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Recommended Webinars October 22-26: Actively managed procurement, Integrated risk management, Leveraging a contingent workforce
Are you really MANAGING Procurement? (Or Does Stuff Just Happen…) (Per Angusta, Spend Matters UK/EU, FirstGroup) October 23 rd , 7am ET As my team and I always used to say when I was in consulting, “Hope is not a strategy.” Good things happen because we make them happen – and head off problems before they come to pass. In this webinar, Peter Smith (Spend Matters UK/EU), Pierre Lapree (Per ...
Broken Procurement Theory
Procurement Governance In procurement, we see a similar breakdown. Processes erode and disappear as a result of the behaviors of those who are meant to carry them out. From end users, to buyers, to leaders of the organization, everyone has the potential to defy convention and inspire similar actions in others. Regardless of the size of the company or industry they operate within, non-compl...
The September ISM-New York Report on Business: Help Wanted!
A note specific to the New York Metro area, where all of this report’s respondants are located: they are predominantly in professional services industries. It is important to keep this in mind when we think about the context for the trends being reported by these particular purchasing managers. Report Rundown In September, New York City purchasing managers reported the highest Emplo...
Book Review: Soft Skills for Hard Business
As Loseby explains in a brief section regarding the structure of the book, Soft Skills is based in large part on the research he conducted for his PhD in Behavioral Science. The depth of his knowledge and the length of time he has spent considering and studying its application in business are evident, and they give each subject covered in the book a satisfying richness. With that depth, however, ...
Book Review: A Guide to Positive Disruption
I opened my (soft) reviewer’s copy of the book shortly after Joanna sent it to me – just to make sure I could access the file. The next thing I knew, I was 10 pages in. The conversational style of the book paired with the honesty of the many illustrating examples make it addictive, and given the ongoing challenges associated with navigating disruption, I suspect you’ll read it more than once. I k...
Kelly Barner's Latest Industry Writing
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- A Dose of Our Own Medicine: Improving Procurement Technology Selection and Implementation
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