Today I’d like to welcome Dick Locke from Global Procurement Group.Thank you to the doctor for the opportunity to contribute. Here are my thoughts from the perspective of someone involved in the training aspects of globalizing supply management.I’m optimistic overall. The caliber of people attending my seminars has improved, and the caliber of commentary […]
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A couple of months ago, Knowledge @ Wharton China ran an article on how to retain talent in a fast-growing market like China that the doctor couldn’t resist skimming. It notes that protecting your workforce from competitors eager to recruit experienced staff is a challenge in fast-growing markets as well as stable markets (which […]
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This post continues our coverage of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead (a detailed report based on research jointly undertaken by the ISM, A.T. Kearney and CAPS Research), and our review of the seven critical supply strategies for succeeding in a dynamic world in particular, with the sixth critical supply […]
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As I pointed out this weekend, the global war for talent is about to intensify - and if you don’t act now, you might not have time to. The US alone is facing a workforce shortage of 10 million by 2010, your high-tech workforce would rather stay in India, and Europe has finally recognized […]
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In Part I of our review of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead, we overviewed the various external forces that will impact a company’s supply chain. In Parts II and III we took deep dives into the eight major forces that were identified specifically by supply managers who took […]
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In Part I of our review of Succeeding in a Dynamic World: Supply Management in the Decade Ahead, we overviewed the various external forces that will impact a company’s supply chain. In Parts II and III we took deep dives into the eight major forces that were identified specifically by supply managers who took […]
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It looks like the relevant media is finally starting to accept that the talent crunch will soon be upon us and that they have to start making a lot more noise if the business world is going to accept that it’s not just a top ten issue for the organization as a whole, it’s a […]
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Sorry if I burst your bubble, but the statement is true if we don’t put a time limit on it (and consider what we will learn between now and infinity). As noted in Shift Happens (on YouTube), it is estimated that over 1.5 exabytes of unique information was generated worldwide in 2006, that this […]
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Browsing through the Knowledge @ Wharton site, which is another one of those sites (like the Economist) that is just as important as the supply and spend management sites you visit every day, I stumbled upon an article published this summer that asked If Your Workforce Is Strange Enough to Guarantee Competitive Advantage. It’s […]
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Everyone likes to talk about sourcing leaders and the great jobs they do - but try finding an article that talks about the fundamental qualities of a great sourcing leader, and that’s a whole different ball game. While it’s almost ridiculously easy to find dozens of articles on what a sourcing leader does, it’s […]
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