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The Resiliency Imperative – CPO Strategies: Paving the Road to Recovery (Session 12 Overview)

By Andrew Bartolini April 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General, People, Strategy

The Resiliency Imperative sessions continue this week with our best set of sessions yet including three created by and for Chief Procurement Officers. The first, CPO Strategies: Paving the Road to Recovery…

The Elements of Procurement Mastery – Leadership During Times of Crisis

By Phil Bartolini April 27, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, People, Strategy

The walls of the elite art museums around the world are covered with the works of the leading artists of their periods, literal masterpieces by artistic masters. Today’s Best-in-Class Chief…

Friday Frenzy: Halftime at the 2K20 Series PLUS Quarantine Comedy

By Andrew Bartolini April 24, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Events, General

CPO Rising 2K20 Series Update Last night, the NFL Draft... Today, "Halftime" at the CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series and some thank-yous are in order. To start, I'd like to commend…

Throwback Thursday: Cash Rules Everything Around Me (C.R.E.A.M.)

By Andrew Bartolini April 23, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, General, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

It is inevitable that Cash will become more important to CFOs and Chief Procurement Officers everywhere. So. I find this Throwback, as timely as when I first wrote it in…

The Resiliency Imperative – The Three Pillars of Managing a Remote (and Productive) Workforce (Session 10 Overview)

By Christopher Dwyer April 22, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, General, Strategy

The Resiliency Imperative sessions roll along with a new on-demand session, The Three Pillars of Managing a Remote (and Productive) Workforce (click to register). This session highlights the critical strategies, approaches, and solutions…

Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 436: A Conversation with Ivana Cvejic, Co-Founder of Renhead

By Phil Bartolini April 22, 2020Articles, Complex Categories, Solution Providers

This week’s all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Beeline, features a conversation with Renhead co-founder Ivana Cvejic. Ivana and I discuss the contingent workforce impact of…

Please Take Ardent Partners’ 2020 State of ePayables Market Research Survey

By Andrew Bartolini April 22, 2020Articles, People, Procure-to-Pay, Technology

Ardent Partner’s 2020 State of ePayables Survey is Now Open All Respondents Will Receive the Study When it Publishes (click here) Now in its 15th year, Ardent Partners annual ‘State of…

The New Normal of Remote Work (and Why You Should Follow the NFL’s Lead)

By Christopher Dwyer April 21, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Complex Categories, Strategy

Last week, during Ardent’s What the Pandemic Means for Your Workforce session (part of the CPO2K20 Resiliency Imperative virtual series), I mentioned that one of the three major ramifications of…

Patriots’ Day 2020

By Andrew Bartolini April 20, 2020Articles, Events, General, People

(Publisher's note: For those of you reading today from the 178 other countries who visit us each month, today's article, while American-centric, is not about being an American. It is…

20 for 2020: The Key Themes for the Modern CPO’s Agenda (#19 – Cash Management)

By Andrew Bartolini April 17, 2020Articles, Chief Procurement Officers, Lists, People, Procure-to-Pay, Strategy

In ten years’ time, the procurement profession and the role of the Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) has changed in many unique and profound ways. Yet, just like 2010, CPOs and other procurement leaders…