The Supply Chain Dialogues - Podcast

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The Supply Chain Dialogues started in early 2023 with a simple idea: turn four decades of executive experience into structured conversations about what actually goes wrong in operations, supply chains, procurement, and corporate design — and what to do about it.

Season 1 laid the groundwork. Working with AI co-host Amy, the episodes walked through the core questions that reveal blind spots in any organisation: where value leaks, where processes break down, and where leadership gaps hide in plain sight.

Season 2 opened the door to guests. Practitioners and academics joined the conversation — on sustainability, GHG emissions, digital transformation, leadership, and the harder questions that rarely make it into management meetings.

Season 3 went deeper into sustainability and the path to Net Zero, exploring the human, organisational, and market forces that determine whether companies actually change — or just report change.

Season 4 drew directly on doctoral research into GHG emission reduction in discrete manufacturing. The findings challenged much of the conventional wisdom around regulation, measurement, and organisational size — and pointed toward what actually works.

All episodes are available on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube, with full transcripts available here.

Ep. 07: Implementing 21st-century supply chain - now
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Ep. 07: Implementing 21st-century supply chain - now

The highly improbable event coined ”black swan”, described in the 2007 bestseller of options trader and statistician Nassim Nicholas Taleb, became a herd animal that shows its black feathers in spades. We have to learn and adapt to modern global supply chains - now. AI-mee and Daniel talk about the background, the opportunities, and how to change.Enjoy!

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Ep. 06: Is operations outsourcing still a viable option today?
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Ep. 06: Is operations outsourcing still a viable option today?

Outsourcing, spin-offs, in-sourcing, reshoring, re-vitalising operations - what is the best approach towards improving customer satisfaction and the triple-bottom-line? For 30 years the answer of most boards when competitive pressure was ramping up, was either a spin-off or outsourcing to other continents. While there can be good reasons for spinning off or outsourcing parts or full operations, in the 21st century we should be relentless in assessing our tool box. Rather than grabbing the most used, shiny tool, we should understand the opportunity in our company first more thoroughly. This blog post gives this topic a bit of a spin…enjoy.

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