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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
When Were They Ever Qualified?A Consolidated 5-Model Assessment of McKinsey and the Big Firms** (EXECUTIVE VERSION)
December 2, 2025
A century of strategy. Zero foundation for implementation. It’s time we stop pretending the Big Firms were ever built for ProcureTech.
Posted in: Commentary
When Were They Ever Qualified?A Consolidated 5-Model Assessment of McKinsey and the Big Firms** (FULL VERSION)
December 2, 2025
A century of strategy. Zero foundation for implementation. It’s time we stop pretending the Big Firms were ever built for ProcureTech.
Posted in: Commentary
Gartner and Forrester Tell You Which Vendor Is Best. But Best for Whom?
December 1, 2025
Why does the industry need a practitioner-centric framework alongside the vendor-centric ones?
Posted in: Commentary
The Hidden Column Missing from Every Procure-to-Pay Shortlist
December 1, 2025
What's the 'Missing Column' in ProcureTech selection success?
Posted in: Commentary
Kroger’s $2.6 Billion Write-Down Proves What I Wrote in 2008: Technology Doesn’t Fail — Unready Organizations Fail at Technology
November 30, 2025
A 2008 paper explains why Kroger just did a $2.6 billion write-down of their robotic fulfillment center initiative.
Posted in: Commentary
Is Procurement Finally Prepared to “Go To The Line” in the AI Era?
November 30, 2025
Which procurement professional are you prepared to be?
Posted in: Commentary
Context Engineering Without Readiness Is Just a Sophisticated Way to Fail
November 29, 2025
Why Gartner’s Context Engineering is like fixing the windshield wipers… on a car with a failing engine.
Posted in: Commentary
It Isn’t The Instrument — It’s The Musician
November 29, 2025
This beat-up ThinkPad with worn keys is running the same AI architecture I built for Canada's Department of National Defence in 1998. If you want to know why I'm so confident in the HFS — today's post will tell you.
Posted in: Commentary
When Agentic AI Meets Organizational Unreadiness
November 29, 2025
The world just discovered what I wrote in 1998: Autonomous AI without organizational readiness isn't transformation — it's accelerated failure.
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
Why Are We Congratulating and Celebrating the Loss of a Key Member of Our Industry?
December 2, 2025
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The warning signs were there in 2007. In 2015. In 2018. In 2023. We kept ignoring them. Now we're losing our best people — and celebrating as they walk out the door.