Welcome to the Transform Talks Podcast!
New episodes released every Wednesday on Apple & Spotify Podcasts.
Transform Talks explores the conversations shaping the future of supply chains — before they become conference themes or industry buzzwords.
Hosted by global supply chain influencer Maria Villablanca, the podcast brings senior leaders into candid discussion about transformation as it really happens: messy, complex, and deeply human.
From AI and resilience to leadership, risk, and organisational change, guests share not just successes but doubts, trade-offs, and lessons learned along the way.
Because transformation isn’t a project.
It’s a continuous negotiation between technology, people, and reality.
If you want polished marketing messages, this isn’t the podcast for you.
If you want honest insight from leaders navigating change at scale — welcome to Transform Talks.
Transform Talks explores the conversations shaping the future of supply chains — before they become conference themes or industry buzzwords.
Hosted by global supply chain influencer Maria Villablanca, the podcast brings senior leaders into candid discussion about transformation as it really happens: messy, complex, and deeply human.
From AI and resilience to leadership, risk, and organisational change, guests share not just successes but doubts, trade-offs, and lessons learned along the way.
Because transformation isn’t a project.
It’s a continuous negotiation between technology, people, and reality.
If you want polished marketing messages, this isn’t the podcast for you.
If you want honest insight from leaders navigating change at scale — welcome to Transform Talks.
New episodes released every Wednesday on Apple & Spotify Podcasts.

Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Roddy Martin is an industry leader with a wealth of experience in Supply Chain, manufacturing and operations functions. Over the years, Roddy has worked at Oracle, Gartner, South African Breweries, Accenture and CCI. Roddy is a Value Chain and Digital Operations Transformation Subject Matter expert and experience Management Consultant.
During the episode Roddy and Maria discuss:
End-to-End Transformation.
The future of the Supply Chain industry.
Make sure to like and subscribe to Transform Talks to never miss the supply chain conversations that matter. New episodes are released every Wednesday.
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariavillablanca/
Transform Talks
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https://futureinsights.org/transform-talks/
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Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Friday Mar 08, 2019
Andreas Wieland is the Associate Professor of Supply Chain Risk Management at Copenhagen Business School, where he is the Program Director of the Graduate Diploma (HD) in Supply Chain Management. Andreas is also the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Supply Chain Management. His current research focuses on resilience and transformation.
On this week's episode Andreas and Maria discuss:
The current and future state of Supply Chains.
How future problems such as climate change and business trends are effecting how future generations will approach the Supply Chain.
Make sure to like and subscribe to Transform Talks to never miss the supply chain conversations that matter. New episodes are released every Wednesday.
↓ Andreas Wieland ↓
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaswieland/
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Maria Villablanca (Host)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariavillablanca/
Transform Talks
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/transform-talks/
↓ FIND US ONLINE ↓
https://futureinsights.org/
https://futureinsights.org/transform-talks/
Get more on-demand supply chain content
https://sctvplus.com/pages/sctv-individual
Apply to be a guest on the show
https://futureinsights.org/speaker-form/
Apply be a sponsor on the show
https://futureinsights.org/sponsor-form/

Friday Mar 01, 2019
Friday Mar 01, 2019
Catherine Weetman is the Director of Rethink Global. Catherine provides tailored support for businesses and start-ups, social enterprises and public sector organisations. She has over 25 years’ business experience, in manufacturing, retail, contract logistics, and supply chain consultancy. She is also the of author, A Circular Economy Handbook for Business and Supply Chains.
During the episode Catherine and Maria discuss:
Practical and useful advice for Supply Chain professionals and business leaders on how to help their organisations move towards the Circular Economy.
Make sure to like and subscribe to Transform Talks to never miss the supply chain conversations that matter. New episodes are released every Wednesday.
↓ Catherine Weetman ↓
https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-weetman-9419107/
↓ FOLLOW US ON LINKEDIN ↓
Maria Villablanca (Host)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariavillablanca/
Transform Talks
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/transform-talks/
↓ FIND US ONLINE ↓
https://futureinsights.org/
https://futureinsights.org/transform-talks/
Get more on-demand supply chain content
https://sctvplus.com/pages/sctv-individual
Apply to be a guest on the show
https://futureinsights.org/speaker-form/
Apply be a sponsor on the show
https://futureinsights.org/sponsor-form/

Friday Feb 15, 2019
Friday Feb 15, 2019
Dave Malenfant is the Director of Outreach and Partnerships, Centre for Supply Chain Innovation at MJ Neely School of Business (Texas Christian University). Dave is a strategic supply chain operations leader with more than 40 years' experience in driving change and performance improvement across the supply chain.
During the episode Dave and Maria discuss:
The current and future state of Supply Chains - from the skills gap and talent shortage, to industry perception of the profession and creating the Supply Chain teams of the future.
Make sure to like and subscribe to Transform Talks to never miss the supply chain conversations that matter. New episodes are released every Wednesday.
↓ Dave Malenfant ↓
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemalenfant/
↓ FOLLOW US ON LINKEDIN ↓
Maria Villablanca (Host)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariavillablanca/
Transform Talks
https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/transform-talks/
↓ FIND US ONLINE ↓
https://futureinsights.org/
https://futureinsights.org/transform-talks/
Get more on-demand supply chain content
https://sctvplus.com/pages/sctv-individual
Apply to be a guest on the show
https://futureinsights.org/speaker-form/
Apply be a sponsor on the show
https://futureinsights.org/sponsor-form/

Maria Villablanca is the creator of the supply chain and business transformation podcast Transform Talks, the author of the Transform Thoughts LinkedIn newsletter series, an official Gartner Peer Ambassador, a Brinc mentor for the Oxagon x McLaren Accelerator, and the Co-founder and CEO of The Future Insights Network, a fast-growing network of over 130,000 manufacturing and supply chain leaders.
Maria has interviewed hundreds of senior business and thought leaders from the world's most admired organizations to cut through the hype and noise around supply chain and business transformation.
Her contributions to the supply chain industry as a creator and to the world of business as an entrepreneur and woman in business have won her several awards, including Top 100 Influential Women in Supply Chain, Top 10 Most Empowering Business Women Leading Through The Change, The Most Acclaimed Leaders in Supply Chain and Elite League of Women in Supply Chain, Top 10 Most Recognized Women Entrepreneurs to Follow in 2022, and Top 100 Women in Supply Chain.