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You’re Not Crazy. You’re Just in the Wrong Quadrant.

January 7, 2026

The Branson Plan makes for inspirational reading — but it's a disaster for ProcureTech transformation.

The Fractional CPO Paradox: When Seeing Clearly Isn’t Enough

January 7, 2026

Are company boardrooms ruining their procurement and supply chain capabilities from the inside out?

Tech Stack vs. Layer Stack: Why One Fails and One Sustains

January 6, 2026

The tech stack asks: "What can we deploy?" The layer stack asks: "What can they absorb?" Only one survives Year 5.

Case Study Decay: The Year 1 Lie That Lasts Forever

January 6, 2026

"Most initiatives don't clearly fail — they quietly fade." — Vera Rozanova

Microsoft Called It Copilot. It’s Autopilot for Tasks, Not Co-pilot for Outcomes.

January 5, 2026

Microsoft didn't lie with the name — they just set the wrong expectation. The gap between assist and partnership is where most AI strategy turns into implementation disappointment.

Building the Hansen Fit Score Advisory Team: Welcoming Canda Rozier

January 5, 2026

Fortune 500 CPO. Global sourcing leader. Change management veteran. And the courage to say what most practitioners think but won't say out loud. Welcome Canda Rozier.

Autopilot vs. Co-pilot: Why the Ecosystem Is Still Stuck in 1998

January 5, 2026

The industry thinks AI is either replacing us or serving us. They're missing the third option: flying with us.

The Obvious Thing: What 27 Years Taught Me About Success and Failure

January 4, 2026

Ninety percent of success can be boiled down to consistently doing the obvious thing for an uncommonly long period of time without convincing yourself that you're smarter than you are.

Know Your Odds: Why Practitioners Would Have Better Luck at the Casino

January 4, 2026

You have better odds at a blackjack table than implementing procurement technology without a readiness assessment. At least the casino publishes the odds.