Throwback Thursday – The CFO and the CPO: One World, Two Worldviews
Over the past few Thursdays, I have been highlighting the 15 annual CPO/State of Procurement reports that I have written. Near the end of Ardent Partners' first year (2010), I…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 440: A Conversation with Rich Oakes, President of GigSmart (SEASON FINALE)
Welcome to the Season Four finale of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Beeline. This week’s power-packed episode includes some ruminations on the Future of Work (check out yesterday’s…
Mid-Pandemic Ruminations on the Future of Work
On the second Sunday in March, I awoke at 6am to begin my typical pre-gym routine. Before rushing out the door, I quickly checked the status of my grocery store…
CPO News — June 1, 2020
Welcome to the Spring edition of CPO News! Over the past couple months there have been some higher-profile appointments and promotions that occurred in the procurement world, and we wanted…
Happy Memorial Day From Ardent Partners
It’s been a busy few months here at Ardent Partners, and the Memorial Day Weekend has given us a chance to pause and reflect. Memorial Day in the United States…
Technology Round-Up – May 22, 2020
CPO Rising’s Technology Round-Up returns today with fresh supply management technology news and updates from the past month. If you are a sourcing, procurement, or spend management solution provider and…
Contingent Workforce Weekly, Episode 439: A Conversation with Tim Pröhm, Vice President of Digital Product Development at KellyOCG
Welcome to another all-new edition of the Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast, sponsored by Beeline. This week’s episode features a discussion with KellyOCG’s VP of Digital Product Development, Tim Pröhm. Tim…
HR, Workforce, and Talent Management (Track 4)
Our inaugural CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Series brought more than 2000 procurement, finance, and HR professionals together around the topics that matter to business leaders right now (i.e. how to ensure continuity,…
Best-in-Class Contingent Workforce Management: A (Re)Focus on Cost Savings
Back in 2006, when I first started covering the contingent workforce and staffing industries, discussions around contingent workforce management (CWM) programs were dominated by a traditional commodity-led focus. Historically, the…
The CPO Rising 2K20 Summit is in the Books!
The CPO Rising 2K20 Virtual Summit - The Resiliency Imperative wrapped up yesterday, and while the live-streamed event is finished, the team at Ardent Partners is still going over all…