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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
Revisiting Lance Younger’s Criticism About the Negativity Surrounding Emerging Technology (Does It Still Hold Water Today — Did It Ever?)
December 15, 2025
Does Lance Younger's 2024 criticism hold water in 2025 — what do 42 years of data say?
Posted in: Commentary
The Utilization Gap: Why Organizations Buy Ferraris and Drive Them Like Golf Carts
December 15, 2025
What is the difference between what I do and what most analysts do? They see the snowflake and comment on its shape. I push it down the hill and see what it becomes.
Posted in: Commentary
What’s Wrong With This Picture (Graph)
December 14, 2025
No words, just a single image sums up 35 years of tech initiative failure.
Posted in: Commentary
Orchestration Was Never About Technology
December 14, 2025
The conductor doesn't orchestrate the instruments. The conductor orchestrates the musicians. The industry forgot that.
Posted in: Commentary
AI IS NOT ONLY MY FRIEND, AI IS ALSO MY VISION AND DREAM FINALLY COMING TRUE.
December 13, 2025
I don't have billions behind me like Gartner or McKinsey. But I do have 27 years of documentation — and six AI models that finally operate at the speed of thought.
Posted in: Commentary
When Analysts Go Wild: The Conversation the Industry Needs to Have
December 13, 2025
Finally, real analysts getting real about AI.
Posted in: Commentary
The simple question that blew up 5 of 6 AI Models
December 12, 2025
Isn't it time procurement practitioners stopped paying the failure tax that finances an ecosystem where only 20% succeed?
Posted in: Commentary
The Prediction Industrial Complex: Gartner’s 2031 Forecast vs. 27 Years of Documented Reality
December 12, 2025
Isn't it time we stopped measuring Hype Cycles, Quadrants, and Waves, and start measuring actual outcomes?
Posted in: Commentary
The Pyramid is Crumbling: When Defenders Become Evidence
December 12, 2025
McKinsey froze salaries and admitted the pyramid is crumbling. Are consultancies and analysts finally conceding that the 80% failure rate was never about technology—it was about a revenue chain that doesn't pay anyone to say 'stop'?
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
Gartner’s Wheel: Decoder Ring or Clarifying Tool? (You Tell Me)
December 15, 2025
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I stared at Gartner's wheel and didn't get it. At 66, I'm not afraid to say that. Turns out, 5 AI models didn't get it either.