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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
Why You Will Need a Resilient Workforce in Today’s Economy
MIT Professor Yossi Sheffi extended the resilience concept to business continuity initiatives in his 2005 book The Resilient Enterprise. Dr. Sheffi analyzed how disruptions can adversely affect the operations of corporations and how investments in resilience can give a business a competitive advantage over entities not prepared for various contingencies. Business organizations such as the […]
Black Belt Mindset PowerPOD Interview with Host Jim Bouchard Now Available
December 7, 2009
Released today, my interview from the end of November as a guest on Jim Bouchard’s Think Like a Black Belt PowerPOD was released today. As is always the case when I get together with Jim whether having him as a guest on the PI Window on Business Show or working behind the scenes as the […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window on Business (Show)
Foreign and Domestic Capital Investment: A Matter of Opportunity Versus Choice
December 4, 2009
This paper addresses an important omission in the venture capital literature by comparing the monitoring behavior of foreign and domestic venture capital firms (VCs). Evidence from 31 VCs in India (84% response) shows foreign VCs were significantly more likely than domestic VCs to be involved at the strategic level while domestic VCs were significantly more […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window on Business (Show)
Book Lovers Cafe: “Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds (Confessions of a Blog Talk Radio Host)”
December 4, 2009
I very much enjoyed the opportunity to appear as a guest on Denise Dyer’s Hold the Vision Radio Show this morning, to talk about my book Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds (Confessions of a Blog Talk Radio Host). I know that you will enjoy it as well.
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window on Business (Show)
The Paucity of suppliers bidding on City of Ottawa contracts is a symptom of a much larger problem
December 4, 2009
It would be difficult for me to actually provide a number relative to how many times I have referenced the problems associated with what I refer to as an eroding supply based. Over the past few years, and more recently within the pages of this blog or on the virtual airwaves of the PI Window […]
Posted in: Procurement Trends, Public Sector Procurement
Today’s Zycus Webinar on eSourcing 2.0 is here! was interesting, yet it did not tell the whole story
December 3, 2009
Like most professionals in my field I receive endless invitations to attend conferences, webinars and store openings. As a result one has to be selective in terms of which invites they will accept otherwise, and like the frequency of corporate golf tournaments during the dot.com boom – I actually reached the point of being able […]
Dialogue Regarding CATA Post Demonstrates the Productive Power of Social Media
December 2, 2009
My post regarding CATA’s “116 Campaign” in which I referred to the effort as being self-serving despite a just cause inspired an interesting discussion that demonstrates the power of social media to engage and expand upon a train of thought. In fact I enjoyed the exchange with Sue so much that I felt it warranted […]
Posted in: Commentary
The CATA Press Release RE Their 116 Campaign: A Just Cause Lost in a Sea of Self-Serving Rhetoric
December 1, 2009
Canada’s venture capital industry is in trouble. That industry is seriously underfunded, while Canada’s emerging technology and life sciences companies are so capital-starved they risk being uncompetitive in the North American market. At the same time, much needed and sought after US capital that could richly fund that industry and those companies is being blocked […]
Posted in: News & Updates
PI Window on Business Celebrates 75th Broadcast With Special Anniversary Offer
November 30, 2009
It is hard to believe that the December 3rd segment titled “Motivating Ideals: How to Engage and Ignite Your Company’s Workforce” will be our 75th show. What is the old saying about time flying by when you are having fun. Over the first 75 segments there have been so many great moments such […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window on Business (Show)
Procurement Insights 
December 7, 2009
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