Many procurement organizations pay lip service to innovation, but few are taking the steps required to make it a reality. Part of this has to do with the difficulty overcoming…
Philip IdesonJune 17, 2019
Whether we are responsible for Procurement and our stakeholder is the c-suite, or we are developing a Category Strategy and our stakeholders are the business users. Alignment continues to be…
Philip IdesonJune 3, 2019
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” - Attributed to Mark Twain I’m joined today by…
Philip IdesonMay 27, 2019
The only guarantee that comes with a transformation journey is that there will be ‘twists and turns’ along the way. And since no organization can escape the unexpected, how procurement…
Philip IdesonMay 20, 2019
The nature of growing a business from the ground up means that there are lots of twists and turns along the way - unanticipated roadblocks and unexpected opportunities. 2019 started…
Philip IdesonMay 14, 2019
Everything procurement delivers – from savings to risk mitigation to value – is predicated on having access to clean, trustworthy data. If this foundation does not exist or if it…
Philip IdesonMay 13, 2019
When procurement talks about transformation, we are usually referring to the critical changes we need to make to our own talent, processes and technology. But does the opportunity exist for…
Philip IdesonMay 6, 2019
I’ve been traveling so much over the last few weeks that I have to check my calendar on a daily basis to confirm my current location! This week I am…
Philip IdesonMay 1, 2019
It is impossible to have a forward-looking discussion about procurement without digital transformation and automation coming up. That said, figuring out what their inclusion means on a company-by-company basis will…
Philip IdesonApril 29, 2019
