Host Bryndis Whitson welcomes Tim Creedon to Zebras to Apples for a conversation about Tim’s career journey. Tim’s career has taken him from transforming retail logistics to driving economic development with many stops in between. The skills he learned in every job became valuable in every new endeavour along his path and helped inform how he formed supplier partnerships and led teams with steady engagement into success. Full of practical insights and rich stories, Tim even shares his passion for maritime traditions and heritage boat building with Bryndis.

Tim started off in retail, where he led innovations in stock replenishment strategies - moving from bulk deliveries to precise shelf-level restock based on accurate inventory data. He describes the meticulous stock management required to maintain such a precise system and shares a creative solution involving using playing cards to map out process steps for store teams. Bryndis and Tim discuss everything from the challenges of sustaining change in large organizations to how Tim’s logistics background was leveraged in economic development. Throughout the episode, Tim stresses the central role of relationships, share values, and self-awareness in career success.

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