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Insight Collaboration Here we come to year 2019. In my conversation with many business leaders across region and globe, I am updated with mixed business sentiments with many saying there is a cloud of uncertainty due rapid transformation of business models across industry verticals. I still subscribe to view-points that within uncertainty there are components which are certain — so identifying and leveraging certain components to deal with uncertain portion could help resolve. Shashi Shekhar Group Chairman & Founder, SCLG Chairman & Managing Partner, innovaXL twitter: @shashi_SCLG Here is another way — communities have for centuries practiced collaboration as an approach to identify and resolve social and business challenges. Collaboration is a proven tool to problem solving and one of the biggest tools for business innovation and transformation. For leading and managing supply chain, collaboration across both vertical and horizontal supply chain promises improved team work, motivation and better business results. Global trade in itself is the biggest form of supply chain collaboration. Trade basically is exchange of goods and services between two or multiple communities located in one region or another with included economics. Supply Chain and Logistics community locally and globally has an opportunity to work towards larger goal of eliminating trade barriers through collaboration on both individual and organizational level. Collaboration across supply chain with suppliers and customers for share of knowledge, data and resources in solving challenges in itself will accelerate innovation and also provide bigger ability to stop negative business forces. Collaboration across boundaries for innovation, transformation and problem solving should be included more in supply chain planning and execution — thinking of this in itself makes approach to supply chain planning and execution more holistic. Encouraging collaboration across organizational boundaries and across region and globe helps growth, innovation and positivity — as I said in SCLG summit on 27 th NOV 2018, please just try 1% more efforts towards collaboration and let me know the results. And its collaboration among individuals and organizations that brings robustness, cohesiveness and resilience to deal with uncertainty. I wish you all this year 2019 be marked by successful collaboration for innovation, growth, positivity and happiness. JANUARY 2019 | 61