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Big Technology Podcast

Is A Healing Supply Chain Fixing Our Economy? β€” With Ryan Petersen

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 β€’ 395 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 23 November 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Ryan Petersen is the Founder and Co-CEO of Flexport, a supply chain technology company. He joins Big Technology Podcast to talk about how the supply chain is rounding into shape and whether that will help cure our inflation problem. Stay tuned for a discussion that starts in the weeds of shipping and moves into broader areas including consumerism, climate, and Amazon Culture.

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0:00.0

From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.

0:06.2

Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life.

0:11.8

Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:17.4

I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer.

0:20.6

If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built, then tune into my podcast, building one.

0:26.7

I speak with some of the best product builders out there.

0:29.2

I've always been inspired by frustration.

0:31.9

It came back to my own personal pinpoint.

0:34.0

So we had to go out to farmers and convince them.

0:37.2

Following that curiosity is a superpower.

0:39.9

You have to be obsessed with the human condition. Listen to Building One on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:47.3

LinkedIn Presents. Welcome to Big Technology Podcast, a show for cool-headed, nuanced conversation, of the tech world and beyond.

1:09.0

Our guest today, Ryan Peterson, might be the person with the best view into the core of our

1:13.2

inflation problem and whether you're going to get your holiday gift on time.

1:17.5

Peterson is the CEO of Flexport, a supply chain technology company that's valued at $8 billion,

1:22.8

and he sees all the coming and goings of cargo, including the bottlenecks that caused the product

1:28.1

delays and price increases that we've suffered in the past few months.

1:32.4

When the supply chain works, our economy works.

1:35.3

And so let's talk about whether the supply chain is rounding into shape and starting to work

1:39.2

again and whether some relief is in sight or whether we're going to end up spending more

1:44.0

time in this chaotic

1:45.2

inflation-driven and terrible economic cycle.

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