Longitudes Radio
35 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsUPS’s Longitudes Radio takes you on the path to the future with industry leaders and influencers, authors and startup innovators chiseling away at the next big idea. Conversations dig into trending topics, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain, as well as game-changing developments in e-commerce, sustainability, trade and logistics that are reshaping the global economy and the way we'll live in the world of tomorrow.
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How Business Can Redefine the American Dream
September 01, 2020 20:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBWe’re closing out our three-part podcast series exploring the Black business landscape by going back to the beginning — the founding of the United States — and examining a not-so-simple challenge: How do we rewire the American Dream for Black people? To answer that question, we welcome Nat Irvin, Assistant Dean of Thought Leadership and Civic Engagement at the University of Louisville, to Longitudes Radio. Irvin argues that business is uniquely suited to dismantle systematic racism and fuel...
What Can a Doll Teach Us About Black Business?
August 19, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBWhen Yelitsa Jean-Charles was a young girl, she didn’t see any dolls that looked like her. In fact, when her parents tried to give her a non-white doll, she cried because it wasn’t “the pretty one.” She didn’t know it yet, but in that moment, a business was born. Today Yelitsa is the founder of Healthy Roots Dolls, a toy company that creates dolls and storybooks to empower young girls and showcase the beauty of our diversity. In this episode of Longitudes Radio, part two in a three-part se...
What Can a Doll Teach Us About Black Business?
August 19, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBWhen Yelitsa Jean-Charles was a young girl, she didn’t see any dolls that looked like her. In fact, when her parents tried to give her a non-white doll, she cried because it wasn’t “the pretty one.” She didn’t know it yet, but in that moment, a business was born. Today Yelitsa is the founder of Healthy Roots Dolls, a toy company that creates dolls and storybooks to empower young girls and showcase the beauty of our diversity. In this episode of Longitudes Radio, part two in a three-part se...
Black Business and Transportation Equity
August 11, 2020 16:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBWhether at the local or federal level, Anthony Foxx knows perhaps better than anybody how transportation can forever transform a community — for better or worse. As U.S. Secretary of Transportation for President Barack Obama and the former mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, Foxx strived to modernize the American transportation landscape, recognizing how such an agenda could serve as a great equalizer for communities of color. “There’s a reason why we use the phrase ‘other side of the t...
Adaptive Tenacity and Small Business Resiliency amid Coronavirus
April 29, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBConnie Matisse had all kinds of plans for her business. Then coronavirus hit. Like many entrepreneurs grappling with how to move forward during a global pandemic, the co-founder and chief marketing officer of East Fork faced a simple yet scary question: What’s next? In this episode of Longitudes Radio, Matisse takes us behind the scenes of her Asheville, North Carolina-based pottery company, explaining exactly how the company switched gears to get ahead of the coronavirus crisis. It all be...
Adaptive Tenacity and Small Business Resiliency amid Coronavirus
April 29, 2020 16:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBConnie Matisse had all kinds of plans for her business. Then coronavirus hit. Like many entrepreneurs grappling with how to move forward during a global pandemic, the co-founder and chief marketing officer of East Fork faced a simple yet scary question: What’s next? In this episode of Longitudes Radio, Matisse takes us behind the scenes of her Asheville, North Carolina-based pottery company, explaining exactly how the company switched gears to get ahead of the coronavirus crisis. It all be...
Healthcare logistics in the age of coronavirus
March 27, 2020 16:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MBThe coronavirus pandemic is changing daily life as we know it. Society at large is grappling with how we live and work during a time when the only certainty is more uncertainty. Behind the scenes, however, transportation and logistics workers move the healthcare supplies and medicines needed to fuel an effective response to a global problem. Two experts with decades of healthcare logistics experience between them — UPS Healthcare President Wes Wheeler and Rob Feeney, CEO of Medvantx, a ho...
The Reality of Duality
February 25, 2020 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBMost of us don’t have just a single face. We have many different faces for different people and different environments. But when we talk about diversity and inclusion in the corporate space, a common sentiment goes something like this: Bring your authentic self to work. But really, who does that? Nobody — at least not in those simplistic terms — argues UPS Executive Communications Manager Janet Stovall, chief speechwriter for CEO David Abney. Stovall moderated a recent panel discussio...
Back to the Moon — and then to Mars?
October 08, 2019 20:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MBUPS knows a thing or two about logistics. We fuel the movement of goods between every corner of the world, as our Smart Logistics Network helps us reimagine the role of the delivery provider in more than 220 countries and territories around the globe every day. But what if you had to send goods — and people — to the Moon? Or even Mars? Our guest on Longitudes Radio today has the answers to those questions, which are moving from the world of science fiction to the real world.
Quality, style and respect for all women
October 02, 2019 19:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBThis small business owner is shattering outdated perceptions of “beauty.” She’s also showcasing the business value of “revolutionary inclusivity.”
Curiously Awesome
July 15, 2019 19:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBTwo-foot-long gummy worms, the world’s spiciest lollipop and the largest stress ball you’ll ever see. Those products sound more like the brainchild of well, a child, than the foundation for a thriving small business. However, the Vat19 story and its founder, Jamie Salvatori, are different. And we had to see for ourselves their formula for success. That’s why UPS Vice President of Global Marketing Chris Byrne traveled to the Vat19 headquarters in St. Louis to unpack how Vat19 is thriving i...
Living Longer and Better
March 12, 2019 03:00 - 16 minutes - 7.6 MBInvent life tomorrow. That’s the central mission for Joe Coughlin of MIT’s AgeLab, who says we all need to rethink everything about how to serve adults living longer and longer. Nowhere is this calling more pressing than in healthcare, where people are reimagining the “doctor’s office,” increasingly turning to care from the comfort of their own home and getting tested before they get sick. At the same time, the global outsourced healthcare logistics market will grow to $102 billion by 202...
Redefining Healthcare: What Is Old?
March 11, 2019 02:00 - 23 minutes - 11 MBAs people around the world live longer and healthier lives, how will companies adjust their strategies to delight aging customers who carry more purchasing power than ever before? Not enough business leaders have the answer to that question, argues Joe Coughlin, Director of MIT’s AgeLab, a multidisciplinary research program that works to improve the quality of life for older people and those who care for them. In a two-part conversation, Coughlin examines the ripple effects of a global soc...
Henry Kissinger’s Forecast on Global Headwinds
January 17, 2019 04:00 - 15 minutes - 6.94 MBWe’re living in uncertain times. From Brexit to the rise of populism around the world, many are wondering what’s next for global institutions as we know them. What about the state of free trade and transatlantic cooperation? Where does Asia fit into the equation? And how do we account for technologies like artificial intelligence? Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger knows a thing or two about the consequences of uncertainty. As the top U.S. diplomat under Presidents Richard Nixon an...
Becoming a Business Chameleon
December 18, 2018 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.57 MBHow we do business today isn’t how we’ll do business even a year from now. As a result of this whirlwind disruption, adaptability has become the most valuable currency in the world of business. Put another way: Successful leaders must think and act like a chameleon. In this episode of Longitudes Radio, a trio of industry experts chat with the BBC’s Samantha Simmonds about the importance of adaptive leadership and explore the most consequential changes rippling up and down global supply cha...
The Long Game
November 15, 2018 04:00 - 17 minutes - 8.18 MBAs Tim Brown sees it, the great problem for organizations today is they struggle to think far enough into the future. That’s because they don’t have the ecosystem or the people in place to anticipate where the world is heading. But the CEO and President of IDEO is bringing together leaders from different backgrounds, industries and life experiences to tackle our greatest challenges. Whether it’s the circular economy, urban mobility or healthcare – or enabling technologies like Artificial ...
Finding Your Creative Confidence
November 05, 2018 05:00 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MBWhen you hear the name Tim Brown (not the football player), the words design thinking are likely to follow. As a leading influencer of the design thinking movement, Tim encourages companies to solve problems primarily through the lens of what people need. In other words, Tim wants us all to think more like designers. In this episode of Longitudes Radio, kicking off a two-part series, the CEO and President of IDEO argues that big ideas aren’t the exclusive domain of “creative” types, saying...
Richard Branson Dreams of a New Day for Transportation
September 09, 2018 04:00 - 12 minutes - 5.74 MBRichard Branson jokes that he rarely says no to much of anything, which has earned him the nickname Doctor Yes among his peers. Perhaps that explains the ocean-spanning hot air balloon rides and kitesurfing across the English Channel – or as he calls it, his “insatiable interest in life.”The founder of the Virgin Group says such a mindset fueled his well-known success in the airline and music businesses, among other ventures, as well as his philanthropy around the world. It’s also the driving...
Nirvana in 3D
June 17, 2018 04:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBAdditive manufacturing will forever shift the concept of supply and demand, moving businesses and consumers from a mindset of “best fit” to “my fit.” UPS’s Alan Amling and Fast Radius founder Rick Smith explain why 3D printing is nothing short of nirvana for businesses plagued by mounting warehouse inventories and profit-draining inefficiencies.They imagine a world where we can make whatever we want whenever we want it.
Passion Alone Is Not Enough
April 29, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 15.8 MBStarting your own business is hard – no, it’s really hard.Just ask the millions of aspiring small business owners whose “big idea” never made headway in the real world. It’s not that these entrepreneurs didn’t care or work hard enough, argues Gene Marks, a columnist, author and small business owner who writes for The Washington Post, Forbes, Entrepreneur.com and other publications.It’s that they didn’t realize what it would really take to get their business off the ground and running.In the l...
Passion Alone Is Not Enough
April 29, 2018 04:00 - 34 minutes - 16.3 MBStarting your own business is hard – no, it’s really hard. Just ask the millions of aspiring small business owners whose “big idea” never made headway in the real world. It’s not that these entrepreneurs didn’t care or work hard enough, argues Gene Marks, a columnist, author and small business owner who writes for The Washington Post, Forbes, Entrepreneur.com and other publications. It’s that they didn’t realize what it would really take to get their business off the ground and running. I...
Making Sense of Online Retail
December 22, 2017 05:00 - 16 minutes - 7.77 MBIf you’re in the retail business, you’ve probably heard of Martin Newman. He’s founder and chairman of Practicology, a multi-channel and e-commerce consultancy group in the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong. Whether it’s an issue with technology or design or a question about deploying data against the backdrop of choppy retail waters, Martin’s 30 years of experience helps businesses take their strategy to the next level. If you’re wondering about the creative ways retailers are approach...
You Want to Return That Bad Gift ... What’s Next?
December 17, 2017 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13 MBToday’s online shopper wants what they want when they want it. But they also want to return whatever they want whenever they want. The problem? Too many companies focus on that first reality while ignoring the latter challenge, Toby Moore, co-founder and CEO of Optoro, argues. In this episode, the leader of the reverse logistics company explains how an innovative returns approach creates return customers. Consumers today want to return any item – no questions asked. But we have plenty of ques...
Moving Urban Logistics Forward, Part III
December 12, 2017 05:00 - 35 minutes - 16.1 MBThere are essentially two avenues to pursue in addressing logistic and transportation issues facing cities of the future. Build a better mousetrap - do what you do, but only better - or look for a totally different approach. Wrapping up our three-part series on urban logistics, Thomas Madrecki, director of urban logistics and mobility at UPS and Peter Harris, director of sustainability for UPS Europe talk about this balance between efficiency and self-disruption, and what it's starting to loo...
Moving Urban Logistics Forward: Part II
December 05, 2017 05:00 - 26 minutes - 12.1 MBAs the director of the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab, Matthias Winkenbach has cities on the brain. Whether it’s urban logistics, last-mile delivery, infrastructure design or data analytics, Matthias is at the center of the next wave of solutions to the urbanization movement. In the second episode of a three-part series, Matthias provides a ground-level look at the most exciting innovations surrounding city delivery. How is urban density both a cure and curse for sustainable urban logistics? What...
Moving Urban Logistics Forward: Part I
November 28, 2017 05:00 - 25 minutes - 11.7 MBUrbanization is arguably the defining challenge for how people will live and work in the world of tomorrow. With two-thirds of the global population expected to live in cities by 2050, the need for efficient and sustainable logistics has never been greater. That’s why we’re launching a three-part series on how forward-looking businesses, academic institutions and sustainability leaders are reimagining the movement of goods in urban spaces. In the first episode, we chat with John Davies, vice ...
Crystal Clear on Retail
November 19, 2017 05:00 - 28 minutes - 13.2 MBUdayan Bose might be hiding a crystal ball somewhere. That’s because his projections of online holiday shopping are always the best in the business – almost too close to what actually happens. Ahead of Black Friday and the kickoff of retail’s busiest season, Longitudes sat down with Bose, founder and CEO of NetElixir, a search marketing agency that partners with companies like UPS to better understand the future of shopping. What is the biggest story in retail for 2017? What can online search...
Navigating the Next Renaissance
November 12, 2017 05:00 - 13 minutes - 6.05 MBIan Goldin believes we’re on the verge of a New Renaissance that will redefine how we live, how we work and how we interact with each other. The respected scholar and author of more than 20 books is an ardent defender of globalization, but he cautions that we must pursue a more inclusive global system. In this new era of discovery and disruption, how can we leave fewer people behind? How can we better shape urbanization? And why does he believe we’re at a crossroads that will forever shape so...
Building the Blockchain Ecosystem
November 05, 2017 04:00 - 22 minutes - 10.6 MBBarry Silbert has a simple goal: to build a better financial system. Silbert, the founder of Digital Currency Group, believes that blockchain will help build that better system. In this episode, Silbert discusses the blurring of physical and digital money and what this transformation means for consumers around the globe. He argues that blockchain will change more than just the future of money. It will make global trade more seamless, expand financial opportunity and even make us safer.
TED Talks: What Makes a Good Public Speaker?
October 29, 2017 04:00 - 22 minutes - 10.3 MBBryn Freedman believes everyone has a story to tell, and as lead curator for the TED Institute, it’s her job to provide the tools speakers need to tell their stories with passion and authenticity. In this episode, Bryn shares some of the TED tricks of the trade. What is the TED selection process really like? How do TED speakers get rid of the dreaded, pre-talk jitters? And why partner with UPS?
Network of the Future, Part IV: Big Data
October 22, 2017 04:00 - 15 minutes - 7.32 MBJohn Dodero was working with big data before we even called it big data. So the UPS vice president of industrial engineering is the perfect guest to wrap up our Network of the Future series. John will take us behind the scenes of the journey of the package – through each and every package scan from origin to destination. How do we use this treasure trove of data to plan for a rapidly changing future? And why should UPS customers care about this quest for better information?
Network of the Future, Part III: The Startup Mindset
October 15, 2017 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.9 MBRimas Kapeskas manages the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, a corporate venture capital group always on the lookout for the next big idea. Rimas is a firm believer in the startup mindset, an outlook that embraces new thinking, calculated risk-taking and inventive partnerships. In this episode, Rimas addresses the difference between corporate venture capital and institutional venture capital, challenges big companies to make room for innovation and explains how this philosophy is powering the Ne...
Network of the Future, Part II: Analytics
October 08, 2017 04:00 - 23 minutes - 10.6 MBSome companies are good at using data to tell them what’s already happened. Others tap into data to predict what might happen next. But what if you could harness data for true clairvoyance – the ability to act on a problem before it even exists? Jack Levis was part of the team that designed ORION, UPS software that helps our drivers select the most efficient delivery route in a given day. Jack walks us through the big data revolution and what it means for the Network of the Future.
Network of the Future, Part I: Artificial Intelligence
October 02, 2017 04:00 - 31 minutes - 14.5 MBDerek Banta, UPS director of mobile and digital engagement, and Katie Duffy, a solutions architect behind UPS’s chatbot, join hosts Brian Hughes and James Rowe to discuss how artificial intelligence will help build the Network of the Future. Why talk to a machine instead of a human? Will it soon be impossible to tell the difference? And what does the rise of AI mean for the logistics industry? Join us for the launch of a four-part series on all the futuristic ways UPS will move goods – at unp...
Introducing Longitudes Radio
August 18, 2017 04:00 - 4 minutes - 1.93 MBWhat will the future look like and how could it affect your life? Hosts Brian Hughes and James Rowe have a pretty good idea, or at least they know the industry leaders and innovators who have a clearer picture. In this kickoff episode, they will discuss the big ideas coming to Longitudes Radio. Subscribe so you never miss an episode.