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How Many of Yesterday’s Procurement Professionals Are Today’s Leaders — How Many Will Lead in the AI Era?
February 11, 2026
"I would definitely go to another of Jon's seminars." The current CTO of McDonald's Canada who attended my procurement training in 2008.
We Ran a Multimodel AI Assessment on the Organizations Behind Supply Chain Digital’s Top 100 Leaders — Here’s What Their Public Narratives Reveal About AI Governance Readiness
February 9, 2026
When it comes to readiness and AI governance, who leads the leaders?
I Asked Five AI Models to Assess My 2010 London Lecture on Cluster Development — They All Reached the Same Conclusion
February 4, 2026
What a Five AI Model Assessment of a 2010 eWorld London Presentation Tells Us in 2026.
When Words Lose Meaning: Why Definitions Matter More Than Frameworks
January 24, 2026
The AI gap means different things to analysts, consultants, solution providers, and practitioners — and only one definition actually matters.
Why Your AI Agents Need a Steering Wheel, Not Just an Engine
January 24, 2026
Frameworks CAN be used with governance — but they don't REQUIRE it. That's the gap.
For the First Time, the Practitioner Leads the Technology (Not the Other Way Around)
January 23, 2026
The new role of procurement professionals isn't approving transactions — it's governing the agent ecosystem.
When an MIT Scientist Agrees: Adapt the Formula to Reality
January 23, 2026
Why procurement needs to adapt the formula to reality versus the other way around - it's long overdue!
The Integrity Test: What Serious Advisors Put in Writing Before You Implement
January 22, 2026
How can you tell whether an advisor is operating as a verification authority — or as a program accelerator.
The “Torrent” Argument: Where Transformation Failure Quietly Begins
January 20, 2026
Every major failure wave starts with the same sentence: 'Things are moving so fast, we may be forced to adopt.'
Procurement Insights 
This Is Not a Cookbook: Why the SAP Ariba Briefing Won’t Look Like Anything You’ve Attended Before
February 12, 2026
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"I was quite surprised that he didn't promote the latest flavour of procurement… instead he asked us to use common-sense and not allow technology to define our business process… how refreshing!"