Why Transparency Matters for Resiliency in Aerospace & Defense Supply Chains
By David Rampton On January 5, 2024, a Boeing's 737 MAX 9 aircraft door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight detached mid-air, leading to a...
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Sep 253 min read
Lives Depend on a Resilient and Trusted Supply Chain
By: Charlie McGillis The “ State of the Space Industrial Base 2023 ” report led by Maj Gen (Ret) John Olsen recommended establishing...
Jun 172 min read
(Re)-Establishing Trust
I conduct informal polls when speaking publicly. I ask a series of simple questions: “How many of you trust your government? The media?...
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Inclusion, Creative Destruction, and Innovation
In " Why Nations Fail , " the concept of creative destruction and innovation plays a central role in the authors' argument about the...
Oct 8, 20232 min read
Tech Standards: The Cornerstone of Commercial Success
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, technology standards are critical drivers of success and innovation. Business leaders...
Apr 17, 20232 min read
What are we fighting for? You might be surprised by the answer.
By Jeff Gaus This post is inspired by Thomas Friedman’s most recent piece in the New York Times Opinion | America, China and a Crisis of...
Dec 22, 20213 min read
Commercial Trust™ Architecture (CTA) - Universal Data Containers
As NFTs (non-fungible tokens) become more of a buzzword, we’d like to take an opportunity to explain more about these universal data...
Dec 2, 20211 min read
When the FTC Comes Knocking...
...how will you respond? Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – whose mission it is to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair...
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Commercial Trust Architecture (CTA) - Standards
The reason we - collectively - are at peak productivity in the 21st century (pandemic aside) is because we have learned - through...
Nov 3, 20213 min read
Commercial Trust Architecture (CTA) – Technology
Some of the most widely used innovations today started with a robust architecture or layering of elements that scale. Did you make a...
Oct 21, 20212 min read
How a System of Evidence Substantiates the Supply Chain.
We’ve entered a new era. Recent disruptions in our supply chains have illuminated the heightened need for visibility and transparency....
Oct 19, 20212 min read
The 4th Software Wave is Not on Backorder
Some of you likely remember when you generated a purchase order with an actual piece of paper, a 3-part duplicate - file one in a 3 ring...
Jul 16, 20212 min read
The Verdict
The verdict: “I’m impressed as hell” Two weeks ago we launched our network and began processing transactions for our first customers....
Jul 6, 20212 min read
We are Launched
With that, we’re launched. Thursday last week, the team “threw the switch” and activated the Provenance Chain Network® (PCN) and we...
Apr 28, 20213 min read
WIIFM: Transparency and Positive Change Require Motivation
Warren Buffet’s right-hand man, Charlie Munger, famously once said, “Show me the incentive, and I’ll show you the outcome.” When it comes...
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Don't Talk to Strangers...or Buy from them Online
During our upbringing, we all heard the phrase, “Don’t talk to strangers.” While this notion may fall under the umbrella of common sense,...
Apr 6, 20213 min read
Supply Chain Resiliency & the Red Planet
It has been six weeks since the Perseverance Rover completed its 34-million-mile journey and landed on Mars. In a few days, Perseverance...
Mar 24, 20212 min read
Embrace Technology
In one of my all-time favorite videos , Nike’s co-Founder Phil Knight provides the voice over to questions that plague the footwear and...
Mar 9, 20213 min read
Consumers are the Whole Problem; And it's Not Their Fault
What links climate change, pollution, child and forced labor, and deforestation? The answer is very simple: Us. The choices we make as...
Feb 16, 20212 min read
Trust, but Verify.
“Trust, but verify.” This Russian proverb was made famous during the 1980s when Ronald Reagan used it to describe the process of...
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