Longitudes Radio
UPS’s Longitudes Radio takes you on the path to the future with industry leaders and influencers, authors and startup innovators chiseling away at the next big idea. Conversations dig into trending topics, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and blockchain, as well as game-changing developments in e-commerce, sustainability, trade and logistics that are reshaping the global economy and the way we'll live in the world of tomorrow.
Episodes
32 episodes
How Business Can Redefine the American Dream
We’re closing out our three-part podcast series exploring the Black business landscape by going back to the beginning — the founding of the United States — and examining a not-so-simple challenge: How do we rewire the American Dream for Black p...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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34:41
What Can a Doll Teach Us About Black Business?
When Yelitsa Jean-Charles was a young girl, she didn’t see any dolls that looked like her. In fact, when her parents tried to give her a non-white doll, she cried because it wasn’t “the pretty one.”She didn’t know it yet, but in that mom...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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32:06
Black Business and Transportation Equity
Whether at the local or federal level, Anthony Foxx knows perhaps better than anybody how transportation can forever transform a community — for better or worse.As U.S. Secretary of Transportation for President Barack Obama and the forme...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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29:19
Adaptive Tenacity and Small Business Resiliency amid Coronavirus
Connie Matisse had all kinds of plans for her business. Then coronavirus hit.Like many entrepreneurs grappling with how to move forward during a global pandemic, the co-founder and chief marketing officer of
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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34:29
Healthcare logistics in the age of coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic is changing daily life as we know it. Society at large is grappling with how we live and work during a time when the only certainty is more uncertainty. Behind the scenes, however, transportation and logisti...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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23:09
The Reality of Duality
Most of us don’t have just a single face. We have many different faces for different people and different environments. But when we talk about diversity and inclusion in the corporate space, a common sentiment goes something like th...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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29:38
Back to the Moon — and then to Mars?
UPS knows a thing or two about logistics. We fuel the movement of goods between every corner of the world, as our Smart Logistics Network helps us reimagine the role of the delivery provider in more than 220 countries and territories around the...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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27:04
Quality, style and respect for all women
This small business owner is shattering outdated perceptions of “beauty.” She’s also showcasing the business value of “revolutionary inclusivity.”
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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27:46
Curiously Awesome
Two-foot-long gummy worms, the world’s spiciest lollipop and the largest stress ball you’ll ever see.Those products sound more like the brainchild of well, a child, than the foundation for a thriving small business.However, the Va...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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27:18
Living Longer and Better
Invent life tomorrow.That’s the central mission for Joe Coughlin of MIT’s AgeLab, who says we all need to rethink everything about how to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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16:32
Redefining Healthcare: What Is Old?
As people around the world live longer and healthier lives, how will companies adjust their strategies to delight aging customers who carry more purchasing power than ever before?Not enough business leaders have the answer to that questi...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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23:52
Henry Kissinger’s Forecast on Global Headwinds
We’re living in uncertain times.From Brexit to the rise of populism around the world, many are wondering what’s next for global institutions as we know them.What about the state of free trade and transatlantic cooperation? Where d...
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15:00
Becoming a Business Chameleon
How we do business today isn’t how we’ll do business even a year from now.As a result of this whirlwind disruption, adaptability has become the most valuable currency in the world of business. Put another way: Successful leaders must thi...
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16:27
The Long Game
As Tim Brown sees it, the great problem for organizations today is they struggle to think far enough into the future.That’s because they don’t have the ecosystem or the people in place to anticipate where the world is heading. But the
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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17:46
Finding Your Creative Confidence
When you hear the name Tim Brown (not the football player), the words design thinking are likely to follow.As a leading influencer of the design thinking movement, Tim en...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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22:24
Richard Branson Dreams of a New Day for Transportation
Richard Branson jokes that he rarely says no to much of anything, which has earned him the nickname Doctor Yes among his peers. Perhaps that explains the ocean-spanning hot air balloon rides and kitesurfing across the English Channel – or as he ca...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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12:17
Nirvana in 3D
Additive manufacturing will forever shift the concept of supply and demand, moving businesses and consumers from a mindset of “best fit” to “my fit.” UPS’s Alan Amling and Fast Radius founder Rick Smith explain why 3D printing is nothing short of ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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38:14
Passion Alone Is Not Enough
Starting your own business is hard – no, it’s really hard.Just ask the millions of aspiring small business owners whose “big idea” never made headway in the real world. It’s not that these entrepreneurs didn’t care or work hard enough, argues Gene...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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34:11
Making Sense of Online Retail
If you’re in the retail business, you’ve probably heard of Martin Newman. He’s founder and chairman of Practicology, a multi-channel and e-commerce consultancy group in the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong. Whether it’s an issue with techno...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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16:51
You Want to Return That Bad Gift ... What’s Next?
Today’s online shopper wants what they want when they want it. But they also want to return whatever they want whenever they want. The problem? Too many companies focus on that first reality while ignoring the latter challenge, Toby Moore, co-foun...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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28:14
Moving Urban Logistics Forward, Part III
There are essentially two avenues to pursue in addressing logistic and transportation issues facing cities of the future. Build a better mousetrap - do what you do, but only better - or look for a totally different approach. Wrapping up our three-...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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35:07
Moving Urban Logistics Forward: Part II
As the director of the MIT Megacity Logistics Lab, Matthias Winkenbach has cities on the brain. Whether it’s urban logistics, last-mile delivery, infrastructure design or data analytics, Matthias is at the center of the next wave of solutions to t...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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26:20
Moving Urban Logistics Forward: Part I
Urbanization is arguably the defining challenge for how people will live and work in the world of tomorrow. With two-thirds of the global population expected to live in cities by 2050, the need for efficient and sustainable logistics has never bee...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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25:02
Crystal Clear on Retail
Udayan Bose might be hiding a crystal ball somewhere. That’s because his projections of online holiday shopping are always the best in the business – almost too close to what actually happens. Ahead of Black Friday and the kickoff of retail’s busi...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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28:46
Navigating the Next Renaissance
Ian Goldin believes we’re on the verge of a New Renaissance that will redefine how we live, how we work and how we interact with each other. The respected scholar and author of more than 20 books is an ardent defender of globalization, but he caut...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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13:09
