by Amanda McDavid | Jun 16, 2023 | Viewpoints
On a recent visit to suppliers of animal health products, which had significant store front, I had the opportunity to interact with both the suppliers and some of their clients. I posed a question to both, regarding control of the purchasing decisions. It was very...
by Amanda McDavid | Jun 12, 2023 | Viewpoints
I very recently joined Brakke Consulting to help the company expand into Latin America – and this is my first Viewpoint. I know most of you are based in the US, but I would think that many of you have traveled to Brazil and perhaps know a little about Latin America’s...
by Amanda McDavid | Jun 12, 2023 | Viewpoints
H.G. Wells famously wrote, “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” Ironically, as humans, we tend to be creatures of habit, which means we’re oftentimes reluctant to changes that must occur to best adapt and adjust to our changing...
by Amanda McDavid | May 26, 2023 | Viewpoints
It’s becoming hard to avoid hearing about artificial intelligence (AI) and how every company has or will have a generative AI engine, which will cut costs and eliminate thousands and thousands of jobs. Well, to quote Yogi Berra, “It’s like déjà vu all over again.”...
by Amanda McDavid | May 19, 2023 | Viewpoints
The Society for Human Resource Management, SHRM, just posted two warnings. For the first time, productivity dropped for five consecutive quarters . Meanwhile, compensation rates reached their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis . Together, these factors...
by Amanda McDavid | May 12, 2023 | Viewpoints
Recently the French government announced a tender for securing vaccines for controlling High Pathogenic Avian Influenza in the national flock. This is critically important, in that taking this positive step to control this important disease through a much more...
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