Q . IS TECHNOLOGY ALWAYS A GOOD THING ?
» No , of course not . It ' s like any tool , it ' s like a knife . You can use a knife to butter bread , or you can use it to stab people . It ’ s the same with technology . As long as it ' s used for what it ' s developed for , then it does good . In the context of supply chains , if you think back to how things were pre-pandemic , supply chain tech was optimised by lowest cost , which meant supply chains were fragile , because there was no form of backup in place . Inventories were bare minimum .
So then when the supply chain was disrupted , they broke down . The takehome lesson for organisations was that supply chains need to be more resilient .
Q . WHO INSPIRES YOU , PROFESSIONALLY ?
» I ' ve been asked this before and I never know how to answer it , because everyone is fallible . Take Elon Musk . He has achieved some incredible things , but then his attitude to unions is , shall we say , unfortunate . And I feel his stance on cryptocurrencies is cavalier . That ’ s just one example of a notable person who ’ s fallible . I could give you many .
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