For our June episode, co-hosts Ted Stank and Tom Goldsby speak with University of Tennessee colleagues Joe Buckley executive education director for supply chain management, and Dan Pellathy, assistant professor of practice for SCM.

Buckley, who spent three decades in industry (including seven years as director of materials management and transportation for the Tennessee Valley Authority), is the mastermind behind UT’s highly acclaimed virtual learning academies. After the success of the Leadership and Finance academies, he and Pellathy collaborated on the Planning academy launching Fall 2024 and are working on a Procurement academy for 2025. More than 1,500 students, ranging from managers to VPs, across every industry have participated since the first Leadership academy was launched three years ago.

In this conversation, they discuss talent development efforts, the mid-level manager crunch, pairing hard- and soft-skill development for emerging leaders, delivering education flexibly and in digestible forms for busy professionals, and more.

Ted and Tom also talk about the reopening of the Port of Baltimore, the Container Port Performance Index Global Ranking of Container Ports, labor scarcity and automation, and more.

The episode was recorded virtually on June 11, 2024.

Related links:

• Baltimore’s busy port fully reopens after bridge collapse
• The Port of Charleston (53) is the top U.S.-ranked port, ahead of Philadelphia (55), Miami (74), and Boston (75), in CPPI’s 2023 rankings
• Potential strikes at East Coast and Gulf ports threaten further disruption
• Sudden container crunch sends ocean freight rates soaring
• Understanding America’s labor shortage: state-by-state analysis
• Tom Goldsby on the Dynamo Future of Supply Chain podcast discussing the complexities of global trade and logistics
• Learn more about SCM Talent Development programs at UT
• Download (free) Dan Pellathy’s white paper on supply chain planning talent development and leadership
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