The growing excitement and giddy anticipation around the world is palpable.  April first is just around the corner. The one day each year when individuals and organizations alike have full license to express their sense of humor.  At Stand-Up Strategist, we have been tracking and evaluating the best corporate April...

“You’ve got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology, not the other way around.” - Steve Jobs  How very true and seemingly evident Steve Job’s observation is.  Yet today much of the conversation surrounding AI and digital transformation is about the speed and reach of...

In a thought-provoking Fast Company article this spring, Shekar Natarajan, EVP and Chief Supply Chain Officer for AEO, the parent company of American Eagle Outfitters, made the following observation: “If every retailer shared supply-chain assets, we could cut 9 trillion transportation miles a year, have 90,000 fewer trucks on the...