The trick to navigating this new landscape is being smart about what you need to learn, what you must unlearn and then what you need to relearn. And the key to effective leadership during this era of evolution is first, knowing the degree to which you need to do each, and second, being prepared to adapt your plan at the drop of a hat on the basis of new intelligence.

<p>By:&nbsp;Leslie&nbsp;G. Sarasin, President and CEO, FMI</p> <p><img src="https://www.fmi.org/images/default-source/blog-images/screen-shot-2020-03-01-at-9-24-24-pm.tmb-large-350-.png?sfvrsn=5329473a_1" data-displaymode="Thumbnail" alt="Omnichannel Supply Chain" title="Omnichannel Supply Chain" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px;" />The journey of FMI&rsquo;s newly announced rebrand took us into some new learnings about the services we offer that you find most valuable and helpful.&nbsp;Our path of self-discovery and adventure to redefine ourselves has revealed our need to unlearn some things,&nbsp;question everything and stop doing things the same ways simply because &ldquo;that&rsquo;s the way we&rsquo;ve always done them.&rdquo; &nbsp;</p> <p>As futurist Alvin Toffler &ndash; whose books&nbsp;Future Shock and&nbsp;The Third Wave&nbsp;published back in the 70s and&nbsp;80s accurately predicted the cultural upheaval and implications of this fast-paced information age we are now living in &ndash; once observed, &ldquo;In the future, the illiterate will not be those who cannot read, but those who cannot&nbsp;learn, unlearn and relearn.&rdquo;</p> <p>Most everyone I speak with&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;from&nbsp;food&nbsp;industry leaders to high-ranking regulatory officials and even some of my mom friends&nbsp;&ndash;&nbsp;agree that grocery stores and supermarkets and their supplier partners have experienced more change in the past decade than they did in the previous&nbsp;half-century.&nbsp;There are still things we must do, in the words of Toffler,&nbsp;to remain literate in this age.</p> <p>Of course, the trick to navigating this new landscape is&nbsp;being smart about&nbsp;what&nbsp;you need to learn, what you&nbsp;must unlearn and then what you need to relearn.&nbsp;And&nbsp;the key to effective leadership during this era of&nbsp;evolution is first, knowing the degree to which&nbsp;you need&nbsp;to do each,&nbsp;and second, being prepared to adapt your&nbsp;plan at the drop of a hat&nbsp;on the basis of new&nbsp;intelligence.</p> <p>At the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.fmi.org/midwinter-conference">2020 Midwinter Executive Conference</a>, I discussed four key areas that I believe the food industry is in varying stages of development:&nbsp;Omnichannel supply chain;&nbsp;marketing in a digital world;&nbsp;emerging technology;&nbsp;and&nbsp;making the distinction between&nbsp;omnichannel&nbsp;and&nbsp;omnishopper.&nbsp;</p> <p>We will share four videos over the next few&nbsp;weeks&nbsp;on FMI&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTg5GKwyzqzo_yI0wcH_8iA?view_as=subscriber">YouTube channel</a>&nbsp;as an opportunity for you to hear&nbsp;more&nbsp;about these&nbsp;concepts and evaluate what you need to learn, unlearn and relearn&nbsp;to thrive in&nbsp;this dynamic marketplace. As&nbsp;the&nbsp;Food Industry Association,&nbsp;FMI&nbsp;strives to be&nbsp;your trusted&nbsp;resource,&nbsp;providing&nbsp;the critical intel you need to be the very best leader you can be.</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTg5GKwyzqzo_yI0wcH_8iA?view_as=subscriber">Subscribe to our&nbsp;YouTube channel</a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;watch&nbsp;the series&nbsp;over the next four weeks.</p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZcn9AA8AwY" class="button button--big">Subscribe to our YouTube Channel</a>

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