Take a quick poll: I used to play a lot of golf and somewhere along the way I decided I was good enough (I wasn’t) to give lessons. I also wrote this, which I’ve never shared on this blog and think that it actually is…
As Strategic Sourcing / Category Management / Supply Chain consultants we advise our clients in a variety of ways, some of which are how to operate (which operating model to deploy?), how to organize (org structure) and what types of resources to hire (skillset /…
From the time we called for the Death of Strategic Sourcing in 2010 to all the conferences that we speak at or host, one thing is consistently clear – people choose to define Category Management (CM) as they see fit. I’ve had CPOs tell me that they have…
. . . Still! We have several clients that are going through Procurement technology upgrades. The single biggest issue that they are ALL having is around the people side of the change which is ALL about Change Management. They are frustrated because most of the time they spent…
My 10-year-old supposed “luxury” car is in the shop and I ended up having to rent a car. I don’t know the last time you rented a car but I found the experience to be terrifying and that’s not an exaggeration. I almost turned around to ask for an older…