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Clarity isn’t soft.
It’s not optional.
And it’s definitely not “nice to have.”

In logistics, unclear language costs time, trust, and people.

This episode breaks down why plain language is one of the most overlooked leadership skills in the industry—and why jargon, polished ambiguity, and vague directives often protect systems at the expense of the people running them.

We talk about:

• How confusion gets normalized
• Why “everyone should already know” is a leadership failure
• And how clarity changes accountability, outcomes, and morale

Because leadership isn’t about sounding impressive.
It’s about being understood—especially when the pressure is on.

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Everyone talks about peak season.
Rates. Volumes. Headlines.

But logistics pressure doesn’t start there.

It starts earlier—
in assumptions,
in quiet handoffs,
in decisions made far away from the floor where the work actually happens.

In this episode, we pull pressure upstream.
Before the missed cutoff.
Before the late truck.
Before the email that says “How did this happen?”

Because logistics rarely fails all at once.
It strains quietly—until people absorb what systems refuse to carry.

This is where the real pressure begins.
And once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

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2026 opens with something logistics doesn’t get often: a pause.

In this episode of Holding the Line: Logistics at a Crossroads, Gia breaks down the administration’s decision to delay planned tariff hikes on imported furniture, kitchen cabinets, and vanities—pushing potential increases from 25% up to 50% out to January 1, 2027.

Drawing on reporting from Bloomberg and CNN, this conversation looks beyond the headlines to ask what a tariff delay really means on the ground. Is this breathing room—or just pressure postponed?

More importantly, what does this pause mean for the people holding the system together: warehouse teams, dock crews, planners, operators, and drivers who absorbed the weight of 2025 without relief?

This episode isn’t about predictions.
It’s about signals.
And what it takes to survive when systems finally slow—if only for a moment.

Because in logistics, breathing room isn’t a luxury.
It’s survival.

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