Analyst Q & A – 2012 Outlook (1)
When I'm not working diligently sourcing stories, interviews and ideas for this site, CPO Rising, I wear an industry analyst hat (but I am still laser-focused on supply management) and…
CPO Shop Talk – Career Transitions: A Sign of the Times
In what is surely a "sign o' the times," over the past two weeks, I have connected with several leading Chief Procurement Officers who are all moving on to other…
State of the Procurement Market Webinar
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each). Readers have…
Final Thoughts on Corporate Culture and Technology Adoption
As part of our ongoing Adoption Series, over the past few articles, we have presented a case study on the specific experiences of two rival companies and their implementations of…
Technology Adoption – An Expert’s View: Puridiom
As CPO Rising continues to advance and mature through the years, we will strive to introduce new ideas in new ways and formats. Today we start by introducing a new…
Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption – Results
According to authors P. Montana and B. Charnov (in the 2008 edition of their book, Management) by way of Wikipedia, Corporate culture is defined as the “total sum of the…
Webinar: Strategies to Manage and Improve Procurement Performance
Editor's Note: An archive of this webinar is available by clicking here; while the report that fueled my portion of it is available here (registration required at each) A brief…
Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (2)
Our Adoption Series continues by trying to answer the following question: Does corporate culture impact user adoption of technology? If so, how? by describing and then analyzing the performance of…
Corporate Culture and its Impact on Technology Adoption (1)
Our Adoption Series continues by looking at the following question: Does corporate culture impact user adoption of technology? If so, how? In a webinar focused on Procurement Technology Adoption held…
Failing to Leverage Business Value from Technology
Today, we continue our Technology Adoption Series - Ardent Partners’ latest research report[i] introduced the concept of a “Procurement Competency Matrix” which looks at a list of many of the…