Logistics at a Crossroads: 🎙️ Episode 19: Holding the Lock, Losing the Key

 This week, grief walked onto two campuses — one in Florida, one in Texas — and shattered the illusion of safety.

At Florida State University, students now carry trauma they never asked for.
In Dallas, a school shooting was made possible by something painfully preventable: an unsecured door.

As someone with nieces, nephews, and chosen family in college, I can’t separate these tragedies from my personal world — and I can’t ignore the systems we’ve built that continue to fail at critical moments.

In logistics, we spend a lot of time talking about access control.
Who’s allowed in? What doors are locked? What checks are in place?

But what happens when the lock holds… and the key is handed over anyway?
What happens when trust, or assumption, or a moment of carelessness lets danger in?

This episode is different.
It’s not just about ports or planning or processes.
It’s about what happens when the systems we rely on — in schools, in security, in society — leave the back door open.

Because whether it’s a warehouse or a classroom, access matters.
And the consequences of not vetting — of letting someone in without questioning — can be irreversible.

To the families grieving, the students recovering, and the staff now burdened with the aftermath:
You are not alone. You are being held in prayer and in purpose.

This volume is dedicated to the lives lost, the systems that must be reexamined, and the quiet warriors who continue showing up — demanding change in the spaces where it matters most.

Because logistics isn’t just about freight — it’s about what (and who) we allow in.