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Why I Joined The Revolution

September 22, 2016

Stand Up. Speak Out. Drive Change. This is Kelly Barner’s and Philip Ideson’s call to join the revolution . . . the Procurement Revolution. We are not talking about just a snappy tagline here with a great logo. When Barner and Ideson talk revolution they are using real fighting words. They are talking about the need to reshape […]

Finding Evidence That Shows Candidates’ Seriousness About Procurement

August 21, 2016

Special thanks to Charles Dominick, SPSM3 of the Next Level Purchasing Association for this guest post. In the my previous post, I talked about ways to structure a job description to help find a rock star of a procurement employee by focusing on the qualifications you need and the qualifications you want. However, let me caution you […]

Separating Requirements From Preferences In Procurement Job Descriptions

July 26, 2016

Special thanks to Charles Dominick, SPSM3 of the Next Level Purchasing Association for this guest post. Improving procurement capability can be accomplished in a variety of ways. I prefer to focus on the people side of procurement capability. Believe it or not, there is a single document at the foundation of the people side of procurement capability […]

Do those in the media really compete with solution providers for practioner attention?

May 10, 2016

“The procurement media… now there is an interesting group . . . In some ways, we’re competing with solution providers for practitioner attention . . .” Kelly Barner, Buyers Meeting Point The above is an excerpt of a comment that Kelly Barner made regarding my last post Theranos and procurement continued . . .. As I had indicated […]

Reader backlash leads to a new cover design for our book Procurement At A Crossroads

March 7, 2016

Maybe my mother was wrong? But she couldn’t be! I mean she always said that everyone liked me! Have I been living under the false premise of a mother’s biased and blinded love? Oh well . . . at least the Easter bunny is still real . . . right? Okay, so what is this all […]

Life Outside of Procurement: A Sticky Gooey Dough

February 29, 2016

We all have a life outside of procurement. Some of you for example may like to golf or play any number of sports. Others may like to go for long drives while listening to their favorite music. It could be anything. The point is that beyond our passion for procurement, we all have personal interests. Mine happens […]

But You Can’t Say That, or Why Do I Write What I Write?

January 15, 2016

Someone recently asked me why I write what I write? My initial response was to say something reminiscent of the sentiments expressed by George Leigh Mallory regarding why he climbed Mount Everest . . . because it is there. In short, I write because I love to write. However – and this is just my viewpoint, […]

IACCM Ask The Expert Webinar Now Available On-Demand

September 28, 2015

If you didn’t have the opportunity to join the recent IACCM Ask The Expert Webinar, when Kelly Barner and I talked about our new book Procurement At The Crossroads: Career-impacting Insights into a Rapidly Changing Industry, it is now available on-demand. You can, at your convenience, tune in via my radio show on Blog Talk Radio through the […]