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By: Amy McDougall When it comes to knee replacement surgery, ensuring the highest quality of materials used in the implant is paramount....

By: Charlie McGillis The “ State of the Space Industrial Base 2023 ” report led by Maj Gen (Ret) John Olsen recommended establishing...

I conduct informal polls when speaking publicly. I ask a series of simple questions: “How many of you trust your government? The media?...

In " Why Nations Fail , " the concept of creative destruction and innovation plays a central role in the authors' argument about the...

2020 taught us all that supply chains matter. Obvious. How to manage them with the right level of transparency - Not so obvious. Even...

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, technology standards are critical drivers of success and innovation. Business leaders...

In the intricate web of global supply chains, the establishment and sustenance of commercial trust rests firmly upon four pivotal...

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...

Some of the most widely used innovations today started with a robust architecture or layering of elements that scale. Did you make a...

We’ve entered a new era. Recent disruptions in our supply chains have illuminated the heightened need for visibility and transparency....

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...

During our upbringing, we all heard the phrase, “Don’t talk to strangers.” While this notion may fall under the umbrella of common sense,...

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...

American folklore holds that Senator Everett Dirksen once quipped: “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking real...

What links climate change, pollution, child and forced labor, and deforestation? The answer is very simple: Us. The choices we make as...

“Trust, but verify.” This Russian proverb was made famous during the 1980s when Ronald Reagan used it to describe the process of...

In 2020, COVID sent us to our rooms to think about what we’d done. Flights were grounded, factories went silent, and human activity...

Exhibit A in “Timing is Everything” is: Telemedicine. I first gained experience with Telemedicine as a North American Healthcare sector...

A paradox is when something runs contrary to one’s expectation. Familiar examples include M.C. Escher’s perspective-based drawings of...

In 2020 there were lots of scary things going on in the world, and perhaps more “transparency” is already on your radar screen as one of...