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The Operations Leadership with Gautam Basu podcast provides insights for today’s business leaders on creating value through operations improvement, process excellence, digital innovation, and leadership.
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This episode’s guest is Joose Toiviainen (CEO of Daze). This start up specializes in providing reverse logsitics and returns management services for e-commerce platforms. Joose details his start up journey & highlights the critical issues of reverse flows within the e-commerce logistics. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
In this episode, Gautam dives into the distinctions between the two distinct forms of operations leadership – transformational and transactional, different contexts & situations when they can be employed, & real life case examples of each leadership style. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
In this episode, Gautam explores the trend of select outstanding individuals with operational backgrounds who manage to land the top leadership spot in business organizations and the rationale why operations leaders make great CEOs. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
In this episode, Gautam delves into the various distinctions in scope for key decisions and risks that operations and strategic leaders are required to manage. While there are commonalities and alignment between the two leadership disciplines, there are some key differences. We do a deep into this topic on this podcast episode. Accessibility transcripts for … Continue reading "Episode 17: Operations vs Strategic Leadership: Differences in the Scope of Key Leadership Decisions"
In this episode, our guest is Ramesh Sharda (Vice Dean of Research at Oklahoma State University). Leveraging his long history in data science & analytics, Dr. Sharda provides us with rich insights into his intergrative approach to analytics, industries that have been at the forefront in the adoption of analytics tools, and two interesting case … Continue reading "Episode 16: Analytics Applied to Industry: Approaches & Cases"
This episode’s guest is David Derichs, who is a senior lecturer in the Accounting dept. at Aalto University. In this interview, David discusses the importance of enterprise performance management in bridging strategy & execution, key financial & non-financial measures, as well as lagging & leading indicators. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from … Continue reading "Episode 15: Bridging Strategy & Execution with Enterprise Performance Management"
Our guest for this episode is Pekka Malo, who is Associate Professor of Management Science at Aalto University’s School of Business. During this interview, Pekka goes deep into quantitative analytical models, scalability of such models, and how to build analytics capabiltiies for business organizations. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast … Continue reading "Episode 14: Adventures in Analytics"
This episode’s guest is Oana Velcu-Laitinen. She is an author and creativity expert. In this interview, Oana provides case examples of operational leaders & companies that leverage creativity in uncertain times and proposes a unqiue metric called Operational Creativity Capacity for organizations looking to maximize their productivity through creativity. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can … Continue reading "Episode 13: Operational Creativity Capacity"
Our guest for this episode is Markku Kuula, who is a Professor of Logistics and head of Information Services Mgmt. department at Aalto University. In this interview, Dr. Kuula discusses some of the broad factors impacting airports, trends around the digitalization of air cargo operations, and an interesting student project focusing on material flows at … Continue reading "Episode 12: Current State of Airport Logistics"
This episode’s guest is Dr. Emilia Elisabet Lahti. She pioneered the research on the Finnish construct of Sisu, which denotes determination & fortitude in the face of adversity. In this interview, Elisabet provides valuable insights on how business leaders can leverage their own Sisu in times of disruption. She recently published a book, entitled “Gentle … Continue reading "Episode 11: Lessons of Sisu and Gentle Power"
In this episode, our guest is Vikash Sinha (Assistant Professor of Management Accounting at Aalto University). During this interview, Vikash covers the principles, practices, and structures of Corporate Governance, why effective corporate governance is important in this times, and why operations professionals should care about it. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from … Continue reading "Episode 10: Insights on Corporate Governance"
In this episode,we welcome Juuso Liesiö (Associate Professor of Management Science at the Aalto Business School). Dr. Liesiö provides us with the origins, history, and applications of the field of Operations Research (OR). Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
This episode’s guest is Linda Johnstone Sorenson. Linda is an international operations leader based in Oslo, Norway. She has extensive experience in process improvement, human factors, QHSE operations in maritime shipping. During this conversation , she details the dynamics of the shipping industry and its impact on global trade, human factors related to the sector, … Continue reading "Episode 8: Dynamics of the Maritime Shipping Industry"
In this episode, our guest Tanguy Caillet (SVP of O9 Solutions) goes deep into the topic of sales and operations planning (S&OP) and integrated business planning (IBP). He gives us his experience on the processes, technologies, and how these solutions have evolved over the last two decades, which has further re-enforced belief that technology is … Continue reading "Episode 7: Evolution of Integrated Business Planning"
In this episode, Gautam Basu has a pleasure to have a discussion with Peeter Toorim who is a seasoned operations leader and business executive from Tallin, Estonia. They discuss several topics around secure logistics services, importance of physical cash, and his experience of transforming an organization from a local into a regional one. Accessibility transcripts … Continue reading "Episode 6: Secure Logistics Service Operations"
In this episode, Dr. Jari Vepsäläinen (post doctoral researcher at Aalto University) offers valuable insights on how individuals, teams, and leaders leverage creativity in coming up with novel and innovative solutions to complex engineering and operational challenges. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
In this episode, Mikko Järvinen (Partner at True North Search) describes the Entrepreneurship through Acquisition (ETA) model and the importance of operations in value creation within ETA. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
In this episode, Dr. Gyöngi Kovacs (Professor of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Hanken School of Economics) discusses the similarities and differences between humanitarian and normal business supply chains, attributes of humanitarian logistics operations, best practices in the domain, and how this might be applicable in the current Ukraine conflict. Accessibility transcripts for … Continue reading "Episode 3: Humanitarian Supply Chains and Logistics Operations"
In this episode, Dr. Katri Kauppi (Associate Professor at Aalto University) provides an overview of sustainability practices in supply chain management with practical examples, best practices, and valuable insights on the topic. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
In this episode, Gautam Basu from Aalto University School of Business provides a short overview of the podcast series and provides the rationale for the need for strong operations leadership in today’s complex and dynamic business environment. Accessibility transcripts for podcast episodes can be found from the podcast page:https://www.aalto.fi/en/podcasts/operations-leadership-with-gautam-basu-podcast
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