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What about the Baby-Boomers and Generation X?
October 13, 2010
This post is from the Contracting Intelligence Blog Bill McAneny, acclaimed author of the best-selling book ‘Frankenstein’s Manager’ which outlines why management training does not lead to better-performing managers, has embarked on writing a series on the way different generations learn, and its impact on the make-up of the changing workforce. In an upcoming article […]
Generation Y Learning – a vision of students today
October 5, 2010
This post is from the Contracting Intelligence Blog Bill McAneny, acclaimed author of the best-selling book ‘Frankenstein’s Manager’ which outlines why management training does not lead to better-performing managers, has embarked on writing a series on the way different generations learn, and its impact on the make-up of the changing workforce. A truly remarkable film […]
Generation Z Learning and the Impact on Procurement as a Profession
October 4, 2010
This post is from the Contracting Intelligence Blog Bill McAneny, acclaimed author of the best-selling book ‘Frankenstein’s Manager’ which outlines why management training does not lead to better-performing managers, has embarked on writing a series on the way different generations learn, and its impact on the make-up of the changing workforce. In terms of procurement […]
Source One: The “Thinking” Professional’s Solution (Source One LLC Profile)
September 8, 2008
A Gartner study released at its 2003 Gartner Symposium/Itxpo 2003 stated half of the year’s outsourcing projects would fail to deliver on bottom-line promises. (Information Week; March 26, 2003) “Few Outsourcing mega deals have been successful in the past 10 years – at least 50% fail in the first year and 80% don’t produce any […]
Dangerous Supply Chain Myths (Part 4) Revisited
June 25, 2008
Like the old real estate adage of location, location, location – communication, communication, communication is the key element to a successful supply practice. Unfortunately, ineffective methods of communication between important stakeholders continues to plague most organizational supply chain initiatives. This point was driven home by the results of a 2007 Aberdeen study involving Chief Financial […]
Reader Response to SME’s Once Again Voice Concerns Over GoC Shared Services Strategy
February 27, 2008
Reader Comment Let me suggest a couple of perspectives on this that are worth exploring further. While I believe that on the integrated hardware, software and telecomms aspects there can be little doubt that SMEs will be squeezed out unless they can deliver product under a major supplier’s umbrella. However, on the people side, PWGSC […]
Procurement Insights 
#TBT How not to abandon your e-procurement initiative by Jon Hansen
August 20, 2015
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Before launching the Procurement Insights blog in May of 2007, I used to do quite a bit of writing for what would now be referred to as “traditional” mediums. The following is an article I wrote that was first published in the October 2006 issue of Summit Magazine – a publication that focuses on the […]