S04 Episode 197 | BUILDING RESILIENT, EFFICIENT + SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS AMIDST AND BEYOND COVID-19

<p class=""><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/99761/ConsciousChatter-ResilientSupplyChains-libsyn_copy.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="600" /></p> <p class="">In episode 197, Kestrel welcomes Dr. Hakan Karaosman and Professor Donna Marshall to the show. A sustainability management professional and award-winning researcher, <a href= "https://www.som.polimi.it/professor/hakan-karaosman/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Hakan</a> is also a fashion supply chain and sustainability expert at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. <a href="https://people.ucd.ie/donna.marshall" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Donna</a> is a Professor of Supply Chain Management, Head of Research, Innovation and Impact, and the Director of the Centre for Business and Society at University College Dublin.</p> <p class=""><em>The European Commission recently awarded Donna and Hakan with the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship award for their forthcoming project, FReSCH (Fashion’s Responsible Supply Chain Hub) to be conducted at University College Dublin.</em></p> <h2>“In times of uncertainty, bureaucracy doesn’t work, hierarchy doesn’t work — and we need to have these much more flat network systems, which seem to be much more innovative, much more agile — and that’s really about tearing down some of the cultures that are really embedded within the fashion industry at the moment. ”<br /> -Donna Marshall, Professor of Supply Chain Management</h2> <p class="">On this week’s show, both Hakan and Donna share more on how the fashion industry needs to work to take the ego out of the way they do business — and according to their research, this will actually be “good for business”.</p> <p class="">Donna shares more on how simple shifts in the words we are using can make significant changes — that certain words reinforce hierarchical frameworks, while others can reinforce collaboration. For example, shifting the job role name from “buyer” to “relationship manager” made a massive positive impact on one mu