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.
S02E14 - Planet - Ten Net-Zero Questions for Your Suppliers
Many people, believing in the success of scope 1 and 2 focus and the involvement of companies only by the power of legislation and regulation, will point out: Let our external partners do their homework as we do ours, and then, voila, we will get naturally to a net zero in scope 3.
If you belong to this group and still are interested in having your children live on a planet at least partially resembling the living conditions we have today, plus raising living conditions for our fellow brothers and sisters in Asia, India, and Africa (the other 50 plus % of the world population), this episode is for you. We put together a few questions you can pose to your largest suppliers to get a feel for where they are and whether you need to get involved with some tough love. Just test-run the questions. You will most likely have a rude awakening. Then we look at the alternative to get the job done: Trusting two major forces of the human condition: competition and greed.
Enjoy!