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Blog Pick of the Week: 8 simple ways to inspire yourself at work
I know when I get back to work after a vacation, I have a tough time getting up and running again. There is a backlog of work to catch up on. I miss the carefree schedule of the vacation and being with...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Can I interest you in a game of cards?
Our family loves to play all types of games – cards, board games, volley ball, croquet and so on. This summer we have played a good deal of cribbage. It keeps the ‘mental math’ gears going as well as...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Sourcing Solutions NOT for Rube Goldberg
Rube Goldberg is best known for a series of popular cartoons depicting complex gadgets that perform simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. My father was a do-it-yourselfer to the max. Many times he...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Good Surprises are Wonderful
Everyone loves a good surprise. Maybe is it an unexpected birthday present. Or perhaps it is a visit from a dear friend that you have not seen in quite some time. An unforeseen professional...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Problem with your Droid?
Not that long ago, that quote would have only meant you were a Star Wars geek and referencing the two robots in the movies – R2D2 and C-3PO. Now of course it means your Android smart phone. Hopefully...
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Getting to yes – with yourself!
When our son was young, he would go through a cycle that was amusing to all of us. He would nod his head up and down while saying “uh huh” and then side to side “nuh uh” and repeat this many times. He...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Make a difference to a starfish
There is an inspiration story about millions of starfish stranded on the beach and how an old man walking along keeps tossing a few back into the water. There is no way to save all the starfish....
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Blog Pick of the Week: Supply Chain Lessons from Steven Jobs
In the northern hemisphere, Fall / Autumn has begun. With that comes the harvest and in particular, apples! However, we are not going to talk about the fruit but about the technology company, Apple.
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Blog Pick of the Week: Make the Time
We have just finished our 'to do' list for the weekend. It has much more on it than we can possibly do in the time we have. We also have to add some 'fun' to that list. However, there are not any big...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Where are all the good ones?
My father was very fond of fishing. Most times he did not catch anything but he enjoyed being out in the boat and absorbing his natural surroundings. As a child, I only enjoyed it if I caught...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Keys to Success
We all love shortcuts – how can we get something done faster and easier, without as much effort. Sometimes if there is not a shortcut but you are trying a different path, HOPING it will be one, may...
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Attracting Talent like a Magnet
There are a lot of articles about shortages of resources for a variety of reasons. One of the issues is attracting talent to procurement when other areas are also drawing on the same talent. How can...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Ceasar's Palace and Supplier Searching
When we run an initiative, we invite suppliers that are well known in the industry as well as a few that we may have used in the past. But who are we missing out on? What golden nugget is being left out?
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Blog Pick of the Week: World Championships
The Boston Red Sox have just won the World Series for the 3rd time in 10 years (2004, 2007 and now 2013). There was an 86 year drought until 2004. The team’s theme this year was “The Road to...
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Blog Pick of the Week: Tis the season for good customer service
Over the last few weeks, we have been talking about recruiting and retaining employees. How about that same approach with your customers?
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Blog Pick of the Week: Hints for implementing change
Change makes people anxious and frustrated. When a grocery store decides to move their aisles around, the consumer can’t find things easily until they get accustomed to the new system in place....
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Blog Pick of the Week: Cookies and the Four C's of Negotiation
Like many people, I had too many sweets and treats over the holiday. It's a new year and I shouldn't even be thinking about cookies. However, I just finished making a batch of oatmeal chocolate cookies...
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Blog Pick of the Week: The Olympics and you
We are about to have two weeks of winter Olympic Games. This is a rare opportunity to see the world’s elite athletes compete and understand the sacrifice and work it took them to get there.
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Procurement at the Sochi Olympics
As we are sitting here watching the Pairs Skating Competition, it is apparent that a lot of procurement was needed to put the Olympics together. The facilities, the food, the equipment, transportation...
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Improving the Scorecard Process
As a student in school, everyone would receive report cards on the same day. This happened 4 times a year. Next of course was the conversation with Mom and Dad. Sometimes it was good news and sometimes...
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