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Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Expect Delays

Akimbo: A Podcast from Seth Godin

Midroll Media

Society & Culture

4.81.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In defense of slack


Akimbo is a weekly podcast created by Seth Godin. He's the bestselling author of 19 books and a long-time entrepreneur, freelancer and teacher.

You can find out more about Seth by reading his daily blog at seths.blog and about the workshops at akimbo.com .

To submit a question and to see the show notes, please visit akimbo.link and press the appropriate button.





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Transcript

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0:00.0

If you're the CFO of a public company and you want to make your profits go up,

0:04.4

you really can't control easily your marketing or how many people are buying what

0:09.0

you sell, but there are two things you can do to make your profits go up right away.

0:15.6

Hey, it's Seth, and this is a Kimbo.

0:20.8

Well, we're back in a second to talk about delays of the supply chain and promises,

0:31.2

but first, here's a message from our sponsor.

0:38.6

When is it time to level up?

0:40.1

When is it time to learn a new way to see the world, to connect with others,

0:44.8

to lead, to engage in possibility?

0:48.0

A Kimbo is a B-Corp and independently owned and operated institution designed around learning,

0:53.7

not education, not certificates, not grades, but learning together. It works if you do the work.

1:00.6

I hope you'll check out what the people at a Kimbo are up to.

1:03.9

Visit a Kimbo.com slash go to find out about their new upcoming workshops and how it all works.

1:11.8

Thanks.

1:14.1

You may have already guessed what the first thing is.

1:16.9

The first thing is you should lower your inventory.

1:21.2

You should eliminate slack everywhere you find it because you could see slack as your enemy.

1:28.0

Your inventory, the stuff in the warehouse, the thing you've got 20 of?

1:32.5

If you only had 10 of them instead of 20 just waiting for a customer to need it or someone in

1:38.6

the shop to need a part, if you cut it in half, well then the cost of holding that inventory

1:46.5

goes way down. And instead of having to borrow money to pay for the stuff that's in the warehouse

1:52.0

not earning you any money, you can leave that money in the bank and make money.

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