Sometimes, when an organization needs radical change, the people who least realize it are the people inside the organization—the leaders and employees who themselves are the cells of the living organization. It’s one of the fascinating conundrums of organizational...
A $2,300 Apple iPhone? It sounds outrageous in 2025. Yet it’s quite possible. Like many US companies manufacturing in China, in-house or outsourced, “Apple has a tough choice: absorb the extra [new tariffs] expense or pass it on to customers,” as this Reuters article...
My interview with AS Äripäev, ahead of my forthcoming keynote speech on supply chain risks at their Pärnu Supply Chain Conference in Estonia. ### Interview by Harro Puusild. Ineffectiveness is by far the most dangerous ailment that detracts from our work success, says...
Media coverage of my talk at the Trade Extensions User Conference, where I spoke about “change management in Procurement”. Read the Spend Matters UK/Europe coverage here.
Supply Management magazine recently reported a global survey in which almost half of Chief Procurement Officers named supplier risk as a top concern. Yet risk management did not feature as a top priority for the survey participants. Hmm… Another recent poll by CIPS...
