Today's guest is Ryan Douglas, who brings more than 25 years of experience managing large-scale cultivation operations.
Ryan is also the author of Presence is a Strategy, a new book that explores what happens when cultivation teams rely too heavily on technology and lose the human oversight that keeps operations running smoothly.
Drawing from decades of experience, Ryan explains why leadership needs to be present on the cultivation floor, where small issues can be identified before they become expensive problems. He examines the hidden costs of deferred maintenance, disconnected HR decisions, an overreliance on dashboards, and management styles that push top performers out the door.
Ryan offers practical insights into balancing technology with the experience and judgment that only people can provide.
Ryan is the founder of Ryan Douglas Cultivation LLC and the host of Future Crop Files, a conversation series focused on real-world execution in controlled environment agriculture.
Link to Ryan's book, Presence is a Strategy, on Amazon
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryancultivation