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Generating Big Ideas Through Hackathons
Big Ideas Summit | by Hugo Britt on 31/03/2016 12:33 | 1 comment
Generating tangible big ideas within organisations can be a difficult activity. More and more organisations are using ‘hackathons’ to facilitate big idea generation. It’s interesting how language evolves to turn a word with negative connotations into something positive. The word “hack”, for example, has traditionally put fear into the hearts of the staunchest CEO. Just ask…
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Big Ideas 2016: Meet Our Speakers – Paul Markillie
Big Ideas Summit | by Procurious HQ on 31/03/2016 04:15 | 0 comments
The Big Ideas Summit is just a few weeks away! We caught up with Paul Markillie, Innovation Editor at the Economist, to talk about the megatrends transforming manufacturing. Paul Markillie is Innovation Editor at The Economist. He has covered the automotive and aerospace industries globally and was the magazine’s first Asian-based business correspondent, writing about the…
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Planning Procurement’s Response To The Millennial Generation
Big Ideas Summit | by Chris Sawchuk on 30/03/2016 12:14 | 0 comments
Understanding how procurement can cope with, and ultimately benefit from, the disruption brought into talent management by the Millennial Generation. Hackett’s 2016 Procurement Key Issues Study shows that talent management remains one of the top 3 of objectives as a critical or major area of focus for virtually all procurement organisations. Looking deeper, organisations are…
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Showcasing Your Big Ideas – Procurement-as-a-Service
Big Ideas Summit | by Procurious HQ on 30/03/2016 04:54 | 0 comments
Ahead of the Big Ideas Summit 2016 on April 21st, we’re on the hunt for your Big Ideas. Philip Ideson discusses his Big Idea of procurement-as-a-service models. At the Big Ideas Summit 2016, which takes place on 21st April, we will be asking our speakers and attendees to record their ‘Big Ideas’ live on camera…
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Overcoming Gender Bias in Procurement
Generation Procurement | by Procurious HQ on 29/03/2016 12:33 | 1 comment
Jackie Aggett, Regional Commercial Manager at Laing O’Rourke, discusses the gender bias she has come up against in procurement, and how she has overcome it to get to where she is today. Jackie Aggett hadn’t been in procurement long when she needed to spend weeks preparing a major annual report about the procurement of earth moving…
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The Procurious Big Ideas Summit is Back!
Big Ideas Summit | by Procurious HQ on 29/03/2016 04:54 | 0 comments
The Procurious Big Ideas Summit is back and it’s bigger and better than ever before! We had a fantastic experience, and great fun, last year at the Big Ideas Summit, the world’s first digitally-led conference for the procurement profession. And it’s almost time to do it all over again at the Procurious Big Ideas Summit…
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Procurement Software – Weighed Down by Unnecessary Ice?
Trending | by Paul Blake on 28/03/2016 12:48 | 6 comments
Is the procurement software created to make jobs and lives easier actually doing the opposite? Is it all weighed down with a glut of unnecessary features? Paul Blake leads the technology product marketing team at GEP, a leading global provider of procurement technology solutions. Have you ever wondered how many power stations are needed to…
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