Luminate Platform: Built on Three Guiding Principles
This blog is co-written by Desikan Madhavanur, Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, and Chris Burchett, Corporate Vice President Product Development Who hasn’t walked into a retail store recently and found a favorite product out of stock? Transportation bottlenecks, labor and materials shortages, rising…
Microaffirmations: How Small Acts Can Build an Inclusive and Empowered Culture at Work
Note: I first learned about the concept of microaffirmations from Black creators on TikTok, especially @benjy_lookbook and @maekaewoods. Microaffirmations can be beneficial to any under-represented groups, but my intention is to share the perspective of someone in the LGBTQ+ community. Before same-sex marriage was legalized…
Don’t Procrastinate This Holiday Season
Procrastinators beware… 2021 is not your year. Heed our warning when we say — start your holiday shopping early. We aren’t being alarmists here. If you thought 2020 was filled with retail chaos due to store closures, in many ways the retail sector is struggling…
Appreciating Health
In December of 2007 I went in for a normal, annual medical check-up. I had started at a new company in August of the same year and already completed a check-up 6 months prior with my previous company, so I was considering not going. Since I…
5 Things You May Have Missed in Supply Chain News
Welcome to a new monthly series where we give you the scoop on five things you may have missed in supply chain news. You can also catch the full rundown from our LinkedIn Live video. 1. Start your holiday shopping now — no, really There’s a…
Taking Risks and Continuous Learning
Jen Cunningham shares how one of her biggest risks became a chance to be heard for the first time in her career. A naturally curious person, Jen seeks to understand those around her to identify unconscious biases and be able to empathize and embrace others’…
Say It Ain’t So — Now There’s a Coffee Supply Chain Shortage?
This blog was written by Bryant Miller, Corporate Communications, with insights from Jim Hull, Senior Industries Strategy Director at Blue Yonder I could handle the toilet paper shortage — I wanted a bidet anyway. No chicken wings? Bring on the thighs. Eighteen months to wait…
Forbes: Data Quality And AI Business Value: Iteratively Solving A Chicken-And-Egg Problem
This contributed story by Dr. Michael Feindt, strategic advisor with Blue Yonder, originally appeared in Forbes on Sept. 22, 2021. Excerpts from the story below. To see the full story Forbes.com. What came first: artificial intelligence (AI) value off the back of strong data or data…
The Art of Verbal Hygiene
Ruth Porat has been the CFO of Alphabet (the parent company of Google) since 2015. She is a role model, a glass-ceiling breaker, a change maker, a superb businesswoman. In 2016, during Alphabet’s annual stockholders meeting, one of the (male) stockholders referred to her as…
The Case of the Missing Airport Snacks
This blog was written by Bryant Miller, Corporate Communications, with insights from Shri Hariharan, VP of Industry Strategy at Blue Yonder I have a confession: I am a snacker. There isn’t a snack I’ve met that I didn’t like. And my peak snackiness is when…