Our host Collis Williams reflects on the lessons learnt from our first five episodes and distils how each fits into Barbados' plan for economic recovery and transformation. Collis argues that in an import-oriented society such as ours, the growth of our economy stands on the shoulders of logistics and we must therefore provide facilities to move cargo, ideas and innovations into and out of Barbados in a way that the region has never seen before. Visit https://www.rdleagle.com/podcast/ to join the discussion ..read more

In this episode, our host Collis Williams engages in a very passionate and high energy discussion with Belizean Egbert Irving, Program Manager at the Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business & Management. Egbert's role puts him in a position where he has access to the fertile minds of young people from across the region and as such, he is considered to be a critical person in the strategy for safeguarding the sustainability of our Caribbean people.  As a moulder of minds, Collis charges Egbert with repositioning the mindset of our youth to help them understand not only how important it i ..read more

Our host Collis Williams invites you to join the debate; protectionism or free trade? He also challenges you to consider whether protectionism is in the interest of the people of the Caribbean or is it instead in the interest of a select few? Further, is protectionism a function of it being more politically expedient to protect capital rather than to protect the people? Visit our website for show notes and to join the discussion on this episode. Connect with us on LinkedIn HERE ..read more

It’s a fact—demurrage plagues us in the Caribbean. And we can’t help but notice how it has made a shift from penalty to profiteering. Following on from our recently published article ‘On Demurrage: Developing A Level of Reasonableness', our host Collis Williams, gives his thoughts on the plague that is demurrage. Can we find a cure for this crippling malady in the near future? Visit our website for show notes and to join the discussion on this episode. Connect with us on LinkedIn HERE ..read more

In this episode, we discuss logistics as a critical tool for moving our Caribbean investment allure from good to great. We also discuss strategies that can be implemented to help us achieve this goal. Visit https://www.rdleagle.com/podcast/ to join in on the discussion ..read more

It's game time. You're two love down and there are ten minutes to go. What will you do? Are you going to score two goals in the ten minutes remaining in the football game or are you going to aim for three? Defenders will opt to score two goals with the aim of drawing the game but in actuality, two goals can't save your team. Strikers on the other hand, will change their strategy and formulate a plan of attack that ensures that they score three goals in order to win the game. In the Caribbean, we need more strikers. In this episode, Leadership Development Professional Marjorie Wharton tackles ..read more

Welcome to the Then Let's Fix It! podcast where we discuss critical issues around logistics and supply chain management in the Caribbean. In this episode, Collis Williams shares more about what Then Let's Fix It! is about and why he decided to create this podcast. He also shares a little about his own story as a logistics and supply chain practitioner. Visit https://www.rdleagle.com/ for show notes and to join the discussion ..read more

E-commerce consultant Roger Barrow deconstructs the current Caribbean e-commerce environment, offering insight into the history of the global e-commerce market and how it has limited our capacity to participate. We delve into how we can circumvent these limitations and outline specific ways that Caribbean people can swim with the current e-commerce tide instead of against it—one such method is by shifting our focus towards the service element of e-commerce trade instead of on the physical goods aspect. Visit our website for show notes and to join the discussion on this episode. Connect with ..read more

Over the next 10 years, Barbadians will spend around 20 billion dollars on energy. With a current target of achieving 100% renewable energy usage by 2030, the government of Barbados has created a number of renewable energy and energy efficiency fiscal incentives that are hoped to open up the country's billion-dollar energy sector to a diversity of local entrepreneurs, and in turn assist in building the local capacity to supply the demand for renewable energy. In this episode we speak to William Hinds BJH, SCM, Chief Energy Conservation Officer in the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources. We ..read more

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