Jeffrey Dice will take over for John McKenzie on March 1 as Winsupply's company president, as McKenzie is set to retire. "Jeff brings both depth and breadth of experience across all of Winsupply's support services -- plus a long list of continuous, positive results -- to his new role of leading the entire Winsupply organization on its trajectory of growth," Board Chair Rick Schwartz said.

McKesson Chief Information and Technology Officer Nancy Avila leads a team that manages a huge pharmacy platform, works with manufacturers on data-driven product development, develops technology for customer products and services, is automating workflows and processes, and is leveraging data for business intelligence and insight. Avila says her role is to foster innovation from the bottom up, not the top down.

Former Vice President Mike Pence suggested possible reforms that could be made to Social Security during his speech at the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors Executive Summit last week. "I think the day could come when we could replace the New Deal with a better deal," Pence said. "Literally give younger Americans the ability to take a portion of their Social Security withholdings and put that into a private savings account."

Blockchain can harness the end-to-end visibility and communications that are made more difficult as supply chains grow more complex. Users say the shared database that works across networks creates instant, efficient collaboration for traceability and transparency.

These five infographics display business-to-business marketing shifts for 2023, including changing buyer demographics and journeys, the rise of e-commerce, enhancing martech stacks and investment in third-party data. Research shows that in 2023, B2B marketers will invest $3.77 billion in data, with 59% being between the ages of 26 and 40.

Leaders want to build two kinds of trust with their team members, one where they'd tell you their concerns over dinner, and another when they would trust you to take care of something precious, like a pet, writes author and executive adviser Tracy Brower. Building both relationship and task trust, Brower writes, is a matter of giving people choices, being open and vulnerable with them and being accountable.

Leaders can minimize the possibility of burnout by getting enough rest, actively working to improve their own mental health and empowering employees to solve their own problems by setting good boundaries, writes Marlene Chism. "When it comes to setting and enforcing boundaries, someone is going to be unhappy, but it doesn't always have to be you," Chism writes.