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Gartner and Forrester Tell You Which Vendor Is Best. But Best for Whom?
December 1, 2025
Why does the industry need a practitioner-centric framework alongside the vendor-centric ones?
The Hidden Column Missing from Every Procure-to-Pay Shortlist
December 1, 2025
What's the 'Missing Column' in ProcureTech selection success?
Kroger’s $2.6 Billion Write-Down Proves What I Wrote in 2008: Technology Doesn’t Fail — Unready Organizations Fail at Technology
November 30, 2025
A 2008 paper explains why Kroger just did a $2.6 billion write-down of their robotic fulfillment center initiative.
Is Procurement Finally Prepared to “Go To The Line” in the AI Era?
November 30, 2025
Which procurement professional are you prepared to be?
When Motivation Dies, It’s Not a People Problem — It’s a Leadership Problem
November 29, 2025
Are the people making the decisions regarding ProcureTech transformation the people living with the consequences?
How The Industry Keeps Repeating Collins’ Doom Loop — And Why
November 27, 2025
The structural conflict nobody dares to name out loud - WHY?
When Success Isn’t Enough: What One Professional Services Firm’s Procurement Journey Reveals About Fit, Scale, and the Hidden Cost of “Either–Or” Thinking
November 26, 2025
When Growth Breaks Fit: What One Case Reveals About Procurement’s Biggest Blind Spot.
How Do Solution Maps and Quadrants Help Reverse the 80% Failure Rate?
November 25, 2025
Why does the ProcureTech solution side of the table make billions, while the practitioner side loses trillions (and more)?
Digital Masters or Digital Casualties? What the Deloitte-Coupa “Future of Procurement” Piece Doesn’t Say
November 25, 2025
Insight or Infomercial: Assessing the Deloitte-Coupa Article
Procurement Insights 
When Were They Ever Qualified?A Consolidated 5-Model Assessment of McKinsey and the Big Firms** (EXECUTIVE VERSION)
December 2, 2025
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A century of strategy. Zero foundation for implementation. It’s time we stop pretending the Big Firms were ever built for ProcureTech.