Four Reasons to be Bullish on the Economy in 2019
Last month, I recalled a recent meeting with a real estate agent in which he challenged the popular (although paradoxically, also unpopular) opinion that the U.S. and or global economy…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (2)
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…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 334: A Conversation with Tim Bornholdt, Co-Founder of the Jed Mahonis Group
This week’s all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr, features a conversation with Tim Bornholdt, co-founder of the Jed Mahonis Group. Tim and I discuss: Why…
Top Trends and Value Drivers for AP and Procurement: Automate and Collaborate
The way enterprises do business has changed significantly over the past 15 years, and these shifts – in communication technologies, in business-to-business (B2B) commerce, and in financial tools, among others…
Future of Work Influencer Series: John Healy, Vice President and Managing Director, Office of the Future of Work, Kelly Services
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 new series will be a…
Monday First Thing: Early Excerpts from CPO Rising 2019
We're hard at at work on our 14th Annual CPO Rising Research Report and expect to publish it shortly. As I noted earlier in the year, it is Ardent's view…
Throwback Thursday: Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (1)
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…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 333: A Future of Work Lesson from the Seattle Mariners
Welcome to another all-new episode of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Checkr. This week, we discuss an interesting example of employee empowerment happening in the world of professional…
How Far Can We Apply Industry 4.0 to Procurement?
Industry 4.0, as it has been called, is the next phase of manufacturing. By its namesake, it is the fourth industrial revolution representing not just the digitization and automation of…
Future of Work Influencer Series: Curt Paquette, President of Pipeline Talent Solutions
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 new series will be a…