Black Friday 2019 – Shopping, Supply Chains, and Sales Reminder
Attention Shoppers! The day after Thanksgiving in the US has long been known as Black Friday, the dark name for what is generally considered the biggest shopping day of the year…
Future of Work Influencer Series: Lars Asbjornsen, SVP of Marketing, Upwork
Welcome to CPO Rising’s all-new feature, the Future of Work Influencer series, which will highlight innovative voices in the evolving world of work. This exciting series will be a go-to…
CPO Rising 2019 Highlights: Three CPO Mantras to Generate Impact
The CPO Rising 2019 Summit was almost a month ago, and we at Ardent Partners have offered recaps of the overall event, as well as closer looks at a couple…
To Build a Procurement Team, Think Big — But Start Small
Last month at CPO Rising 2019, attendees had the pleasure of hearing from Bill Browning, Director of Procurement at Carbonite and a “friend of the firm,” who delivered a presentation entitled,…
Throwback Thursday: How Procurement Can Transform Contingent Workforce Management
Publisher’s Note: In 2019, Ardent Partners is celebrating 10 years of delivering “Research with Results” to Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) and other readers of this site, including published reports, eBooks, presentations, insights, articles and…
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – The CPO Honors Gala (Part 2)
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…
The Future of Work and Procurement: Are They Linked?
The world of work is now in a state of perpetual change, consistently floating through the spectrum of evolution due to the progressions of technology, business thinking, and major economic…
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – The CPO Honors Gala (Part 1)
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…
At CPO Rising 2019, Delegates Learned the ABCs of New Procurement Technology
Two weeks ago at CPO Rising 2019, I delivered a breakout presentation in which I spoke on artificial intelligence (AI), Blockchain distributed digital ledgers, and Connected Devices/the "Internet of Things" –…
Scenes from The CPO Rising 2019 Summit – Part 2
Ardent Partners’ annual CPO Rising 2019 Summit was held on October 29 and 30th at the historic Harvard Club of Boston, in the city’s posh Back Bay district. Simply put, the event…