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Procurement’s Top 30 Under 30 and Proxima Webinar on HBR Article highlight a busy week by Jon Hansen
May 27, 2014
The next couple of days are going to be both busy and interesting. On Thursday I am serving as moderator for the Proxima Webinar that will welcome an international guest panel to discuss the recent Harvard Business Review article that was written by the company’s CEO Matthew Eatough titled “Leaders Can No Longer Afford to […]
Make one little suggestion that women might be better negotiators than men and . . . by Jon Hansen
May 20, 2014
Less than 24 hours after posting my latest LinkedIn article Are women really better negotiators than men?, there has been a steady flow of comments – 246 so far and counting, as well as 203 likes. What is interesting is that I could not help but wonder how many of the select few of the […]
Like the appetizer for a great meal, Hackett Group’s study on procurement’s expanding focus leaves you wanting more by Jon Hansen
May 15, 2014
“Cost reduction is still a top priority. But we believe many procurement organizations have reached the upper limit of cost reductions possible in categories they are actively sourcing today . . . It also calls for skills that are outside procurement’s traditional areas of expertise.” – Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group What makes the just […]
The more things change, the more they stay the same . . . at least in the world of procurement by Jon Hansen
April 25, 2014
I doubt that when French novelist Alphonse Karr coined the phase the more things change, the more they stay the same, he was thinking about procurement. Based upon a March 27th, 2014 Harvard Business Review article by Proxima CEO Matthew Eatough, Karr would not be unique in this regard. In fact if you accept the […]
Coupa Inspire ’14 Kicks Off With a Bang by Jon Hansen
April 16, 2014
As someone who has from the very beginning loved all things social media whether it be Internet radio and television, chat rooms and webinars or social networking forums, when I received the e-mail inviting me to tune into the Live Ustream broadcast of Coupa Inspire ’14 I was immediately interested. Let’s face it, while face-to-face […]
Advice for Presenters and Attendees of Procurement Webinars by Kelly Barner
April 9, 2014
In a recent post on her Remarkable Leader blog, Roz Usheroff wrote about the importance of being likeable and effective as a virtual speaker. In addition to being a popular and cost effective means of reaching an audience, webinars are convenient ways of capturing content that can be made available on an ongoing basis to […]
ThomasNet.com: The Quiet Evolution of Dependable Certainty by Jon Hansen
April 7, 2014
Like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, there are some things you just take for granted without really giving it much conscious thought. For those of us who have been in the purchasing industry for more years than we would care to admit, we can recall the days of frayed […]
Procurement Insights 
Where is procurement headed in the 21st Century . . . the answer can be found in a ketchup bottle by Jon Hansen
May 29, 2014
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I have to say that I have moderated and/or hosted everything from conferences to webinars, and of course my show on Blog Talk Radio – which will soon air its 900th episode. All of them by and large have been fun and for the most part, memorable for different reasons. Being the moderator/host for today’s […]