Ep. 28. Corrections to the Crisis Playbook
Today we’re going to talk about something no fresh produce professional ever wants to live through but that you’d better
Ep. 27. The Green Software Revolution
I’d love to see Robert Jacques Turgot’s face — the 18th-century French economist who first identified the law of diminishing
Ep. 26. The Fresh Produce Multiverse
I don’t know if this happens to you too, but ever since I started working in the fresh produce sector
Ep. 25. Bipolar Markets
You’re heading to your local grocery store one day, and you walk in at the same time as a lady
Ep. 24. We’re out. What do you want me to do, pull it out of thin air?
The phone rings very early. Too early. And it’s not just any phone: it’s the mobile phone of a well-known
Ep. 23. Fresh Produce: Poker or Chess?
It gets harder and harder for me to explain, in plain words, why the fresh produce business is so complex.
Ep. 22. The Islands of Efficiency
I came across Niklas Modig (a professor and researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics) by the TED talk he
Ep. 21. The Lavish History of the Pineapple
You’ll remember that in Episode 15 I used the banana to illustrate the concept of strategically aligned supply chains. Well,
Ep. 20. The Entropic Sector. Why Does Your Fresh Produce Business Drift Towards Chaos?
Allow me an analogy that I believe captures the essence of many of our problems. Imagine that your fresh produce
Ep. 19. The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Why Is It So Hard to Innovate with Fruits and Vegetables?
Welcome to a new episode of Freshconomics Podcast. Today we’re going to talk about how our prehistoric hominid brain explains
