Why subscribe to another page in a world that's already too fast and too full?
Fair point. My goal isn't to give you more content. It's to offer perspectives.
I don't spam. I publish every 2–3 weeks. What I write is meant to close gaps — not add to the pile. Because the thing that's actually missing isn't more information. It's more people genuinely willing to hear a perspective that isn't already theirs.
We're all in filter bubbles. We believe our view is the right one, but we're too fragile to enter a real conversation that might shift it. Every human carries a unique perspective. That's not a problem to manage — it's humanity's greatest asset. We should be celebrating that diversity, not flattening it. Building systems that are fairer and more worth living in for everyone starts there.
If you're up for that journey — hop on.
One thing you should know before you dive into my content: I work with AI as a thinking partner and co-author — the colleague I don't otherwise have when building something alone. I bring the raw material: the experience, the argument, the perspective. The conversation helps me find the shape of what I already know. The ideas are mine. The conclusions are mine. The voice you're reading is mine. But thinking out loud with someone — or something — that reflects it back without judgment is how I get to the clearer version of what I actually mean.
I’m Anna Berghe von Trips — strategic advisor for supply chain integrity, certified systemic mediator, and former Senior Product Manager at a supply chain transparency tech company.
I spent four years watching supply chain implementations fail from the inside. Not because the software was bad. Because the human and structural layer underneath wasn’t ready.
I’ve also spent years in research. My master’s thesis at TU Munich examined how responsibility gets distributed across global production networks — and who ends up holding it when something breaks. What I found there, and what I kept seeing at work, pointed to the same conclusion: companies aren’t evil. They’re following the rules of a system built by humans.
Which means we can change it.
Supply chains are where today’s exploitation is most visible — and most changeable. They’re also everywhere. Without them, the economy as we know it doesn’t exist. Which makes them the lever for something much bigger: moving from companies that extract from their networks to companies that contribute to them. From compliance theatre to structural integrity. From sustainability as a department to sustainability as the reason a company exists and how it operates.
That’s the ten-year goal. The near-term work — CSDDD, the Digital Product Passport, supplier trust, the Integrity Gap — is the path there.
I write for sustainability managers who are tired of firefighting. For leaders who sense something is structurally wrong and want to name it. And for anyone who thinks the current system isn't inevitable — just badly designed.
My work is grounded in values I actually hold:
autonomy · courage · integrity · empathy · belonging · joy of discovery · justice · nature
And the principles I work by as a mediator:
impartiality · informedness · openness to any outcome · confidentiality · willingness to reach agreement · professionalism · personal responsibility · transparency · voluntariness
Everybody is doing their best, which is terrifying and also why it is so hard to change.
That’s also where we start.
— Anna
