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Procurement decisions don’t fail inside procurement. They fail when real-world conditions hit them. That’s what we assess.
Book Lovers Cafe: “Your Show Will Go Live in 5 Seconds (Confessions of a Blog Talk Radio Host)”
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)
Motivating Ideals: How to Engage and Ignite Your Company’s Workforce
November 27, 2009
Taking another page out of Jim Collins’ book Good to Great, where he highlights a number of corporate myths, his research found (and I quote); “Companies that make the change from good to great have no name for their transformation – and absolutely no program. They neither rant nor rave about a crisis – and […]
The Community Marketing Blog’s Blog-off #2 Competition with $45K in Prizes
November 25, 2009
For those of you who found my October 15th “The Power of the Blog” post interesting, I thought that I would share with you the details for a high profile competition known as Blog-off #2 which features amongst many benefits a $45,000 total prize package for the winners. If you are a blogger and have […]
Posted in: News & Updates
Accessibility to Intelligence and the Power to Act (Binary Fountain)
November 24, 2009
When I came across the Binary Fountain organization as a result of our mutual familiarity with the Commonwealth of Virginia, my initial thought was to view their offering through the lens of quantifying results. Specifically, by providing timely access to near real-time intelligence, their clients would be able to measure the success of a program […]
Posted in: Procurement Trends, Sponsor Profile
Snakes in a Playpen: Why U.S. Policy Regarding H-1B and EB-5 Visas is Outdated and Ineffective
November 22, 2009
In an earlier post from the spring I had talked about the manner in which inspiration usually hit me in terms of ideas for the articles that ultimately find their way to the pages of this as well as other blogs. I had bemoaned the fact that at the time I had not yet incorporated […]
Posted in: News & Updates, PI Window on Business (Show)
Procurement Insights 
December 4, 2009
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