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The History They Show vs. The History They Haven’t Recognized
December 11, 2025
Every industry timeline celebrates 35 years of ProcureTech innovation. None recognize the failure rate that accompanied each era: 70% → 75% → 80%. Technology kept improving. Outcomes got worse. One equation explains why — and what finally collapses the failure rate.
Posted in: Commentary
The Missing Layer in Procurement’s 4 Levels
December 10, 2025
Tanya W.'s 4 Levels of Procurement maps individual evolution from Order Taker to Transformation Engine. But what happens when a Level 4 practitioner lands in a Level 1 organization? The 18-year archive shows why most never make the climb — and it's not for lack of trying.
Posted in: Commentary
Your Championship Reality Is Not Someone Else’s Case Study
December 10, 2025
“You don’t win the Super Bowl by buying Tom Brady’s cleats. So why does our industry still pretend you can win transformation by buying the tech?”
Posted in: Commentary
85% Aren’t Ready. So Why Does the Industry Keep Selling?
December 9, 2025
Before you act on anything an analyst firm, consultancy, or ProcureTech vendor tells you must ask this one question:
Posted in: Commentary
Where Data Platforms Fit — And Where Behavioral Diagnosis Must Lead
December 8, 2025
With most AI projects derailed by data-readiness issues..." — Hammerspace is right. But data readiness isn't organizational readiness. Where do platforms like Hammerspace and Tealbook fit in the architecture — and what layer is still missing?
Posted in: Commentary
When Diagrams Aren’t Enough: What Gartner’s New AI Graphics Reveal — and What They Still Can’t Say
December 8, 2025
Gartner is learning the vocabulary of failure — but their business model won't let them ask the only question that matters: Is your organization ready to absorb any of this?
Posted in: Commentary
Gartner’s AI Heat Map: A Restaurant Menu for the 80%
December 8, 2025
It’s not the menu that matters. It’s whether your organization can survive the meal.
Posted in: Commentary
Why Spreadsheets Keep Beating AI: The Case for Humans at the Wheel
December 8, 2025
Spreadsheets have been declared dead for decades. So why do they still outperform the systems designed to replace them?
Posted in: Commentary
What Does a 1963 Mary Kay Cosmetics Interview Have In Common With A 2025 Particle Accelerator Model?
December 7, 2025
What World Models' LeCun and Bezos learn from Mary Kay about AI?
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
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
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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.