In this podcast our guest is procurement and supply chain expert and global thought leader, Joe Carson. Joe provides candid insights, and a comprehensive overview of critical challenges, from geopolitical shifts, navigating tariffs, fostering supply chain resilience, and embracing the transformative potential of artificial intelligence.

Previous Interviews with Joe:

Q&A

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Q1

Talk to me about your experience and background in supply chain and procurement.

2:36

Q2

I want to focus today on the globalization of supply chain and why that trend seems to be reversing today. Talk to me about that.

6:50

Q3

Give us a peek into what competition is really like when you're running a multi- national company and you have production everywhere, what are the challenges?

14:44

Q4

They might be a customer of yours. They might be your partner. I mean, I could just imagine that there's a lot of that going on. So who do you trust at that point?

16:50

Q5

There are trading blocks that are your best friends, some competing and different relationships as you do this. Is that really the case, or is this all capitalism?

19:20:

Q6

What if country “A” has a tariff on it, they might just reroute their products through another country to avoid the tariffs?

20:15

Q7

So you're chief procurement officer. You're responsible for all this stuff, and you get a call from the C-suite. Walk us through what a typical meeting would be like.

22:52

Q8

How are they going to twist your arm? What are they going to ask and demand from your team?

24:25

Q9

So whenever competition beats you out, the C-levels are going to go... “It's my supply chain! Why didn't you give me better prices?”

24:59

Q10

Why would a country use tariffs or weaponize tariffs for a trade war or any of that? What are the motivations behind those kinds of moves?

30:32

Q11

How do you prepare as a chief procurement officer and with the supply chain that you're trying to manage, how do you prepare for that?

33:33

Q12

This culture of risk management and risk awareness, what would be the elements that would make that actually work and successful?

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About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business

The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future.

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#futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

In this episode of FOBtv, our guest is Rob Tiffany, a distinguished IDC Research Director, submariner, author and inventor, as we take a compelling and insightful journey into the foundational architectures powering the next wave of artificial intelligence. In this essential episode for business and organizational leaders, we dissect the intricate world of cloud strategies, exploring the different kinds of cloud architectures designed to support Enterprise AI and Private AI applications.

Previous Interviews with Rob:

https://youtu.be/x-SHgIO6NtM?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/uqFJ6Os5Ik8?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/OlqpjLRsGfY?feature=shared

Q&A

2:15:

Let me just ask you, what are you focused on at IDC?

5:43

Q2

How do companies architect those environments ( Enterprise AI and Private AI) and why do they do that?

13:37

Q3

Do the business leaders on the board understand what they are trying to do and what they are trying to protect? How does the board look at this?

16:01

Q4

How would they think through putting an Enterprise AI system on it so that they can benefit from AI looking over their “secret sauce”?

20:00

Q5

What if you go home on a weekend and you come back Monday morning and your agents have gone and found 33,000 innovations, opportunities and more?

27:39

Kevin’s Latest Blog Post:

“Navigating Toward Human Flourishing in the Age of Acceleration”

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28:27

Q6

Are you seeing people use their data in architecture so they can have forward views into the market?

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Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict:

Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/

Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/

Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict

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About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business

The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future.

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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/

#finland #happiness #futurist

#futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy

For the eighth year running, Finland has claimed the top spot as the world’s happiest nation. But what’s behind this consistent success? In this compelling compilation, we will discover how some of Finland's most highly respected Futurists entered the futurist industry.

The Finland Formula Full Series:

Part 1 with Amos Taylor: https://youtu.be/8pYB1XFPDZE

Part 2 with Dr. Juha Mattsson: https://youtu.be/vkm9iEvx64w

Part 3 with Timo Savolainen: https://youtu.be/Tke1LOpBh80

Part 4 with Hanna Lakkala: https://youtu.be/pg5BBNaApPE

Part 5 with Dr. Sirkka Heinonen: https://youtu.be/W__2xY-tDf0

Part 6 with David Espindola: https://youtu.be/kYlX3Rotq9U

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Discover more from #FOBtv and connect with Kevin Benedict:

Kevin Benedict's Blog: https://mobileenterprisestrategies.blogspot.com/

Kevin Benedict on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinbenedict/

Kevin Benedict on X: https://x.com/krbenedict

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About the Reimagining the Future Series | The Future of Business

The Reimagining the Future Series, produced by the Future of Business team, helps our clients and partners see the combinatorial effects of science, technology, digital forces, and societal factors that are rapidly shaping our emerging future. The series provides inspiration, strategic ideas, actionable thought leadership, and guidance to better understand the transformational journey and its implications to help business leaders reimagine and position their organizations for the future.

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BLOG: https://frankdiana.net/

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/frankdiana

LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fdiana/

#finland #happiness #futurist

#futureofbusiness #reimaginingthefuture #scienceandtechnology #digitalforces #societalfactors #emergingfuture #businessstrategy #AI #advancedlinguistics #covid19 #pandemic #postpandemicstrategy