As geopolitical instability, economic uncertainty, and technological acceleration converge, access to Critical Raw Materials (CRMs)—the backbone of AI, energy transition, and robotics—faces unprecedented risk.
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Lessons Learned from the Trenches: How AI Will Impact the Future of Work
Join SCN co-hosts Scott W. Luton and Elaine Benfield, as they facilitate an insightful conversation with AI strategist and proven expert Vin Vashishta, CEO of V Squared.
Bridging the Gap
Our profession has a tendency to disconnect discussions about how to create high performing supply chains from how to create high performing supply chain employees and teams…
5 Crucial Things CEOs Must Know about AI
Join Scott Luton and special guest Vin Vashishta on the latest edition of Whiteboard Wisdom, presented by Supply Chain Now. In this episode, they delve into five crucial things CEOs must know about artificial intelligence…
Beyond Resilience: Capitalizing on Supply Chain Uncertainty
In this Supply Chain Now webinar, hosts Scott Luton and Kim Reuter welcome special guests John DeSarbo and Bharathi Shankar from ZS to…
From Sales Guru to Somatic Leader: Jon Berghoff’s Journey to Redefining Leadership
In this episode of Logistics with Purpose, John Berghoff, CEO of Exchange, a company dedicated to unlocking potential at scale…
Business History Classic: Bah Humbug- The Economics of Charles Dickens’ London
Get into the holiday spirit with this classic edition of This Week in Business History. Listen as Kelly Barner takes listeners back to visit an era and a place mythologized by one of the most popular Christmas stories of all time: A Christmas Carol…
This Week in Business History for May 31st: 18th Century Supply Chain Disruption- The Boston Port Act
Over the last few years, we have seen ports closed for labor strikes, COVID, and the Ever Given getting stuck sideways in the Suez Canal. Every time a port is closed, it disrupts the flow of materials for a whole region and creates hardships for vast areas and communities that count on that port to supply them with all kinds of things. But can a closed port be a…
This Week in Business History for May 24th: Transforming American Advertising with Mary Wells Lawrence
In this installment of our popular “This Week in Business History” series, host Scott W. Luton profiles a living legend in the advertising industry and global business world: Mary Wells Lawrence. We share her rise from her first role as a copywriter – – to eventually being inducted into the Hall of Fame. She would go on to create some of the most iconic advertising…
This Week in Business History for May 17th: Quality That Never Goes Out of Style- The Levi’s Story
Levis may well have been the pants that won the West, but it wasn’t the pants themselves that put Levi Strauss & Company on the map, it was the rivets that held them together under the strain of hard labor. And the rivets weren’t Strauss’ invention – that came from Jacob Davis, a tailor from Reno, Nevada, who had a great idea but not $69 for a patent. So he partnered…
This Week in Business History for May 10th: Dewey Hecht – The Intriguing Mind Behind Books on Tape
In this episode of “This Week in Business History”, host Scott W. Luton dives into the story of Duvall “Dewey” Hecht, the founder of Books on Tape – – which is only one chapter of his fascinating journey. An Olympic gold medalist, a long-haul truck driver, a Marine fighter pilot and a lot more, there are many diverse chapters of Dewey Hecht’s journey. Take a listen to learn…
This Week in Business History for May 3rd: Unions, Censorship, & Sound- The Genesis of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Is there anything more glamorous than Hollywood in the 1920s? The furs, the diamonds, the Duesenbergs, and – of course – the red carpet. But the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is more business than it is art or science. From an attempt to block censorship nationwide to the complications presented by the rise of labor unions, there was…