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Kuehne+Nagel’s Loom
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On July 1, 1890, in the port city of Bremen, where the Weser River runs to the sea and the dockside air smelled of cotton…
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FedEx’s Runway
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On a night in April 1973, in the city of Memphis, where the Mississippi bends and the summer air smells of barbecue smoke and jet…
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UPS’s Basement
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On ownership, belonging, and what happens when the company Jim Casey built measures its future in the people it no longer needs. On August 28,…
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The Secrets of Its Success
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Fortune published a piece this week calling C.H. Robinson an AI success story, which can be found here: https://archive.ph/jEKby. The headline said the company achieved…
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A.P. Moller’s Star
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On the constant care of a captain’s prayer, the company it built, and the cost of what was saved. In December 1883, off the west…
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J.B. Hunt’s Scroll
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On the people who etched their names in it, and the company that is erasing them.
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DHL’s Suitcase
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On the people who packed it, the company it built, and the ones being told to pack their own. In 1969, in a city where…
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The Same Playbook. The Same Shareholders. The Same People Paying the Price.
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A typhoon is heading toward Hong Kong this weekend. Good time to say what needs to be said before the signal goes up and the…
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The Most Expensive Computer Error in Freight History Wasn’t AI. It Was a Settlement Calculator.
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A trial lawyer’s view of why the most expensive computer error in freight history was not AI, but a settlement calculator that missed what juries…