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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
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
IBM just topped Stanford’s global transparency index — and it’s a meaningful win. But there’s a second kind of transparency the industry still isn’t measuring… and it’s the one that determines whether organizations actually succeed with AI.
December 11, 2025
IBM just topped Stanford's global transparency index — and it's a meaningful win. But there's a second kind of transparency the industry still isn't measuring.
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
Revisiting Lance Younger’s Criticism About the Negativity Surrounding Emerging Technology (Does It Still Hold Water Today — Did It Ever?)
December 15, 2025
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Does Lance Younger's 2024 criticism hold water in 2025 — what do 42 years of data say?