High energy, spontaneous, fast paced and engaging. Those are just a few of the words that came to mind when I had the pleasure of being on The Chris Treece Show this afternoon. Chris, who from the many faces in the “Listeners Section” of the Blog Talk Radio Segment Page has quite a following, offered… [Read more…]
March 31, 2010
UK public sector spending amounts to some 1.5 per cent of global GDP. In 2009-10 it will amount to nearly 50 per cent of UK GDP, approximately £11,000 per man, woman and child in the UK. This is equivalent to a lifetime investment of £850,000 for a person with average life expectancy. The public therefore… [Read more…]
March 30, 2010
Like the person who refuses to seek proper medical attention for fear that the doctor may actually find something wrong, many corporations look at compliance investigation or analyses as a sign that the system has somehow broken down and therefore casts a negative “light” on both the individuals involved and the company as a whole.… [Read more…]
March 30, 2010
In Part 4 of our 7-Part “Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract” Series with Washington-based expert author Judy Bradt, we talked about the competition process in government contracting. Judy, who as part of our Business Thought Leaders Series appears on the PI Window on Business Show every second Monday at 3:00 PM EST,… [Read more…]
March 27, 2010
With stories of public sector procurement scandals almost common place as covered in Charles Dominick’s Purchasing Certification Blog, there are oftentimes more questions than answers regarding the government competitive bid process. In Part 4 of the 7-Part Seven Steps to Success: Jump Start Government Contract series, Washington-based author expert Judy Bradt will be joining us… [Read more…]
March 25, 2010
With an undertone of an “you are ugly and your mother dresses you funny” admonishment, I once again found myself on the receiving end of a Jason Busch rant. For those of you who may not remember, Jason took umbrage when I had made the suggestion in a May 21st, 2009 article regarding the Emptoris… [Read more…]
March 21, 2010
“Spend intelligence takes spend analysis a step further. It enables the enterprise to take what it knows from the spend data it has gathered and use it to act on forward-thinking initiatives. In other words, spend intelligence provides actionable information.” While some industry pundits have expressed the opinion that the reference to “spend intelligence” is… [Read more…]
March 19, 2010
This week we officially began broadcasting on the PI Inquisitive Eye TV Channel through a series of episodes in which we provided commentary on recent PI Window on Business segments that originally aired on the Blog Talk Radio Network. Blog Talk Radio has more than 7 million listeners each month, which is double where they… [Read more…]
March 18, 2010
Incredible insight into the health care reform question . . . a Doom Loop versus Fly Wheel approach . . . the real issue has nothing to do with partisan sensibilities but instead with the quality of health care under Medicaid. During today’s broadcast with Maine’s Republican Gubernatorial Candidate (and the latest thought leader to… [Read more…]
March 18, 2010
Ruth Stafford Peale, wife of The Power of Positive Thinking author, Norman Vincent Peale is credited with the famous quote “Find a need and fill it!” Powerful and insightful in its very simplicity, it’s true meaning is surprisingly and consistently overlooked by the majority of organizations – especially those within the world of high tech… [Read more…]
March 31, 2010
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