The word “conflict” has such negative connotations but the most effective teams actually elicit conflict to generate new ideas. Since most of our work as Sourcing / Category Management professionals is done in teams, embracing constructive conflict is a MUST as you are making the journey from Strategic…
More on that later but let’s talk about termites today. Why you ask? TMG alumni can tell you right away – it’s because of Synectics (from the Decision Making workshop). Synectics is the art of connecting things that are normally unlikely to be connected. For example, the architecture…
Last week, we ran a three-day Consulting Skills workshop for a new global client. The CPO who hired us saw the value of requiring her team to function like an internal consulting practice – since one of our roles as Procurement professionals is to be an internal consultant.…
Since this is the start of Labor Day weekend (in the US), we thought we would delay our really serious blog post that we had planned. We hope you have a safe holiday weekend with friends and loved ones.
If I knew the answer to that, I would have retired long time ago having made tons of money. Understanding what made that chicken decide to move from A to B would perhaps help me better understand how to get organizations to decide to move and perhaps help…
