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The Road Not Taken: How The Mendocino Project May Have Altered Procurement’s Digital Transformation
April 19, 2023
Is the single solution myth really a myth, or are we looking at the idea through the wrong lens?
With so many, many different solutions on the market, how can companies select, implement and manage the right solutions?
March 7, 2023
With so many, many different solutions on the market, how can companies select, implement and manage the right solutions?
Back From Extended Assignment
March 14, 2018
Over the past six-plus weeks there were times that I felt like donning a red a white striped toque and shirt. For those with children, you will get from where I am coming. Suffice to say, I have never been absent from this blog for this length of time since I launched it in May […]
ActivateDigital 2018 Spotlight Series
December 4, 2017
Long View Systems ActivateDigital 2018 Conference is scheduled for February 27th, 2018 in Guelph, Ontario. What makes this conference different from any other? It will be the first time anywhere that Microsoft Canada’s Kevin Peesker, Cisco Canada’s Rola Dagher, and HPE’s John Dathan will be together in one place since assuming their respective roles as […]
Theranos and procurement continued . . .
May 9, 2016
“whose best interest does the procurement industry press serve . . . the solution providers or the procurement professional? You cannot serve both.” Or here’s another way to look at the dynamics of such relationships: “whose best interests do procurement professionals serve . . . the suppliers who serve our business customers, or our business […]
Is Amazon The New Oracle or How The Emergence of The B2C World Marks The Official End of The ERP Era by Jon Hansen
September 12, 2014
Over the years I have written a great deal about why “traditional” ERP-based procurement solutions have, with a predictability that is almost as certain as the sun rising every morning, failed to deliver the expected results. One of the main reasons is user adoption – or the lack thereof. Back in 2007, when Microsoft made yet another […]
When the light goes on: How cloudBuy sees the world differently by Jon Hansen
April 29, 2014
Similar to our other New Wave 2014 organizations, there were a number of reasons why we selected cloudBuy as a company to watch this year. From their relationship with Visa through which they are able to address the challenges that smaller suppliers face in terms of over 90 receivables that no longer support their operating […]
New Wave Company Update: Cloud wars veteran cloudBuy ready to overtake Apple, Google and Microsoft by Jon Hansen
April 8, 2014
Can we pick em or can we pick em! Even though New Wave Company 2014 cloudBuy was not selected as our Year in the Life winner, they nonetheless seem to be making some major waves in the market. One example of the company’s extending ripple is an article that appeared in today’s Telegraph. In the […]
A Tale of Two Princes: A Modern Day Story with a Machiavellian Twist (Part 1 of 3)
November 14, 2012
Editor’s Note: The following is a post that appeared in Roz Usheroff’s The Remarkable Leader Blog. Shortly after this post was written, Microsoft gave Steven Sinofsky the proverbial boot. Even though both Forstall and Sinofsky had incredible success in driving the fortunes of their respective companies, they had reputations for being extremely difficult to work […]
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Who is responsible for creating the “right” company culture?
January 28, 2024
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How can a leader bring the best out of everyone on their team?