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Why I’m Done Tracking Gartner — and What I’m Focusing on Instead
January 10, 2026
"Gartner is not wrong. They are simply not designed to solve the problem of implementation success in the AI era."
Independent 2025 Validation of 1998 Strand Commonality Theory: Practical Application for 2026
January 9, 2026
"ProcureTech providers are not solution providers."
The Missing Governance Layer: Why Every Framework Assumes What None Measure
January 9, 2026
Enhancing versus replacing models like Kaizen, Porter, Kraljic, and SCOR
Has Gartner Ever Explained Who “THEY” Are?
January 8, 2026
"Gartner's predictions are always written in passive voice: decisions 'will be made,' buying 'will be' intermediated. But who is the subject of these sentences? And when 40% of projects fail, who takes the blame? Hint: it's not 'they.'"
Tech Stack vs. Layer Stack: Why One Fails and One Sustains
January 6, 2026
The tech stack asks: "What can we deploy?" The layer stack asks: "What can they absorb?" Only one survives Year 5.
Microsoft Called It Copilot. It’s Autopilot for Tasks, Not Co-pilot for Outcomes.
January 5, 2026
Microsoft didn't lie with the name — they just set the wrong expectation. The gap between assist and partnership is where most AI strategy turns into implementation disappointment.
Autopilot vs. Co-pilot: Why the Ecosystem Is Still Stuck in 1998
January 5, 2026
The industry thinks AI is either replacing us or serving us. They're missing the third option: flying with us.
Know Your Odds: Why Practitioners Would Have Better Luck at the Casino
January 4, 2026
You have better odds at a blackjack table than implementing procurement technology without a readiness assessment. At least the casino publishes the odds.
18 Years of New Year Insights: How One Thesis Predicted Every Transformation Failure
January 2, 2026
Technology waves change. The failure pattern doesn't. An 18-year retrospective of one thesis that was never disproved.
Procurement Insights 
Most People Missed the One Game-Changing Line from the Previous Post — So Did All Five of the RAM 2025 Models
January 10, 2026
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Why The Black Box Isn't a Technology Problem — It's a Human-Agent Collaboration Choice.