There are many paths to the Sustainable Supply Chain. Your enterprise’s path to sustainability will be as unique as your organizational culture. Your success in achieving sustainability will require an articulated and agreed upon WHY, a clear definition of “sustainable” (it’s harder than it sounds), a vivid, high-fidelity, evidence-supported vision and…an ecosystem of innovators.
Over the past 20 years, The Wonder Guild has built and nurtured an incredible ecosystem of corporate innovation leaders, startup founders, inventors, creatives, investors, partners, early adopters and evangelists. We actively coach, consult and co-innovate with executives from top 2000 US and multinational corporations, government and private healthcare systems, startup founders and IP owners in critically important ecosystems.
Our Active Ecosystems
- Agriculture/Farm/Food Technology
- Automation
- Carbon Reduction
- Circular Economy
- Clean Energy
- Clean Oceans
- Fair Trade
- Responsible Production
- Sanitation/Waste
- Venture, Corporate and Impact Investing
We coach executives at top 2000 US and multinational corporations, national and private health systems and startup founders to craft their vision, map their ecosystems, and design the processes, products, and partnerships they’ll need to transform their enterprises’ supply chains.
How The Wonder Guild Helps Supply Chain Executives and Leaders Develop Sustainable Supply Chains
Sustainable Supply Chain Expeditions
The Wonder Guild’s Wonder Guides live and work in outposts around the globe, understanding and participating in local ecosystems, as entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, farmers, scientists, designers, engineers, artists, strategists and advocates. For select clients and their strategic vendor partners, we will co-design and lead expeditions to locations and communities that form vital nodes in your supply chain ecosystems. During our expedition we will seek to understand the products, production processes, and people and how they currently serve your enterprises’ sustainability commitments. Together, we will develop a strategy and action plan to achieve shared sustainability goals while maintaining relationships and competitive returns, and while innovating in your ecosystem.
- Designed for Chief Procurement Officers, Chief Sustainability Officers, senior supply chain, logistics and diversity supplier program executives, vendor account/senior executives
- Expedition locations based on client cohort. Available locations: US, Asia, Europe.
- Expeditions include factory, farm, community and studio visits led by local leaders
- Leave with a firsthand understanding of your ecosystem and partnerships you’ll use to actively shape the future of your sustainable supply chain
- Expedition duration: 7 days (US), 14 days (Asia, Europe)
The Sustainable Supply Chain – Immersive Design Sessions. Wonder Guides will lead Chief Procurement Officers, Supply Chain, Procurement and Diversity Supplier Executives in using speculative design and systems thinking methodologies to develop or refine their enterprises’ WHY, define the values upon which they’ll build sustainability and map their supply chain ecosystem(s). Our product and service designers, technologists, planners and futurists will guide you and your teams in prototyping processes, products/services, and policies.
- Executive and team sessions
- Sessions hosted on your campus or in our favorite inspired venues
- Average duration: 4-8 weeks
- Map of your Supply Chain Ecosystem and opportunities
- Proposed plan and partner introductions
Up-Skilling Sessions. Up-spilling sessions are designed to impart specific, critical skills to your teams so that you can plan, design and innovate your supply chain on your own.
- Speculative Design. The Wonder Guild will introduce your teams to core tenets and techniques of Speculative Design and then lead them in hands-on, practical application to solving issues related to your supply chain sustainability.
- Facilitated team sessions
- Series includes up to 6, full- and half- day sessions
- Hosted on/off site
- Ecosystem Mapping. Your supply chain is a living, interdependent system of enterprises, producers, creators, workers, communities, flora, fauna, and social and economic forces. The Wonder Guild will identify those in your ecosystem to enable you to identify the innovations that will yield the greatest impact—and ROI—for your enterprise and the ecosystem.
- Proprietary and secondary research
- Interactive maps and related content delivered electronically and in hard copy
- Average delivery within 6-8 weeks
- Build Your Vision. An inspirational vision can inspire a movement. No solution or innovation ever inspired a movement. They are simply means to an end. The Wonder Guild will help you leverage compelling storytelling, vivid visuals, trusted research and bold foresight to craft a vision of your desired possible future(s), one that is both ideal and attainable.
- Data, insights and predictions from leading analysts and futurists
- Multimedia content produced by professional creators
- Vetted for viability and feasibility
- Innovations and solutions identified for execution
- Facilitated executive sessions for discovery and design
- Average engagement: 8-12 weeks
Services
Outsourcing to partners with specialized skills and knowledge and dedicated teams is one of the most efficient, effective ways to leap forward in achieving your supply chain goals. The Wonder Guild can do the research, mapping, vision building, prototyping and designing for you.