Good morning friends, network colleagues, & (some of you) fellow Gen Xers! 😁 DYK: on January 28th, 1985, one of the largest musical supergroups of all time United Support of Artists for Africa (aka USA for Africa) would come together to record "We Are the World". The song was written by Michael Jackson & Lionel Richie - - and produced by Quincy Jones & Michael Omartian. The single has sold more than 20M copies, making it one of the biggest singles of all time. The project went on to raise some $63M, and by some accounts, about 90% has been used for a variety of humanitarian projects in Africa. But given the schedules of all of the top musical artists involved, the group had a very limited recording window - - about one night, in fact - - to get it right. Iconic legend Quincy Jones knew what the project's biggest challenge would be: personalities. Jones would place a sign over the front door of A&M Studios in Los Angeles that would welcome the 46 stars as they arrived. It read: "Check your egos at the door". As a child of the '80s, the song & sights from "We Are the World" will live with me forever. And as a sucker for a good story, the ability for all of these individuals to set aside their massive egos & jam-packed world travels, all for the greater good, is certainly Good News to me. We all could stand to learn a lesson or two from this effort. Now the effort wasn't without a few passionate disagreements. Intriguing account of the session via Rolling Stone: tinyurl.com/nhprbz52 A few other items of Good News: ▶️ Big congrats to the one & only Adebayo Adeleke on the launch of Supply Chain Africa. I've been fortunate to interview Adebayo on his extraordinary journey - - and have no doubt this new venture is going to be very successful. tinyurl.com/4xramxnp ▶️ Tony Sciarrotta & the Reverse Logistics Association team is expecting record turnout in Las Vegas for their annual conference. Supply Chain Now will be there, interviewing a few of the movers & shakers in the world of Returns Management & Reverse Logistics. rla.org/event/125 ▶️ Paul J. Noble & the Verusen team announced a successful $25M Series B fundraise this past week. Big high fives to this team on the move that powers "The Material Truth"! 📈🙌💯 tinyurl.com/x6jmbvyz ▶️ Love Nicci Scott's passion & action-focused leadership on empowering women in #supplychain. tinyurl.com/3vhzf8ps ▶️ Have you nominated your company yet for the 2022 Supply Chain and Procurement Awards? All nomination fees will be donated to our friends at Hope for Justice and Slave-Free Alliance. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dwCss-D ▶️ Wonderful POV here on Nike this past week from Greg White: tinyurl.com/2yvpk33n ▶️ Enjoyed incredible interviews this wk w/ Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour, Rob Tiffany & Tonya Jackson. They'll drop in the coming weeks. ▶️ A tune to close, feat. the legendary Sam Cooke: https://lnkd.in/dHR94W6U #DoGood #GiveForward #BeTheChange
Great update (as always) Scott Luton!
Great read, Scott Luton. Here's the YouTube: https://youtu.be/9AjkUyX0rVw
Great talking to you this week!
Good news is always appreciated! Thank you for sharing.
Valued curation, Scott Luton. Make great memories with your family this blustery weekend.
DYK: January 28th, 1984 I arrived in San Francisco via Pan Am Clipper Class to start my new life as youngest female Management trainee at Max Gruenhut in the 93 year history of the company. Happy 38th anniversary of "coming to America 🇺🇸"
Goosebumps just thinking of that song!
Anytime you give of your time for a worthy cause, why not do so with grace? Glad they were able to pull this off in the end. The song still stirs emotions in the soul. Happy Friday, Scott Luton.
And besides the amazing initiative and the money it raised for an unarguably worthy cause, it was a really great song too! Who doesn’t like to sing along??!!
Hello Scott Luton, thank you for the recognition. I cannot wait to join your show again to update you and your audience on the progress South Africa is making in promoting and driving diversity in transport and supply chain.