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What Are We Teaching? How a 2008 Certification Post Exposes AI’s Biggest Blind Spot
February 14, 2026
Who is teaching the profession how to think — and by whose definition of value?
Posted in: Commentary
From DND to JLARC to Forrester to the AI Era: One Thing Has Remained Constant
February 14, 2026
Why does the industry keep measuring the same functional data and expecting different results?
Posted in: Commentary
This Is Not a Cookbook: Why the SAP Ariba Briefing Won’t Look Like Anything You’ve Attended Before
February 12, 2026
"I was quite surprised that he didn't promote the latest flavour of procurement… instead he asked us to use common-sense and not allow technology to define our business process… how refreshing!"
Posted in: Commentary
How AI Transparency And Governance Works In The Real World: A RAM 2025™ Multimodel Case Study
February 11, 2026
This is what AI transparency looks like when it's operational, not theoretical.
Posted in: Commentary
How Many of Yesterday’s Procurement Professionals Are Today’s Leaders — How Many Will Lead in the AI Era?
February 11, 2026
"I would definitely go to another of Jon's seminars." The current CTO of McDonald's Canada who attended my procurement training in 2008.
Posted in: Commentary
10 Deals. $30 Billion. Zero Readiness Assessments.
February 10, 2026
$30B made the tools better; it made the outcomes worse — because nobody measured readiness.
Posted in: Commentary
A CPO Asked Whether Zip’s New Enterprise Transformation Office Understands Phase 0 Readiness — We Put the Question to Six Independent AI Models
February 10, 2026
A CPO asked my view of ZIP's Enterprise Transformation Office. Here are the results of the RAM 2025 Multimodel assessment.
Posted in: Commentary
Agentic AI Didn’t Kill the Magic Quadrant — It Made It Optional
February 9, 2026
Why did Agentic AI demote Quadrants, Waves, and Maps?
Posted in: Commentary
We Ran a Multimodel AI Assessment on the Organizations Behind Supply Chain Digital’s Top 100 Leaders — Here’s What Their Public Narratives Reveal About AI Governance Readiness
February 9, 2026
When it comes to readiness and AI governance, who leads the leaders?
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
Phase 0 Isn’t a Starting Gate — It’s a Diagnostic Discipline
February 15, 2026
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What if your initiative struggles have nothing to do with technology?