May 16, 2022
Good morning!
What can we learn from this?
You go out into the yard to clear a few large branches whose dismemberments were caused by the storms.
Only to discover hundreds of additional smaller branches not previously seen from the window.
- Boeing is moving from Chicago to Northern Virginia — what does that tell you?
- All the way from Seattle to Chicago and now to Northern Virginia. Remember when only AOL (America On Line) was on that corner of town?!
- When you eat m&m candies — if you eat them at all — to what degree are you influenced by the colours?
- Here’s one for you: Less than one percent (1%) of textiles; e.g., clothing, carpets, are being recycled currently.
- Of the remaining ninety-nine percent (99%), most of it isn’t even recyclable. ((Textile Exchange and U.S.D.A. Economics, Statistics, Market Information, 2021)
- It was enormously gratifying this past weekend to help a client take several important steps forward with a vision.
- From vision (lots of work and patience!) to a shared vision (will anyone else care?!) to the first steps of transforming that shared vision into action.
- Patience and persistence along parallel paths… and now, just keep moving forward a step at a time.
- You can’t make a right turn or a left turn if you aren’t moving forward. (Chef José Andrés)
- More from José: “The best of humanity show up to help at the places of greatest humanitarian need.”
- The shipping industry (logistics) continues to feel the effects of the COVIDs, labour shortages, and demand for goods.
- In late 2021 — six months ago data — container schedule delays doubled globally and increased sixfold (6x) for countries in the Far East and North America. (McKinsey & Co., 2022)
- And more: Seventy-four percent (74%) of merchandising leaders think supply chain dynamics will greatly impact retail sales, but…
- … only four percent (4%) of those same leaders report readiness to address that reality in the next year to year-and-a-half.
Nothing New Under the Sun
- King Solomon said it first.
- There is nothing new under the sun.
- Whether you agree or disagree, it’s something to think about — and at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter.
- When it comes to leadership and business, most of us could hear the same message ten different times and it wouldn’t resonate.
- That is, until we hear the message from the right person at the right time in the right way…
- Listening is such an underused skill, but we can get better at it if we work at it.
- Listening, really listening, might be among the most difficult skills of all — and the least practiced.
Inflation
- Macro inflation is worst in Phoenix (11%) — and best (if there is such a thing) — counterintuitively — in San Francisco (5.0%) (WSJ)
- Could that be because San Francisco already has more of it on a daily basis than almost anywhere else? Enough is enough?
- Economists, chime in, please.
- Could that be because San Francisco already has more of it on a daily basis than almost anywhere else? Enough is enough?
- “Each leader is unique, just as is each human being. The reality is that no one can be authentic by trying to be like someone else.” (George)
- Connection is the energy that exists between people when they feel seen, heard, and valued; when they can give and receive without judgment; and when they derive sustenance and strength from the relationship.,” (Brown)
- Next week, watch for it: A few insights from a futurist I learned from recently.
