Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast

In this episode of Interlinks, I talk to Richard Martin, President of Alcera Consulting located in Quebec in Canada. At Alcera Consulting Richard helps business executives seeking to exploit change, maximize opportunity, and minimize risk. Richard is also President of the Canadian Academy of Leadership and Development of Human Capital.The mission of that organisation is to bring Canadian expertise and know-how in leadership and development of human capital to leaders and executives of developing nations around the world.Richard’s activities at both Alcera and Canlead are founded on his over 20 years of experience as an infantry officer in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1980, including operational command in Bosnia and staff appointments in Kuwait, the national headquarters, and the Directorate of Army Training.In this conversation, we discuss leading in the field in the military, the transition to civilian life and business, French-Canadian identity and what is going on in the world in terms of the absence of normality and the impact on businesses.

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Conor O’Geran, Lead Consultant at Pinta Consulting.Pinta are consultants who accompany their clients on a journey of discovery in strategic planning and Implementation, human resources, marketing and coaching. Pinta operate in Ireland and overseas across multiple industry sectors.Conor started in his career in the Irish Defence Forces in the 1980s as a radio and radar technician. He left the Defence Forces in the late 1990s with the rank of Petty Officer followed by a career in business in the tech and pharma sectors and joined Pinta Consulting just over a year ago.In this conversation, Conor and I explore the areas of learning, reinvention and dealing with setbacks and changing circumstances.

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to to Llewellyn Bowers, Information Technology Manager, Distribution and Retail at Intersport Elverys in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland.Elverys of course is one of the most familiar brands in Irish high-street shopping with a network of over 40 retail outlets all across the country providing sportswear and equipment including both third party and own brand goods.The company was founded in 1847 and is Ireland’s oldest sports retailer. Today, as well as traditional retailing Elverys is now a major player in e-commerce which grew strongly during the pandemic and continues to grow as the business looks to the future. Llewellyn, a native of Durban, South Africa, has made his home in Ireland since 2017 and has been involved in several ground-breaking automation implementations in Ireland during that time.Llewellyn has a very interesting view on how companies should identify those competences that are critical to their success, and control them internally, particularly in the field of information technology. this is crucially important in order to exercise strategic control during a crisis such as a pandemic or indeed a severe supply chain interruption for whatever reason.

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Niall Rock, Managing Director of Systems Limited based in Dublin, Ireland.Storage Systems provide versatile space-saving storage solutions through several worldwide brands such as Dexion and Bruynzeel storage systems for Industrial and Commercial sectors.While storage may seem like a mundane activity, these days the efficient layout, storage, handing and movement of inventory in the warehouses and distribution centres of manufacturers, distributors and logistics services companies is a high-value add activity and a key link in the global supply chains that support the standard of living that we have all become accustomed to.In this conversation we discuss how professional warehouse design has become an ever more important capability in Ireland over recent decades as the country has developed into being a critical node in the global supply chains of the multinational manufacturers.

In this episode, and the next, of Interlinks we talk to Lisa Anderson and Diane Garcia of LMA Consulting Group in Los Angeles, California who are co-authors of a new book titled SIOP – Creating Predictable Revenue and EBITDA Growth.SIOP or Sales Inventory and Operations Planning is a management approach in which Lisa and Diane are expert and I look forward to finding out from them what it is, how it works, what its benefits are and what the pitfalls are to avoid in its implementation.Between them Lisa and Diane have many years experience helping their clients to develop, set up and implement SIOP across multiple sectors. This is Part 1 of a two-part series discussion SIOP with Lisa and Diane.

In this episode of Interlinks, we talk to Joe Kenny, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) in Ireland.Joe has been with CILT since 2019 and was appointed CEO last year. Joe has a career background in public transport, with both Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann followed by consultancy roles in management coaching, and the digitalisation of public transport.Under Joe’s leadership CILT will be hosting the Mobility and Supply Chain Summit at the Royal Marine on 28th and 29th March.This significant event will bring together experts, practitioners and academics form the worlds of Supply Chain and Logistics to discuss and debate the developments and trends in the industry, at a moment of enormous change and upheaval in the global supply chains of which Ireland in a key element.Joe fills us in on all the details the details of the event in this episode.

In this episode of Interlinks I talk to Louis Perron, who is a political consultant and founder of Perron Campaigns.Louis is based in Zurich in Switzerland and works internationally having advised two presidents, a vice president, two cabinet members, five senators, three big city mayors and a former Miss Universe.During the past years, he has worked in six countries and has won more than 15 competitive election campaigns, including three nationwide elections.

In this episode of Interlinks, I'm joined again by my colleagues from the supply chain special interest group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) to discuss some of the big issues facing businesses in 2023, namely sustainability, talent, and automation.These are three topics that when you think it through are actually very much interrelated and which figured prominently in the recently published PwC 26th Annual Global CEO Survey as hot topics for 2023.Given that almost 40% of the CEOs surveyed globally believe that if their businesses continue on the path they are on now, then they will become economically inviable within 10 years, these are strategic issues that really require some deep consideration very soon indeed.To discuss these issues on Interlinks I am joined by:David Ogilvie, founder and principal at David Ogilvie Associates in Brisbane, Australia.Diane Garcia, founder and president of Lorraine Consulting in Phoenix, ArizonaLisa Anderson, president of LMA Consulting Group in Los Angeles, California