Worse Than Drugs, Booze and Nicotine — Why Can’t Procurement Shake the Excel Addiction? (Part 2)
I reckon that I personally spend between one and two hours per day in Excel, and that’s without doing any active sourcing projects anymore. Back when I was directly involved with sourcing events and the product planning associated with rolling out new technologies around them, I was probably using Excel for 3-4 hours per day. I’m not alone. CombineNet’s recent study looking at the Excel addiction in corporate procurement teams found similar high-usage patterns. In looking at 100 organizations in April and May of 2011, CombineNet found…
CIO issues: The search for relevance
A new study from InformationWeek, called Enterprise Apps 2011: Focus on Business Relevance, reinforces the message that IT continues to struggle for relationship and relevance among senior business leaders. This fundamental issue undermines CIOs’ ability to create successful IT programs and initiatives. The report opens with an important theme: “What IT organizations want most is [...]
Why the World Needs Social CRM
On Sunday, July 10, Time Magazine posted a book review of sorts by Rana Foroohar. “Driven off the Road by M.B.A.s” is really a riff on Bob Lutz’s new book, Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business. Lutz should know something about his topic since he spent a forty-seven [...]
Joining the Board of the Empire Club of Canada!
I’m so very pleased to announce that I have been elected to the Board of the Empire Club of Canada, effective September, 2011! In case you’re unfamiliar with the Empire Club, it’s: “One of Canada’s oldest and largest speakers’ forums with a membership comprised of some of Canada’s most influential leaders from the professions, business, [...]
