December 29, 2022
Real World Advice from a Life Well-Lived
We all have advice from a trusted source that we carry with us everywhere and always. For Dial P host…
December 22, 2022
Dial P Updated Classic: Social Mission v. Business Fundamentals
On June 2nd, Dial P released an episode explaining how Unilever CEO Alan Jope may have been 'losing the plot'…
December 15, 2022
2022 Procurement & Supply Chain News in Review
2022 was a wild year… The speed and complexity of the world seem to keep increasing. The news stories that…
December 8, 2022
Speculating About the Future of Taiwan
The world is so complicated today… we could play the ‘what if’ game all day long. What if the railroad…
November 24, 2022
Dial P Updated Classic: The Baby Formula Crisis
Some of the stories Dial P covers during the year are so big, impactful, and educational, that they warrant revisiting…
November 17, 2022
Winter is Coming: Trouble in the Energy Supply Chain
Energy costs are surging, partially because of a lack of supply and partially about the constraints placed on the movement…
November 10, 2022
Tracking Recent Layoffs: It’s Getting Bad Out There
Last week’s business news was all Twitter all the time. With Elon Musk as the new owner of the company,…
November 3, 2022
NATO Discovers a Classic Strategic Sourcing Dilemma
NATO was formed in 1949, in the aftermath of World War II, to ensure peace in Europe. Under article 5…
October 27, 2022
The Downside of Supplier Diversity at McDonald’s
There’s a reason that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and there are many examples of this…