This past Tuesday, we met with a group of CPOs as part of PERT (Procurement / Supply Executive Round Table) and the topic was “How to Maximize Value through Relationships (Internal and External) and Governance”. The discussion focused on the journey from Strategic Sourcing to Category Management and…
I was recently listening to Shankar Vedantam, the social science correspondent on NPR, discuss why collaboration becomes almost impossible when you have senior leaders in the same room. This should come as no surprise to those that study this kind of stuff. For example, you have probably heard…
As most of you are aware (especially the thousands of our alumni 🙂 ), we have always been extremely passionate about competency development. While there are many key areas where we differ from all the others on the topic of Competency Based Talent Development, the one that has…
. . . . the more they remain the same. It was many years ago when I had just moved to the USA. My first job as a Controller also included the responsibility for Purchasing. A few months into it, it was obvious that we were losing money…
I was recently on the phone with the CEO of a software solution provider whom I met at a recent conference (Hi Russ) in our profession and we started talking about how the process of engaging with suppliers is inefficient and ineffective. While I’m sure that every person…
