If you’re at the National Postal Forum this week, there may not be a better time to be a part of the industry’s top event.
I often think about the history of the postal system, about how change, both good and bad, seems to be happening faster now than our ability to respond to it. We’re coming to the end of the 250th year of the post office, just days after the country marks the same anniversary of independence.
It’s no coincidence. Postal history is intertwined with American history. Thanks to the dedication, vision, and hard work of countless people in dozens of professions, the post office has helped bind America together and help it grow in so many ways over the centuries.
But we shouldn’t just paint ourselves in red, white, and postal blue and focus on the past.
We know that the challenges facing the system have become even more urgent in the last few months.
At the same time, the opportunities available to us, to redefine postal delivery for the next decades’ audiences, are honestly pretty exciting. Which is why this year’s NPF theme, “Forging Bold Horizons” works as a motivation.
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