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A (0:00)
AI should not be necessarily a strategy in and of itself. The goal is not to implement AI first, fastest or the best. It is a enabler to what we are calling the autonomous business era and transitioning into this new era. What is your vision of the future and why you are putting AI onto certain tasks?
B (0:25)
Welcome to Supply Chain now, the number one voice of Supply chain. Join us as we share critical news, key insights and real supply chain leadership from across the globe, one conversation at a time.
C (0:37)
Hey, good morning, good afternoon, good evening wherever you may be. Scott Luton and special co host Mike Griswold with you here on Supply Chain now. Welcome to today's show. Hey Mike, how are you doing today?
D (0:47)
I'm doing well, Scott. It's as always, everyone, great to see you and I'm very excited about today's show.
C (0:54)
Me and you both. And did you hear I worked in a little bit of a promotion for you. You've been from special guest to special co host, Mike.
D (1:02)
Yeah, we'll see how that works. This, this could be my one and only special guest host opportunity. So I'm gonna try not to screw it up.
C (1:09)
Scott, I love it. I love it. Well, hey, this is of course, folks, we are continuing our longest running and one of our most popular series here, Supply Chain Today and Tomorrow with Mike Griswold, with Gartner. Mike, of course serves as vice president analyst with Gartner. And today we've got a special guest, which is probably why Mike is excited. And we're diving into a variety of topics to include how chief supply chain officers are leading their teams into the autonomous era. Plus, we're going to have some fun making pop culture infused predictions on what we might see in the global supply chain in the months ahead. So all that and much, much more. Mike, you're always ready for these discussions and I got some evidence of that in just a second. But are you ready for today's?
D (1:52)
I'm really excited that we get a chance to talk in more detail about our upcoming symposium and Lindsay's the perfect person to have on today's episode to talk about that.
C (2:01)
I agree. I look forward to meeting our special guest here in just a second. So folks, stay tuned as we walk through a outstanding discussion here today on Supply Chain Now. So before I bring on our esteemed guest, I want to recognize a couple folks that have tuned into this series. Mike, we were talking about this pre show. The first is Jay Joshi. I'm hoping I'm saying that right. Jay, who is a senior strategic sourcing specialist. Jay shared this on LinkedIn that he was listening to. Me and Mike discussed some key takeaways from a big supply chain event earlier this year. And Jay says, quote, one thing Griswold said stuck with me. The conversation in supply chain has shifted from whether AI works to what organizations actually do with the capacity it creates. That's exactly the question procurement needs to be asking itself right now. So that's one, Mike, I'm plug that with you, then I'm going to share one more and I'm gonna get your quick reaction here. So, Jay, thank you for that. And then I'm gonna switch over to Johnny Smith, who's a CMO over at Ripple. He had reached out and mentioned how he enjoys Mike's perspective on these chats. No word about mine. That's okay. I'm kidding, Johnny. I'm kidding. And Johnny mentioned how he's seen a lot of the themes and discussion points play out in their own ecosystem. So, Johnny, look forward to learning more from you there. But Mike, between Jay and Johnny, number one, it's rewarding to see folks kind of weigh in on the things we talk about. But what's your quick reaction there?
