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The Executives Who Fail Aren’t the Ones Who Don’t Know — They’re the Ones Who Can’t Admit It
January 10, 2026
What are the two smartest things you have ever said? Mine are: "I don't understand" and "Am I missing something?"
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."
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.'"
Practitioner Abandonment: What Happens After Your ProcureTech Initiative Goes Up in Flames?
January 8, 2026
In 2008, a Category Manager at the State of Georgia called me. His consulting engagement had just ended. His team was stuck in a 'what's next' holding pattern. No one was coming back. In 2025, I got a similar call. Different practitioner. Different decade. Same abandonment. The technology changed. The pattern didn't.
You’re Not Crazy. You’re Just in the Wrong Quadrant.
January 7, 2026
The Branson Plan makes for inspirational reading — but it's a disaster for ProcureTech transformation.
The Fractional CPO Paradox: When Seeing Clearly Isn’t Enough
January 7, 2026
Are company boardrooms ruining their procurement and supply chain capabilities from the inside out?
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.
Case Study Decay: The Year 1 Lie That Lasts Forever
January 6, 2026
"Most initiatives don't clearly fail — they quietly fade." — Vera Rozanova
Procurement Insights 
Nothing Changed — Except the Speed
January 11, 2026
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Nothing Fundamental Has Changed in Transformation — Only the Speed at Which Failure Reveals Itself