Patrick Daly Interlinks Podcast

In this episode of Interlinks, I welcome back Fred Laluyaux, co-founder and CEO of Aera Technology, for his third appearance on the programme. Aera helps businesses improve and automate the thousands of decisions made every day across supply chain, procurement, finance and other operations, combining artificial intelligence with human expertise and oversight.

We explore why decision intelligence is reaching an inflection point, ...

In this episode of Interlinks, I speak with Luis Sullivan, Sales Manager for Western Europe at Sereact. Drawing on a career spanning Bastian Solutions, Toyota Automated Logistics and international warehouse-automation markets, Luis explains physical—or embodied—AI: the point at which artificial intelligence moves beyond digital information and begins to perceive, reason and act in the physical world.

We explore how S...

In this episode of Interlinks, I am joined by Dr Matthew Jones, a licensed psychologist, co-founder coach, founder of Cofounder Clarity and author of The Co-Founder Effect. Matt helps startup co-founders communicate more effectively, make better decisions and address the interpersonal dynamics that can derail promising businesses. He is also developing the Institute for Founder Dynamics to advance research and professional practice...

In this solo episode of Interlinks, I explore the difference between resilience and endurance. Businesses and supply chains may continue to perform through disruption, but that does not necessarily mean they are resilient. Endurance is the ability to keep going through a demanding event; resilience is about the condition in which you emerge from it — whether you can recover, adapt and retain the capacity to respond again.

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In this episode of Interlinks, I am joined by Paul Davison of AECOM and Vardmar Lunkar of TRT Trasporti e Territorio, both members of the team behind Project ISAC—Intelligent Access to the European Road Network for Freight Transport. Sponsored by CEDR, the Conference of European Directors of Roads, the project is exploring how better data, governance and digital processes can ensure that the right freight vehicle, carrying th...

In this episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly speaks with Simon Legg, Managing Director Ireland for DP World, about DP World’s ambitions in Ireland and the changing role of logistics providers in a more disrupted and uncertain global trading environment.

DP World is one of the world’s major trade, ports and logistics businesses, with activities spanning ports and terminals, contract logistics, freight forwarding, marin...

In this episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly speaks with Patrice Dussault, a Montreal-based communications consultant working at the intersection of translation, writing, localisation and cross-cultural business communication. Patrice brings more than two decades of experience in the language professions, with a particular focus on helping companies communicate effectively across linguistic, cultural and commercial boundaries.

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In this episode of Interlinks, I’m joined by Rebecca Boyle, Brand Strategist, Copywriter and Chief Marketing Officer at Lissah and Boyle, a Northern Ireland-based business providing fractional support to companies through branding, communications and wider business growth services across the island of Ireland, Great Britain and further afield. Rebecca brings a background in journalism, NHS communications, copywriting and bran...

Rare earths and strategic metals may sound like a niche topic. They are not. They are one of the clearest examples in today’s world of how supply chains can be turned into geopolitical weapons.

In this episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly speaks with Louis O’Connor, founder of Strategic Metals Invest Consultancy, about the metals that sit behind the modern economy: semiconductors, smartphones, electric vehicles, wind ...

In this episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly is joined by Howard Knott, Project Director at the Irish Exporters Association, for a timely and practical conversation on the shifting realities of freight, ports, and supply chains in Ireland and beyond.

Howard brings deep sector knowledge to a discussion that moves from the macro forces reshaping global trade to the operational implications for exporters, logistics providers, and su...

In this episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly speaks with Michael O’Kane, Strategic Business Consultant with Aramex Ireland, about the changing realities of life sciences supply chains in Ireland and beyond. Michael brings deep sector experience across pharma, biotech, medtech and advanced therapies, and shares his perspective on how Ireland has established itself as a critical node in the global life sciences network.

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In this episode of Interlinks, I speak with Mike Pettit, Director of 360 Bia Óg, the Dungarvan-based business delivering fresh, sustainable school lunches to primary schools across the south and southeast of Ireland.

At first glance, this is a conversation about school meals. But beneath that sits a much bigger business story: how a family-run food business identified a new opportunity emerging from public policy, moved quickly ...

In this episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly is joined by Michel Spruijt, President of BrainCorp International, a San Diego–based technology company at the forefront of autonomous navigation, machine learning, and computer vision for everyday machines. Michel oversees BrainCorp’s international operations across EMEA, APAC, and LATAM, working closely with global partners as retailers, logistics providers, and manufacturer...

Welcome to Interlinks — where strategy meets reality.

I’m Patrick Daly, the Macro-to-Micro Strategist, helping manufacturing and distribution leaders turn global turbulence into operational clarity.

In this episode, we unpack Geosensitivity—a critical yet often overlooked lens for interpreting today’s geopolitical risk landscape and shaping resilient supply chain and business strategy.

You’ll lear...

Welcome to Interlinks — where strategy meets reality.

I’m Patrick Daly, the Macro-to-Micro Strategist — helping manufacturing and distribution leaders turn global turbulence into operational clarity.

In this episode, we shift our focus to Latin America — not as a “region of the future,” but as a present-day economic and supply chain powerhouse with growing importance in a multipolar world.

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Christmas may feel magical, but behind the scenes it is one of the most complex and unforgiving supply-chain operations on the planet.

In this special Christmas episode of Interlinks, Patrick Daly — The Macro-to-Micro Strategist — explores how Christmas became the world’s most influential consumer season, stretching across cultures, continents, and logistics networks. In many markets, up to 20% of annual retail...

In this episode, we take a candid, strategically grounded look at Ireland’s extraordinary rise as a global supply chain hub — and the uncomfortable truth that our national defence posture has not kept pace with our economic importance.

Ireland is no longer a peripheral European state. It is a critical node in global networks for pharmaceuticals, biopharma, medtech, cloud computing, aircraft leasing, and transatlantic...

🎙 Interlinks Episode: Global Shipping Disruption, Strategic Shifts & The Future of Freight

Guest: Howard Knott, Project Director, Irish Exporters Association

Host: Patrick Daly, Macro-to-Micro Strategist | Alba Logistics

In this episode of Interlinks, I’m joined once again by the ever-insightful Howard Knott, Project Director at the Irish Exporters Association and a long-standing commentator on freight and logistics i...

Japan is one of the few places in the world where the ancient and the ultra-modern don’t just sit side by side – they actively reinforce each other. In this episode of Interlinks, I take you on a journey across central Japan to explore exactly that: how philosophy turns into behaviour, how culture becomes process, and how long-term strategy shows up in the tiny details of daily life and operations. What I’ve seen ...