No, there is no typo in the title – the C stands for CHANGE. I am working on a presentation for an ISM dinner meeting in Pittsburgh next week entitled “Sourcing IS Change Management” which was first delivered at a Sourcing Interest Group conference back in 1998 (of…
Last week I was running a workshop for Strategic Sourcing professionals and the subject matter was supplier selection and relationship management. One of the topics we discussed was the loss review. Some of the questions I received were: Should we be doing loss reviews? When do you let…
In a few weeks I will be facilitating a panel discussion with a group of women who will be receiving the “Women to Watch” award through the ILCPA and AICPA societies. This award is given annually to women who are deemed to be either experienced or emerging leaders…
20 years ago . . . . . . . YES in 1996, we set out on a journey to do this thing called Strategic Sourcing. It was at a time when my organization was going through a merger of equals (two very large Midwest Banks) and the…
If you agree that Change is the new normal – globalization, political unrest, business disruption, climate change, etc.) then having the capability to manage change is critical. Never ending change impacts business leaders and employees alike and can either provide momentum to a business or bring it to…
