Welcome to the 115th edition of The LogTech Letter, and the first of 2023!. TLL is a weekly look at the impact technology is having on the world of global and domestic logistics. The last time I sent out a newsletter was…well it was a long time ago. Let’s just leave it at that. The reality of prepping in January and early February for TPMTech and TPM23 (my company’s biggest event of the year) meant something had to be sacrificed. So a temporary hiatus turned into a longer hiatus. But The LogTech Letter is back and I’m super excited.
Loved the contribution from Jonathan Kempe in this letter primarily for the lyrical writing style. Although it was fun to read along with, it left a curiously empty sensation when I was done. Jonathan exhorts us to tune out the noise, focus on the 'right' things and ignore the unimportant ones in our supply chain operations. Which is, of course, the basic formula for success--or at least sanity--in virtually every aspect of life. How do we know we are focusing on the 'right' things, and not merely doubling down on a pattern of behavior with inconsistent or even diminishing returns? How do we distinguish between noise and real patterns?
Tell us how to cope with the bad decisions or the unexpectedly negative outcomes we are all sure to experience, overcome the mental blow of an executional failure, and either learn fast or recover swiftly and keep moving on.
Loved the contribution from Jonathan Kempe in this letter primarily for the lyrical writing style. Although it was fun to read along with, it left a curiously empty sensation when I was done. Jonathan exhorts us to tune out the noise, focus on the 'right' things and ignore the unimportant ones in our supply chain operations. Which is, of course, the basic formula for success--or at least sanity--in virtually every aspect of life. How do we know we are focusing on the 'right' things, and not merely doubling down on a pattern of behavior with inconsistent or even diminishing returns? How do we distinguish between noise and real patterns?
Tell us how to cope with the bad decisions or the unexpectedly negative outcomes we are all sure to experience, overcome the mental blow of an executional failure, and either learn fast or recover swiftly and keep moving on.