It’s been a buzzword that’s been bandied about for a while and of course it’s a major focus of every Category Management model out there. We’ve been talking about it for a looooong time ourselves so we’re as guilty as everyone else. That doesn’t mean…
Ebola, COVID 19, variant, variant, variant, Monkey Pox, the war on Ukraine, record high gas prices, potential recession – enough said. Every day we have a new source of uncertainty and even crisis hitting us. We, as humans, are wired to fear the unknown and…
We were working with an international manufacturing client and still do occasionally, and we were asked to help them transition into Category Management (“CM”) which they had recently heard about. This was a client that had recently made the move to Strategic Sourcing from 3…
My last blog discussed the importance of being a good listener. This is a key skill for any professional but is particularly critical for consultants. If you are reading this and think “well then this is not for me” then think again. Any role you…
COVID is not a topic that we want to do the typical ”we told you so”. A recent headline though did catch my attention and I thought t was worth exploring it further. “We got the biological science right, but we didn’t get the social…