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Jan 10 2018, 1:55 AM
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The Best 10 Minutes of Wasted Time I Ever Spent

Have you ever sat in a meeting and thought, ‘I am never going to get these 10 minutes of my life back’? I had that experience and it turned out to be the best poorly-used time I ever spent. During my time as a procurement consultant, I once met with a client who wanted to … Continue reading The Best 10 Minutes of Wasted Time I Ever Spent

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Jul 1 2016, 1:10 PM
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Why Supplier Discovery Must Become a More Agile Process

In order for procurement to remain strategic, manually intensive processes, such as supplier discovery, need to become more agile and intuitive. Doesn’t it seem like procurement reaches a new strategic milestone every day? These are amazing times to work in this field. We’ve been pushing towards this point for so long! Now that we’re here, … Continue reading Why Supplier Discovery Must Become a More Agile Process

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Apr 10 2016, 12:41 PM
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Big Ideas for Procurement – Identifying Suppliers

Identifying suppliers and gathering good information on them is critical to successful procurement. What if there was a better way to do it? When I received an email from Procurious asking me to share my Big Idea, I was thrilled but wasn’t quite sure where to start. There are so many! Launching my own company, … Continue reading Big Ideas for Procurement – Identifying Suppliers

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Mar 6 2016, 12:49 PM
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Is It All About The Money?

Money has been at the heart of business since the beginning. But as more start-up businesses take shape, we have to ask, “Is it all about the money?”. This article was originally published on LinkedIn. Being at JP Morgan, the annual conference where the worlds of biotech and investment collide, gave me the opportunity to catch … Continue reading Is It All About The Money?

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Jan 22 2016, 1:20 PM
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Rethinking Procurement Metrics

Last year, I attended the ProcureCon Marketing event in London. The event was focused on procurement marketing and digital services and attended by procurement professionals from across industries. Over the course of the event, I attended a number of sessions and it was interesting to hear that pain points in procurement are very consistent across industries. … Continue reading Rethinking Procurement Metrics