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…
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The good news: We have many CPO’s who are constantly looking for good talent. The good ones can pick where they want to work because the shortage of talent in our profession continues and will continue in the near future. The bad news: There are challenges for the…
As a Procurement professional, I want to believe that I’m a reasonable and sensible person when dealing with potential and incumbent suppliers. However, after reading the list of Common Fallacies in Reasoning I questioned if I ever experienced or observed some of the fallacies in reasoning during my…
A few weeks ago Dalip wrote about the financial cost of bad trading relationships. Much of the problem stems from how preconceived notions each side has about their partner (either the buy side or the sell side) impacts how they treat one another. Can you imagine this: Or…
A good friend, colleague and my intellectual provocateur Tim Cummins (IACCM) and I have been talking about this issue for quite a long time and finally decided to collaborate and do something about it. We have co-hosted about 15-20 different sessions in our relationship but this feels different. …