Ep 217: The Night the Lights Went Out in Spain feat. Kris Lance

On April 28, 2025, most of Spain, Portugal, and the south of France lost power for a day. Everything instantly ground to a halt: transportation, airports, ATMs, hospitals, cell phones, traffic lights, etc., and while this was a rare event for an area roughly the size of the state of Texas, it was catastrophic for everyone affected.

In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes back Kris Lance, Vice President and Senior Director at Una, for a monthly conversation about current news stories. Kris has experience in multiple industries and has his finger on the pulse of the trends and topics that procurement, sourcing, and supply chain professionals need to be aware of.

In this month’s discussion, Kris and Kelly discuss the power outage: 

• The most popular speculations about how and why the outage occurred, and what those theories tell us about people’s mindset
• Lessons the rest of the world can learn about the risks to nations, governments, families, and energy infrastructure
• Silver linings that may show themselves under difficult circumstances like these 

Links:

• Under Armour, Unless partner on plant-based sportswear collection
• Kris Lance on LinkedIn
• Subscribe to Una’s Procurement Newsletter, “The Sidekick”
• Episode 212: Trying Regenerative Sportswear on for Size
• Episode 208: All Cracked Up - Understanding Today’s Egg Prices
• Episode 204: Hot Times in the Arctic Circle
• Episode 200: Fostering the Conditions That Lead to Success