Songs In The Key Of Life

It's something that even Stevie Wonder could, one would think, see. As we bemoan the continuing, and probably growing, shortage of talent in general business, we need to recognize that, while we focus on supply chain management, the condition is universal.

And indiscriminate - with needs in the trades, for leaders in the C-suite (and outside of conventional thinking about leaders and roles), in advanced analytics, and in pick-and-shovel transactional excution.

Particularly in analytics, as mountains of so-called Big Data rise to challenge the urban landfills of Mount Trashmores across the country, we should be concerned about how to leaven the raw intelligence of fresh-faced analysts with enough life experience to make their observations, conclusions, and teased-out hints of future developments more than idle speculations or grossly out-of-touch hypotheses.

Perhaps this condition illustrates a good way to capitalize on the experiences of Baby Boomers by teaming them with bright and curious Millennials. One may hope so, and further hope that such a blend would help to keep corporations out of blind alleys.