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Will Quinn has spent 25 years running distribution operations — and he still does. He speaks to distributors, associations, and operations teams about warehouse performance, frontline leadership, and what technology can and can't fix. Booking 2026/2027.
SPEAKING OVERVIEW
Twenty-five years of warehouse leadership across WMS rollouts, automation, AI adoption, and frontline operations — brought to the room as things that actually happened, not frameworks. Audiences get straight talk and ideas they can use on the next shift.
EVENT PLANNERS
If you want a speaker who can challenge outdated thinking, connect with operators, and leave the room with memorable insight, let's talk.
SIGNATURE TALKS
Each one comes from a building I actually ran. Formats flex — say what you need and I'll fit the room.
What the Marine Corps teaches every leader that business school never will
The Corps spends more time developing a twenty-year-old corporal than most companies spend developing a director. This is what transfers to a distribution floor — and what doesn't.
Keynote 45 min · Breakout 60 min
Promoting for performance and getting a leadership problem
Every operation does it, then wonders why the shift fell apart. The jump from doing the work to running the people is the hardest transition in distribution — and nobody trains for it. Built from the FEDA supervisor series.
Breakout 60 min · Webinar 30 min · Workshop 90 min
What's real, what's sold, and what breaks
The technology is not the hard part. The hard part is a floor full of people who have watched three systems come and go. A straight read on where AI earns its keep in distribution — and where it quietly doesn't.
Keynote 45 min · Panel · Webinar 30 min
What twenty-five years of actually looking will teach you
Your dashboard says the operation is fine. The dock says otherwise. How to see the friction that never reaches a report — and how walking the floor well is what earns a new leader credibility with a crew that is still deciding about them.
Keynote 45 min · Breakout 60 min
How technology actually changes the warehouse floor
WMS rollouts, slotting optimization, and network realignment — told from inside the projects, including the ones that went sideways and what they cost to fix.
Keynote 45 min · Breakout 60 min
Rolling something out to people who've watched initiatives come and go
Skepticism on an experienced floor isn't resistance — it's memory. How to run a change that survives contact with the second shift.
Keynote 45 min · Breakout 60 min · Workshop 90 min
Four 90-minute sessions for supervisors and team leads — frameworks, templates, and an action plan out of each one, not theory. Developed and delivered for the Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association in 2026.
Knowing the work well enough to lead it. Floor-walking technique and the credibility that comes from demonstrated expertise rather than a title.
The transition into leadership, motivating people one at a time, delegating without hovering, and holding performance steady across shifts.
Reading performance data honestly, building a scorecard people trust, and running one-on-ones that change what happens next week.
Diagnosing fast when it all goes at once, deciding without complete information, communicating up and across, and leaving with a contingency plan that actually runs.
Available as a four-part series, a condensed one-day workshop, or any single session on its own.
Also available for faith-based and values-driven events: Faith, Forklifts, and Fulfillment — servant leadership and the distribution floor.
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WHAT AUDIENCES SAY
"Will speaks the truth. He gets the industry, the people, and the process."
"One of the most valuable sessions of the entire event. Authentic and useful."
LET'S TALK
Bring a speaker who connects with operators, challenges outdated thinking, and delivers real insight — long after the coffee's gone cold.