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In this episode of Logistics with Purpose®, hosts Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter sit down with Tara Milburn, CEO of Ethical Swag, a Certified B Corporation transforming the promotional products industry with sustainability and purpose. Tara shares her inspiring journey from Montreal to Cape Breton and her diverse career spanning marketing, sports, and even the Vancouver 2010 Olympic bid. She opens up about the importance of family, resilience, and building a company that proves business success can align with positive impact. At Ethical Swag, Tara leads with innovation, technology, and transparency—offering eco-friendly alternatives to traditional promo products while creating meaningful work opportunities across communities. She also emphasizes the value of hiring talent based on skills, not geography, and encourages leaders to consider the social and environmental effects of their choices. Tara’s message to entrepreneurs, especially women, is clear: seek diverse perspectives, learn from setbacks, and embrace purpose-driven logistics. This is a conversation about redefining success while prioritizing people and the planet. Don’t miss this episode if you’re passionate about sustainability, entrepreneurship, and building businesses that make a difference.   This episode is hosted by Enrique Alvarez and Kristi Porter, and produced by Trisha Cordes, Joshua Miranda, and Amanda Luton.  …

The advance of human capabilities has been led by people who were able to imagine things that were not possible and then muster the willpower to build them. That requires a combination of seeing the world a bit differently and being willing to take risks and push the limits to create something new. Eric Adolphe, CEO of Forward Edge-AI, Inc., is a technology-savvy executive with over thirty years of success building high-growth firms focused on mission impact, revenue, and margin attainment, primarily in the national security sector. But he isn’t interested in technology for technology’s own sake. Instead, he believes that it has the potential to generate enormous benefits for all of humanity. In this classic Supply Chain Now episode, sponsored by Microsoft, Eric joins co-hosts Scott Luton and Kevin L. Jackson to talk about his passion for innovation and willingness to go where no man has gone before: Eric’s opportunities to work first with NASA and now with the United States Space Force Why innovators must dedicate themselves to building responsible and more inclusive AI capabilities than we have today How AI is acting as an accelerant in manufacturing, making it possible to bring designs to market faster than…