I recently sat through a ninety-minute “strategy alignment” meeting where a logistics director tried to justify a six-figure subscription to a specialized risk management suite. He spent forty minutes clicking … Read more
Author: Idris Haverkamp
A tool cannot fix a process you have not written down. I start with the process.
Shared Credentials Without a Spreadsheet
I spent forty minutes yesterday watching a logistics manager try to explain why his department needed a premium enterprise security suite. He didn’t have a clue. He was just looking … Read more
Testing an Export Before You Need It
I spent three hours last Tuesday watching a logistics manager stare at a spinning loading icon, praying for a CSV file that never came. He thought he could just figure … Read more
An Expense Process That Takes Two Minutes
I spent forty minutes yesterday watching a warehouse manager try to “streamline” his reimbursements by purchasing a premium SaaS subscription. He was throwing money at a digital band-aid while his … Read more
Finding Out Which Country Your Data Is in
I spent forty minutes yesterday listening to a CTO explain why they needed a six-figure AI-driven discovery engine just to figure out how to check where data is stored. It … Read more
Capturing an Idea Before It Is Gone
I spent three hours last Tuesday watching a logistics manager attempt to “optimize” his workflow by migrating his entire team to a premium, AI-driven note-taking suite. It was a total … Read more
A Remote One to One With Real Content
I spent forty minutes this morning watching a mid-sized logistics manager try to “optimize” his team engagement by purchasing a premium subscription to a specialized feedback platform. He was looking … Read more
A Kickoff That Surfaces the Risks
I spent forty-five minutes in a conference room last Tuesday watching a project manager struggle to explain how to run a project kickoff using a flashy, $50-a-month Gantt chart plugin. … Read more
Charging for the Extra Work
I spent forty-five minutes this morning watching a project manager try to explain why a “minor adjustment” to a logistics workflow just blew their budget by 20%. They were staring … Read more
The Dpa Nobody Reads
I spent forty minutes yesterday watching a mid-sized logistics director try to explain why his team needed a six-figure compliance suite to manage their vendor contracts. He was looking for … Read more