Some topics never really go away. Like “the wave” in a stadium, an issue comes around… there is a lot of standing up, screaming, arm waving, then it passes by just as quickly as it came. The topic making the rounds is the current challenge to the longstanding supplier-distributor relationship model our industry is accustomed to.
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We all have our breaking points in our personal and business lives. A supplier recently did get mad at me and was not controlled in responding. The experience got me thinking about different approaches to handling business situations.
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Interesting parallels between The Five Stages of Grief and the path our industry has taken when approaching the topic of product safety and compliance.
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Change is something that many of us have a hard time with. And times they are a changing for our industry. In fact, I truly believe the way our industry operates now is fast becoming obsolete. That may sound harsh, but please hear me out.
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Lately, I’ve been pondering the changing world we live in. In reflecting on this topic, a concept one of the most forward-thinking people I know, Charley Johnson, shared a while ago came to mind.
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