rebels are Critical in the Future of Work with David Warrick (Microsoft)Episode 6, Part 1 of our Lightening Talk with David Warrick, Global GM of Customer Logistics at Microsoft. The field of supply chain is growing and is much more than the traditional view of integrated purchasing, operations, and logistics. David unpacks how supply chains are evolving and how data and cognitive supply chains create an exciting time to be in supply chain, including Tim Cook’s rise to CEO of Apple. We are scientists, engineers, mathematicians, entrepreneurs, artists, and so much more!
In this episode we discuss David’s journey in supply chain (which is actually a 2nd career), why s...
2020-02-2112 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Sustainable Supply Chain & the SDGs, the Importance of Failure, How Wisdom Comes From Growth, Eradicating the World of Consultant Speak, and AI in the Future of WorkIn Episode 5, we have some fun discussing the importance of failure, why we need to eradicate the world of consultant speak (yes it’s a thing), AI in the future of work, the SDGs and why they matter in supply chain and technology. We dive into the paradigm of “wisdom from time and years experience” versus “wisdom from growth", including why disrupting change leads to professional development. We debate how to say finance and the Maryland dialect and why the Revolution may get “too hot for Linkedin”?!?Also, Deborah breaks down inventory management in Vegas and why Rebels must take risks t...
2020-02-1325 minSupply Chain RevolutionThe Shift in Supply Chain Organizations, Regenerative Sustainability, New Styles of Leadership, Influencing Change, and How Rebels Can Lead in the Revolution with Lauren Acoba (Starbucks)In Episode 4, we speak with Lauren Acoba live from Starbucks Headquarters. Lauren is a Senior Group Manager of Global Sourcing and Food Supply Chains implementing Starbucks recent regenerative sustainability goals. It’s not just about carbon-neutral, but restoring natural systems.
In Episode 4, we discuss the shift in supply chains, how transparency and consumer trends are forcing the transition from black box to glass box. We dive into the paradigm of “old school leadership” versus "new-school styles", including two examples of new-school leaders at Starbucks. Also, Lauren describes why she considers herself a rebel and how she uses influenc...
2020-02-0916 minSupply Chain RevolutionExploring Technology in the Circular Economy, AI, Circular Supply Chains at Apple, the Future of Mobility, Is Sustainability the Wrong Angle, and Why Rebels are Important in the Supply Chain Revolution with James George (Ellen MacArthur Foundation)In Episode 3, we speak with James George from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. We covered so much that we feature his discussion in a two-part series to learn more about the work he does, to dive deeper into circular concepts, supply chain transformation, network partnerships, and discuss transitioning toward a new global economy.
A challenge can be getting inspired and getting started in circular and supply chain transformation. James is passionate about the circular transition and inspiring others in new ways of thinking about supply chain, materials, and technology. He engages opportunities across industries to help organizations connect wit...
2020-02-0521 minSupply Chain RevolutionEpisode 2 - Exploring New Global Leaders in the Supply Chain Revolution and Circular Economy Fundamentals with James George (Ellen MacArthur Foundation)In Episode 2, we speak with James George from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in a two-part series. James is passionate about the circular transition and inspiring others in new ways of thinking about supply chain, materials, and technology. He engages opportunities across industries to help organizations connect with the right programs, platforms, and partners with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
This episode is all about new global leaders! It’s changing folks! James describes his journey, the types of leaders who are successful in transformation, and why rebels are essential in changing the world we share. Because we cove...
2020-02-0311 min
BUILD BUSINESS ACUMEN PODCASTSupply Chain Changes + Evolution with Sheri Hinish - AKA The SupplyChainQueen®In this episode I have been joined by Sheri Hinish "Supply Chain Queen" and she shares with me :- The Latest in Reimagined Supply Chain, Sustainability, Talent Management, and Leading Transformations. For anyone in technology, purchasing and in particular business management it is important to understand the threats and opportunities around supply chain management. These are some of the questions she answered and the value she delivered here is huge!
1) How is the supply chain changing?
2) What are the biggest challenges facing supply chain leaders?
3) What constitutes a strong innovator?
4) What are the best ways to improve supplier perf...
2019-05-2138 min
Build Business Acumen PodcastSupply Chain Changes + Evolution with Sheri Hinish - AKA The SupplyChainQueen®In this episode I have been joined by Sheri Hinish "Supply Chain Queen" and she shares with me :- The Latest in Reimagined Supply Chain, Sustainability, Talent Management, and Leading Transformations. For anyone in technology, purchasing, and business management, it is important to understand the threats and opportunities around supply chain management. These are some of the questions she answered and the value she delivered here is huge!
1) How is the supply chain changing?
2) What are the biggest challenges facing supply chain leaders?
3) What constitutes a strong innovator?
4) What are the best ways to improve supplier performance?
5) What does...
2019-05-2139 min