podcast – Longitudes

Here’s why diversity is the best path forward for alternative fuels. Mike Whitlatch | UPS Click here to play podcast Today’s infrastructure, with its aging roads, bridges and ports, is arguably the largest hurdle for alternative fuels and the energy sources of tomorrow. Efficiency, technology and scale are also major barriers to the wider adoption […]

Blockchain could be bigger than the internet and revolutionize our financial system, Barry Silbert argues. Brian Hughes | UPS Longitudes Click to play podcast. Barry Silbert has a simple goal: to build a better financial system. He says he’s found a way to do just that. Silbert, the founder of Digital Currency Group, a strategic […]

Less cost, fewer resources, more impact. Consumers want frugal solutions. Does business? Navi Radjou | Innovation Advisor Click to play podcast. Every year, millions of babies are born premature around the world. Thousands perish because they lack access to something as basic as an incubator. With the average incubator costing $20,000, this life-saving device is beyond […]

Part two of a set. Brian Hughes | UPS Longitudes   In part one of our chat with bestselling author Jeremy Rifkin, we learned about the next industrial revolution (spoiler alert: it’s almost here). But what exactly will it mean for our economic future, and how are some of the world’s leading businesses planning for […]

Part one of a set. Brian Hughes | UPS Longitudes   You probably know a little bit about the Industrial Revolution or even the Second Industrial Revolution. But what if I told you we’re now on the cusp of another industrial revolution, a Third Industrial Revolution, to be exact? This era will usher in a […]

Mexico’s rise makes a compelling case for the right-shoring strategy for U.S. manufacturers. Derrick Johnson | UPS Note from the Editor: We’re talking about Mexico all week here at Longitudes. We’ll take a look at the rise of the right-shoring movement, the growing importance of the U.S.-Mexico trade lane, the evolving nature of the Mexican […]

Regina Hartley discusses the idea behind her TED@UPS talk in a Q&A with Teri McClure. Teri Plummer McClure | UPS Regina Hartley | UPS On Tuesday Nov. 24, 2015, Regina Hartley’s TED@UPS talk was featured as the Talk of the Day on TED.com. In honor of this, Teri McClure, Chief Legal Officer and Senior Vice President of […]