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What Really Happened At Toyota? Business Thought Leaders Segment

June 22, 2010

Could better intelligence have prevented the massive recall woes of the once revered Toyota Supply Chain? According to one industry analyst, “better analytics tools, including software-as-a-service products, could help Toyota and other companies crunch the numbers,” and thereby avoid the problems which led to a massive recall due to safety concerns with acceleration. There are […]

Women on Success Profile: Pat Brown

June 21, 2010

As part of our “Women on Success” Specials, we have already featured Jennifer Allan, Dr. Gaby Cora, Dr. Larina Kase and Karen Evans. In this fifth and final installment I am pleased to introduce you to bestselling author and acclaimed criminal profiler Pat Brown. Remember that our panel discussions air on June 23rd at 10:00 […]

Women on Success Profile: Jennifer Allan

June 21, 2010

As part of our “Women on Success” Specials, I have been featuring each member of our two discussion panels. Today, I am pleased to introduce you to author Jennifer Allan. Remember that our segments air on June 23rd at 10:00 AM EST and 12:00 PM EST, during which time I will be talking with Jennifer […]

Women on Success Profile: Dr. Gaby Cora MD, MBA

June 19, 2010

As we approach the June 23rd air date of “Women on Success,” I have been featuring each member of our discussion panels. Today, I am pleased to introduce you to author and television personality Dr. Gaby Cora. In the back to back panel discussions at 10:00 AM EST and 12:00 PM EST, I will be […]

Women on Success Profile: Dr. Larina Kase

June 18, 2010

On June 23rd at 10:00 AM EST and again at 12:00 PM EST I will interviewing five incredible women in a segment titled “Women on Success.” As we approach the June 23rd air date, I have been featuring each member of our discussion panels. Today, I am pleased to introduce you to New York Times […]

Women on Success Profile: Karen Evans

June 17, 2010

As announced in my June 14th post here on the Procurement Insights Blog as well as the PI Window on Business Blog, on June 23rd at 10:00 AM EST and again at 12:00 PM EST I will interviewing five incredible women in a segment titled “Women on Success.” What these women have accomplished both individually […]

You Say Tomatoe, I Say Tomtato: Comparing Men’s and Women’s Definition of Success

June 14, 2010

“Are the differences observed between men and women in business and corporate world a function of biological and psychological differences between the genders or are they mostly a function of cultural learning and cultural definition of gender roles? The author, using data collected on how men and women define success and the source of such […]

Washington Dispatch No. 8: Roundtable Discussion on Transparency and the Cost to Suppliers

June 10, 2010

As previously mentioned, the Government takes great interest in the health of SMEs and is making it a priority in wanting to “cut the red tape faced by the private and not-for-profit sectors when doing business with the government [and fixing procurement]” (2008 Speech from the Throne). The Government is proud that it has done […]

Social Media and Health Care: Integrating Health Care to Improve Patient Care

June 7, 2010

“Health care is the most information-intensive industry, yet it lags behind every other sector of the national economy in its adoption of information technology,” Mongiardo said. “The banking industry is 20 years ahead of health care in implementing information technology. A Request for Proposal (RFP) has been issued seeking vendors to help establish this information […]

U.S. 9/11 terrorist attack warrants $18 million for G20 security, London subway attack $30 million and Canadian vandalism of local bank branch $1 billion . . . must be the exchange rate?

June 6, 2010

I must admit that after viewing the video of the recent firebombing of a Royal Bank branch in Ottawa, I initially had reservations about writing what I felt in my gut was not an act of true terrorism but what had every appearance of being an act of vandalism by disenfranchised neighborhood youths . While […]