about Supply Chain talent development. For years we have been writing about the war on talent for Supply Chain organizations. It has been on the top ten list of CPOs and Chief Supply Chain Officers for years. If you think the talent shortage is bad now, just wait…
Sorry, sports fans, we are NOT going to talk about Football today. What I am going to write about is the rising inventory levels and significant supply chain issues that are troubling Macy’s and other major retailers as we enter the holiday shopping season. When I think about…
I heard this story last week on NPR (more about that later) and it made me think of an exercise we put our decision making classes through. It goes like this: Group A gets this question: You are in a store about to buy a sweater which will cost $70.…
Well, here I sit the morning after the Chicago Cubs victory over the Pittsburg Pirates (sorry Pirate’s fans 🙁 ) in the wildcard game and I can think of little else. I come from a long line of Cubs fans (my grandfathers, uncles, my Dad, three brothers, my…
Yesterday’s Management Tip of the Day from Harvard Business Review and the article it was derived from stated “Research has found that learning agility – the ability to grow and to use new strategies – is a good indicator of whether someone can be a high performer”. This…
