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WHAT DID WE LEARN IN LONDON?


TAPA IN A CHANGING WORLD


One of the biggest challenges for all supply chain security professionals is that they have enough risk to mitigate on a day-to-day basis already without having to think about threats that might be several years away.


The world, however, can change very quickly, potentially in the time it takes to compose a Twitter message if you’re a world leader.


The thinking behind TAPA’s 20th Anniversary Global Conference was to step beyond the current day-to-day world of security and to look at changes happening around us that have the potential to not only change the way we do business but which will also present both opportunities and threats for supply chain security in the future. This begs the question, so when is the future? Is it tomorrow, next week, next month, next year, 5 or 10 years away?


One of the speakers brought in to challenge the way we think about the future was Nik Gowing, author of ‘Thinking the unthinkable’, described as a ‘new imperative for leadership in the digital age’. His message was loud and clear; the world can change in an instant. It’s not just business that’s hard to predict, it’s our changing society and our personal security too. Global leaders are facing an unprecedented level of disruption and many are floundering.


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