As Memorial Day is quickly approaching for us in the United States, we would like to pause and reflect on how lucky we feel to have a military that keeps us, our family and all of us safe. We think of their families, too, and the sacrifice they make…
I was recently on a call with a client (where we had worked on a major Transformation effort) to launch a Professional Services sourcing engagement with a spend well into the 100’s of millions. While we were talking about the governance for this engagement, he (unsolicited) started talking…
The complexity of maintaining the country’s electrical grid in case of a disaster is humongous and the Department of Energy has identified it as a major risk and has challenged the industry to come up with solutions. The industry has been trying a number of different approaches but…
Over a year ago we, at The Mpower Group, tapped into this major conversation around the difference between Strategic Sourcing and Category Management. So many of our client organizations are trying to make that journey and finding it to be quite challenging. Let’s ALL acknowledge the fact that…
Another HUGELY successful PERT workshop!! Ok, maybe there’s some hyperbole in there but it was definitely very well received and got great feedback. Here’s an almost exact quote, “I’ve been to many an event like this and this delivered the most value – ever!” The topic was how…
