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Procurement Performance and Crystal Balls
Procurement Performance and Crystal Balls As we are nearing the end of another year, some of us are lucky enough to take a break whilst others will keep working. Whatever you are doing during the last few weeks of 2016, my wish is that you will have a great time....
Has Inspiration Reached its Business Expiry Date
Has Inspiration Reached its Business Expiry Date ? I did a search on "inspiration in business" this morning. It is a question that I have been asking myself for a while now. How do people manage to find their inspiration while there is a constant threat of...
Natural Leadership Impacts the Bottomline
Natural Leadership Impacts the Bottomline Welcome to our October 2016 newsletter. A number of years ago, I found a speech (" A Tough Challenge Leading People") given by Don Argus (previously chairman of BHPBilliton) on leadership challenges. The speech always...
Procurement lessons from Jimmy: Purpose, Simplicity and Attitude
Procurement Lessons from Jimmy: Purpose, Simplicity and Attitude This post is about procurement lessons, inspired by Jimmy and what lessons procurement can learn from Jimmy. It is inspired by the free life lessons I pick up when, notwithstanding the weather, I go for...
The Journey of Success or the Success of the Journey?
The Journey of Success or the Success of the Journey? It's hard to believe that August is gone and we are in the second half of the year. Before we know it, we will we counting down the days towards Xmas. Spring is sort of in the air in Perth. We can see it in the...
Celebrate Ichiban Commercial Solutions – lessons in business growth
Celebrate Ichiban Commercial Solutions - Our Lessons on Business Growth. I have to thank Linkedin. If it was not for the multitude of congratulations that I got as a result of the Linkedin anniversary update, the significance of this week may have passed me by without...
Innovation – Simple Explanation of the What, Why and Where
Innovation - A Simple Explanation of the What, Why and Where Welcome to Ichiban's June 2016 newsletter about innovation; inspired by a little treasure I rediscovered this week. It's now been about 20 months since I packed up my office on my last working day as an...
Know How the Cookie Crumbles, 7 Key Ingredients to Intellectual Property
Know How the Cookie Crumbles - 7 Key Ingredients to Intellectual Property We are very excited to share with you the release of our eBook: Know How the Cookie Crumbles - 7 Key Ingredients to Intellectual Property. Do you have a secret family recipe? Maybe you have an...
Effective Risk Management is not an Accidental Transaction
Effective Risk Management is not an Accidental Transaction I recently did an Effective Risk Management workshop with the procurement team of a not-for-profit organisation. I really enjoyed seeing the light bulb moment for the team when they realised the power of...
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