Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast

The awareness of the importance of international supply chains has grown in recent years, not just among the business fraternity, but more widely in the media, among politicians and ordinary citizens as well. Because of the multiple crises that we have endured such as COVID, Brexit, War in Ukraine and geopolitical tensions with China people now understand much better that it is the correct functio...

In this episode of Interlinks, I explore how the world is fragmenting geo-politically in the 2020s in quite surprising ways, and the fact that many businesses have not quite twigged the implications of this reversal in globalisation for the design and operation of the international supply chains that they depend upon to compete. I delve further into what "life after globalisation" might look like...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Fred Laluyaux President and CEO of Aera Technology. Aera is a Silicon-Valley-based Decision Intelligence company and a leader in this exciting new area. The company’s Aera Decision Cloud™ integrates with existing systems and data sources to help business with technology-enhanced decision making in real time, and at scale, so that they can achieve sustainabi...

In this episode of Interlinks I talk to Andy Bass Managing Director at BassClusker Consulting based in Sutton Coldfield near Birmingham in the English Midlands. Andy works with leaders to boost productivity and profitable growth with a key focus on using resources they have already. Helping then to find ways to exploit their Hidden Gold as he terms it. To that end he has written two book which hav...

In this episode of Interlinks I am joined again by my colleagues from the supply chain special interest group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting to discuss the issues of energy security and geopolitical change and how they are influencing the thinking of business strategists and decision makers as the look to design and configure the supply chains of the future. Joining me today are:...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Markus Flotho, Manager of Logistics Systems at Jungheinrich, Brazil Jungheinrich is a German company, as is Markus himself, known the world over for the manufacture and supply of materials handling equipment such as fork lift trucks and order pickers. Today, Jungheinrich has become a provider of total intralogistics solutions incorporating its traditional m...

In this episode of Interlinks , I am joined again by my colleagues from the supply chain special interest group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting to discuss the issue of how and why so many businesses are overlooking the fundamentals of business as we emerge from a period of turbulence characterized by pandemic war and supply chain realignments into an uncertain future. Joining me t...

In this episode of Interlinks , I talk to Richard Martin, President of Alcera Consulting located in Quebec in Canada. At Alcera Consulting Richard helps business executives seeking to exploit change, maximize opportunity, and minimize risk. Richard is also President of the Canadian Academy of Leadership and Development of Human Capital. The mission of that organisation is to bring Canadian experti...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Conor O’Geran, Lead Consultant at Pinta Consulting. Pinta are consultants who accompany their clients on a journey of discovery in strategic planning and Implementation, human resources, marketing and coaching. Pinta operate in Ireland and overseas across multiple industry sectors. Conor started in his career in the Irish Defence Forces in the 1980s as a ra...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to to Llewellyn Bowers, Information Technology Manager, Distribution and Retail at Intersport Elverys in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Elverys of course is one of the most familiar brands in Irish high-street shopping with a network of over 40 retail outlets all across the country providing sportswear and equipment including both third party and own brand good...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Niall Rock, Managing Director of Systems Limited based in Dublin, Ireland. Storage Systems provide versatile space-saving storage solutions through several worldwide brands such as Dexion and Bruynzeel storage systems for Industrial and Commercial sectors. While storage may seem like a mundane activity, these days the efficient layout, storage, handing and...

In this episode, and the next, of Interlinks we talk to Lisa Anderson and Diane Garcia of LMA Consulting Group in Los Angeles, California who are co-authors of a new book titled SIOP – Creating Predictable Revenue and EBITDA Growth. SIOP or Sales Inventory and Operations Planning is a management approach in which Lisa and Diane are expert and I look forward to finding out from them what it is, how...

In this episode, and the next, of Interlinks we talk to Lisa Anderson and Diane Garcia of LMA Consulting Group in Los Angeles, California who are co-authors of a new book titled SIOP – Creating Predictable Revenue and EBITDA Growth. SIOP or Sales Inventory and Operations Planning is a management approach in which Lisa and Diane are expert and I look forward to finding out from them what it is, how...

In this episode of Interlinks , we talk to Joe Kenny, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) in Ireland. Joe has been with CILT since 2019 and was appointed CEO last year. Joe has a career background in public transport, with both Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann followed by consultancy roles in management coaching, and the digitalisation of public transport. Under Joe’s leader...

In this episode of Interlinks I talk to Louis Perron, who is a political consultant and founder of Perron Campaigns. Louis is based in Zurich in Switzerland and works internationally having advised two presidents, a vice president, two cabinet members, five senators, three big city mayors and a former Miss Universe. During the past years, he has worked in six countries and has won more than 15 com...

In this episode of Interlinks , I'm joined again by my colleagues from the supply chain special interest group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC) to discuss some of the big issues facing businesses in 2023, namely sustainability, talent, and automation. These are three topics that when you think it through are actually very much interrelated and which figured prominently in the...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Teddy Bengtsson, the founder and director of RoundTable studio based in Jérez de la Frontera, in the Andalusia Region of southern Spain. RoundTable Studio specializes in language services for Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, which include translation, localization, and audio production services among others. RTS has two production centers - Buenos Aires, A...

In this episode of Interlinks, David Ogilvie Talks to Patrick Daly, Managing Director of Alba Consulting and winner of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting Corrie Shanahan Memorial Award for Advancing Consulting, Consultant of the Year 2022. Patrick is also your regular presenter of this Interlinks show. Alba Consulting is a boutique consultancy based in Dublin, Ireland since 2005 that wo...

In this episode of Interlinks I talk to Ellen Malfliet, Head of Marketing at Ventory, a Belgium-based software company that provides innovative SAAS or Software as a Service applications and solutions for the management of field inventory. Field inventories are notoriously difficult to manage, track and control for all kinds of businesses and organisations such as utility companies, hospitals and...

In this episode of Interlinks , I am joined again by my colleagues from the Supply Chain Special Interest Group of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting, to talk to them about how they're helping clients at this time to cope with inflation and higher interest rates, that are affecting companies operating in Europe, America, and Australia alike. My guests are: David Ogilvie, founder and pri...

In this episode of Interlinks I talk to David Ogilvie, Principal at David Ogilvie Consulting in Brisbane, Queensland in Australia. David is this 2022 winner of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting’s, Corrie Shanahan Memorial Award for Creativity and Innovation in the profession. In his work David with business clients David helps CEOs and CFOs to transform their business operations assist...

In this episode of Interlinks, we talk to Barbara Krajnc, founder and principal consultant at Aurora Borealis in Medvode, near Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. Barbara is an experienced international consultant, mentor and speaker with extensive experience in the public sector, international corporate affairs, professional associations, and general management. Barbara describes herself as being...

In this episode of Interlinks , we talk to Marc Evans, owner and principal at Marc Evans Executive Coaching. In his work Marc coaches and mentors people in leadership roles in theTech, FMCG, Legal, Advertising, IT Construction, Non-Profit and Financial Services sectors. Previously, Marc served as an Executive Director in the financial services sector at one of Ireland's largest Insurance Inte...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to to Neal Shanahan, a Dubliner who has been living and working in Spain since 1989, firstly in the cities of Oviedo and Gijon in Asturias, which lies on the northern Atlantic coast of Spain, and since the turn of the century in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia in the northeast of the country on the Mediterranean Coast. In Barcelona, Neal owns and operates...

In this episode of Interlinks we talk to Brian McGeough, Managing Director at McGeough Training Limited. Brian is a development specialist, an accredited mediator and programme facilitator who specialises in the Dialectic (Socratic) method with over 27 years of experience. His firm, McGeough Training Limited, is a boutique training and development consultancy based in Dublin, Ireland. What is uniq...