Erik Lund is the Head of IoT Tracking Division (Visilion) for Sony Network Communications Europe. He drives sustainable business impact, delivering results & driving rapid growth working with Fortune 500 companies & start-ups alike. In this episode Erik gives insight to what resilient supply chains look like as well as how they can become more sustainable. He also reveals concerns Sony had with their PlayStation 5 supply chain and what measures you can take to overcome these concerns.

“Companies are starting to see competitive advantages by actually having a much more accurate and granular level of supply chain visibility.” - Erik

Timestamps:

3.32 - Discover what Sony Network Communication is

9.28 - What is the key to creating a resilient supply chain?

18.29 - Is a digital supply chain a must have?

21.48 - How can digitalisation make companies more sustainable?

30.45 - Erik on the Sony PlayStation 5 supply chains

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Connect with Erik Lund

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/erik_c_lund?lang=en

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/eclund/?originalSubdomain=se

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Andrew McKeown is the CEO of LogChain and has spent more than 20 years of his professional life in international logistics and leadership with a successful track record of delivering innovative services in challenging environments. An industry and government influencer, known for enabling innovation and tangible business growth. As the CEO of LogChain, Andrew’s objective is to grow the business to become the global leader in the provision of transformational logistics solutions across multiple sectors.

In this episode hear Andrew discuss the current state of global supply chains, issues such as smart contracts and creating independent highways of information. Also Andrew reveals something big that LogChain are bringing to the supply chain world.

“We are sending billionaires to space for fun, but we can’t send a shipping container around the world without clip boards, a fax machine and Excel” - Andrew McKeown

Timestamps:

3.36 - What is the current state of supply chains?

8.19 - Andrew on creating independent highways for information

17.35 - Andrew discusses military grade security measures for supply chains

21.30 - Find out about the last piece of the puzzle - smart contracts

27.20 - What are we tracking in supply chains?

31.52 - Big news for e-commerce providers

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Connect with Andrew McKeown

• Website link - https://www.thinkers360.com/tl/profiles/view/10935

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-mckeown-cmilt-4510382a/

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Steve Finegan is a problem solver, communicator, and collaborator. Steve has solved complex problems, across multiple disciplines, including IT security, risk management, finance, and enterprise software. Steve also has two patents in the area of risk management and in this episode, he discusses the value of data, explains the concept of software vulnerability and knowing where threats can exploit your vulnerability.

“It’s very important that an organisation understands the risk of its vulnerabilities, so they can balance their finite amount of resources.” - Steve

Timestamps:

3.10 - Find out what Steve’s patents are in

10.35 - Recognising the value of the data

13.04 - Find out what a software vulnerability is

26.58 - What are the principles in software vulnerability management?

40.25 - How do you know if there are threats that are looking to exploit your vulnerability?

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• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-finegan-72413b1/

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Brian Laung Aoaeh has spent 10 years in investment management, 8 of which were spent building a venture fund from scratch - 2 Funds, $98M of AUM, and 51 investments. Brian realized he wanted to spend the rest of his life investing in the software and internet infrastructure that will enable and facilitate innovation in global, industrial supply chains. Human activity is causing climate change and all human activity is driven by supply chains. Brian says we can’t solve the climate crisis until we refashion global, man-made supply chains so that they cause less harm to the environment. This will require a transformation of unprecedented scale. Listen as Brian shares his expertise to cover all of the pillars of this show and more.

“When you think about the biggest problems we have to solve, fundamentally they all boil down to supply chain” - Brian

6.16 - Find out why Brian is so obsessed with supply chain problems

10.36 - Brian reveals what makes Refashiond special

19.51 - What are Angel List and the Rolling Fund?

27.04 - Supply chains are more than just logistics

33.54 - Discover The World Is A Supply Chain

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Connect with Brian Laung Aoaeh

• https://mobile.twitter.com/brianlaungaoaeh/status/1184713242876284929

• Website link - https://www.refashiond.com/news

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/supplychainoptimization/

• Medium – https://brianlaungaoaeh.medium.com/

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Resources:

>>>Check out The World Is A Supply Chain - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ac2b1f196e76fc8f4c8909a/t/5ac3f03e758d466b97901b93/1522790468499/%23TNYSCM_Overview_v5.pdf

This is part 1 of a 2 parter with Shishir Lahoti. Shishir is a successful sales and marketing professional with 24+ years of managing sales & operations in media and exhibition industry. in part 1 he gives the background story to India’s drive to become self-reliant. Shishir gives an amazing account of where the concept came from to how to digitalise self-reliance and more.

A democratic India means you have the right to speak, you have the right to think, and you have the right to build something for yourself and your country” - Shahir

Timestamps:

4.07 - Shishir on the history of Global Source

9.54 - Shishir explains the meaning of self-reliant India

14.47 - How to digitalise self-reliant India

23.41 - The 5 pillars to make India self-reliant

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Connect with Shishir Lahoti

• Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/lahotishishir

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/shishir0505?lang=en

• Instagram – https://www.linkedin.com/in/shishir-lahoti-b7436912?originalSubdomain=in

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Alex Mitchell is currently the Director of Product at Kin Insurance, a 4x Product Leader and 1x Founder. Alex is also the Author of Building Digital Products and Disrupting Yourself. He enjoys helping new and aspiring Product Managers, investing in start-ups, and helping build high-performing teams. Listen as he gives insight into what artificial intelligence and venture capital are in the E-commerce world.

“You don’t have to worry an insane amount about getting everything right, but you want to have some traffic” - Alex

Timestamps:

2.17 - Alex explains artificial intelligence

4.18 - Artificial Intelligence in the media landscape

9.48 - What base measures should we have as product managers?

15.19 - What is the definition of venture capital?

24.10 - Is an E-commerce business considered a technology company?

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Connect with Alex Mitchell

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/amitch5903

• Website link - https://themodernproductmanager.com/

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmitchell15

• YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_-jZ0pji-F8mU4WTwaGegw

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Resources:

>>>Listen to Alex Mitchell’s podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-modern-product-manager/id1515851908

>>>Read Alex’s book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alex-Mitchell/e/B01AVT3TS4?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000

Sheldon Li is back for a second time; he is a visionary in the supply chain industry. Sheldon is the Cofounder and Director of multiple supply chain companies and the assumption for this episode is that we should adopt block chain technology as the supply chain payment platform in a B2B context. A topic that has long been discussed in the industry and you can hear Sheldon’s take on it right here.

“To address the problem we have to know the problem we are trying to solve” - Sheldon

3.14 - Sheldon on B2B payments across borders between stakeholders

6.45 - Is there vulnerability because of human error?

8.48 - How does Sheldon feel about Block Chain adoption?

13.45 - The ease of transactions for supply chain stakeholders

19.30 - Find out Sheldon’s concerns about the cost of transactions

25.36 - Discover The benefits of the decentralised server to a business owner

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Connect with Sheldon Li

• LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/sheldon-li-85b21a96/

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Gillian Ng is the Senior Director of Corporate Governance at the Iclif Executive Education Center at Asia School of Business. She heads the team that is responsible for the running of a host of corporate governance programs including the Financial Institutions Directors’ Education (FIDE) program, the Mandatory Accreditation Program (MAP), the Money Services Business Directors’ Education Program (MDEP) and the Shariah Leaders Education Program for shariah committee members of Islamic financial institutions. In this episode Gillian gives insight into corporate governance from a wealth of different perspectives, from inter-generational, to investment perspectives and what is coming in the future.

“One way to ensure your company has good returns is through corporate governance” - Gillian

Timestamps:

3.29 - The importance of corporate governance

7.07 - Corporate governance from an investor’s perspective

10.03 - Corporate governance in the e-commerce space

13.42 - Looking at the generations of workers in e-commerce

19.56 - How can we enhance our ethical values?

24.35 - Future trends in corporate governance

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Connect with Gillian Ng

• Website link - https://asb.edu.my/about/the-leadership-team/gillian-ng

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gillian-ng-68532b29/?originalSubdomain=my

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Resources:

The McKinsey Reports - https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/leadership/board-governance

Radhika Dutt is the author of the upcoming book Radical Product Thinking: The New Mindset for Innovating Smarter. She is an entrepreneur and product leader who has participated in four acquisitions, two of which were companies that she founded. She advises organizations from high-tech start-ups to government agencies on building radical products that create a fundamental change. In this episode Radhika explores the problems within product management, long term vs short term thinking, and the mindset you need to execute your plans within product management.

“Your product is your mechanism to create the change that you want to bring to the world” - Radhika

Timestamps:

3.11 - How and why did Radhika get into product management?

8.07 - What are the problems Radhika sees in project management?

13.54 - Taking a systematic approach and being vision driven

26.04 - Long term vs short term

34.43 - Radhika on how to translate the product vision into reality

44.38 - The mindset you need to execute your plans

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Connect with Radhika Dutt

• Twitter - https://twitter.com/radhikadutt?lang=en

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhika-dutt/

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Resources:

>>>Pre-Order Radhika’s book - Radical Product Thinking - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZNV7SW4/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk

Tan Suan See is A transformational Global Supply Chain Vice President; engaging and influencing how organizations think, grow, operate and transform their businesses via end-to-end supply chain excellence. In this episode Tan Suan See compares the new vs old mindsets within supply chains and how you can navigate towards becoming a business that you want and the supply chain is the key to achieving that.

“The new mindset has to be in adaptability” - Tan Suan See

4.46 - Why are supply chains so important?

10.21 - Tan Suan See reveals how she got amazing numbers for her clients

16.57 - Navigating your business to where you want it to be

18.09 - Old mindset vs new mindset in the supply chain industry

29.20 - The supply chain is the tool you use to transform a business

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Connect with Tan Suan See

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/suan-see-tan-28462a20/?originalSubdomain=my

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Resources:

>>>Read Tan Suan See’s book - https://www.waterstones.com/author/suan-see-tan/5030209