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PI Syndicated Ping: A Survey on Leadership

July 4, 2009

In what became a two-part segment on 21st Century Leadership thanks to a precipitous lightning strike that took us off the air on the June 30th show, a guest panel that included Bill McAneny (Frankenstein’s Manager: Leadership’s Missing Links), Dr. Gaby Cora (Leading Under Pressure), Merydith Willoughby (Sex in the Boardroom), and Forrest Breyfogle III […]

Syndicated PI Ping: Is Oracle Twitter’s Hidden Competitor?

July 2, 2009

Are traditional ERP vendors like Oracle Twitter’s hidden competitors? Tune in July 7th to find out @ http://ping.fm/LV1up I thought that I would let you know about the upcoming special “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore: Welcome to Twitterville and the New Business Paradigm.” Featuring best selling author Shel Israel, whose new book “Twitterville: How Businesses […]

Sourcing Through Twitter!

July 1, 2009

This Tuesday (July 7th) I will be welcoming best selling author and The Godfather of Social Media Shel Israel to the PI Window on Business Show. We will be discussing Twitter’s growing influence on the way we do business as well as Shel’s new book, “Twitterville.” This segment is especially relevant to purchasing professionals, since […]

Redefining Procurement: How Coupa has bridged the Gap Between what is known and what is possible

June 23, 2009

White Paper Excerpt: It is not often that I encounter something truly remarkable within a world of that which is commonly “known.” What is even more amazing is that it is often the seemingly obvious that delivers the greatest surprise. For many years and with funding from the Government of Canada’s Scientific Research and Experimental […]

Next Level Purchasing: Translating Success

June 23, 2009

“The goal of a good translation is when the source and the target texts communicate the same message . . . Measuring Success in Translation, an industry axiom When I received an advanced copy of Next Level Purchasing’s press release announcing that they were about to introduce a Spanish Speaking version of their highly acclaimed […]

Whistletree: The Power of Simplicity

June 22, 2009

The July 30th PI Window on Business segment will focus on the advent of virtual conferencing, webinars and of course presentation creation and management within this evolving digital realm. As part of my research I have signed-up for numerous trial licenses, sat through countless non-related “product” demonstrations in an effort to determine which virtual solution […]

E2open: The Critical Linchpin of Enterprise Integration and Synchronization

June 21, 2009

Multi-Enterprise Business Process Platforms (MEBPPs) and Multi-Enterprise Business Applications (MEBAs) have always been interesting to me from both a practical operational standpoint as well as a technological “architecture” perspective. With the former, I have always considered MEBPPs the sustaining grace for traditional enterprise applications and the clients who remained manacled to an IT-centric view of […]

“Emerging Giants: The New Titans of the SaaS World” (Guest Profile, Steve Wargalla – QStrat)

June 19, 2009

As part of our June 25th segment “Emerging Giants; The New Titans of the SaaS World,” we will be featuring senior executives from five of these future “Titans,” highlighting why their organizations are unique, capable and well positioned to reverse the trend of failed initiatives associated with the traditional licensing model vendors. Joining me on June […]

Enhancing Social Capital Through Personal Interaction: The Possibilities are Endless with etouches

June 17, 2009

In the recent PI Window on Business* broadcast “The Psychology of Social Networking” we asked the question, is L.J. Hanifan’s 1916 definition regarding social networking a reflection of its true intent that is best achieved or realized through a face-to-face interaction, or does our current technology driven mediums, while lacking in the realm of up […]

Horses for Sources and Other Outsourcing Insights

June 16, 2009

According to recent studies, two-thirds of all outsourcing programs fail to achieve the expected results. In fact some studies even suggest that this estimate is low putting the number as high as 90 percent. And this is not a new phenomenon. Referencing a 1995 Gartner Group survey only 37 percent of the clients interviewed expressed […]