Yasha Srinivas

One of my greatest pieces of advice, I would say, is ask more questions. I think that's something that I've heard a lot of my mentors and a lot of my friends tell me, and I feel like it is so important, even though at times you feel like you might be bugging someone or they might think you don't really know anything, or they might think you're dumb for asking the same thing a hundred times. But I do think that is the greatest piece of advice, because every time I ask the same question to 3 different people, I'm getting three different perspectives, and that kind of broadens the understanding that I have for a particular topic or subject. Long-term, it helps me because I know more about it holistically speaking, so I'm in a place where I can make better decisions. I think a lot of young people should absolutely go for it - ask as many questions as you can to as many people as you can, because that's the only way you will learn.

I think within my role, some of the biggest challenges we see is sometimes how we're not able to deliver data on time, and that affects business down the line. This is not something that we've seen right now - I think it's persistent to a lot of very fast-moving, time-sensitive fields, especially like logistics and supply chain, because you know there are a ton of customers waiting on your flight, on your shipments, and you have to make sure that you're doing your part so that they get their deliveries on time. So I think that is one of the biggest challenges we see, at least in the supply chain and the transportation and logistics industry.

I do think I'm someone who wants to learn a lot, and I think a lot of people, when they've been in the industry far too long, feel like they're in a spot where they know things. I feel like I don't want to ever be in that spot where I say I know things, because then I feel like I will not really put in an effort to learn and to understand and to really go into the weeds of what's happening. So I want to say that consistent learning is one of my key attributes that I always feel like I have to bring in every day to work. Apart from that, I just think taking accountability becomes really important, because when you're handling a lot of time-sensitive things, it becomes mandatory to know that you know what the data looks like, you know that you're gonna get it delivered at the right time, because you know people are waiting on what you're gonna send them to make their choices, and it holistically affects the business that you will be having for the day. So I think taking accountability becomes super important, and I think just being kind, because it's a very, very fast-moving world. Everybody's got a ton of things that they're trying to do, and so just take the time out and be kind to people, because you never know when they need your kindness.