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From Nothing To World-Class: What Can We Learn From Oxford Brookes Rowing?
There were other major sporting events taking place recently, believe it or not. As I coxed (no sniggering at the back) at university, and was […]
Tenuous Link to World Cup Procurement Post – How to Score Tenders
OK, we apologise, we have re-scheduled a couple of this week’s articles so we can feature something about the World Cup. Well, if we can’t […]
Confessions of a Cycling Virgin – Portsmouth to Bournemouth On a Bike in the Wind
Don't drink too much Elvis Juice at the Brewdog pub off Oxford Street, is the moral of today's story. Because that way you might end […]
Down the Procurement Chippy With New Health Supremo, a Pub Debate, Cricket and James Vincent McMorrow
I know I go on about Lincoln and the best pub in the world (the Strugglers Inn) but the Burton Road Chippy just 400 yards […]
Retaining Procurement Talent – Lessons From Spurs
Regular readers know that anything can set us off with a thought or idea about procurement that seems worth discussing. In this case – and […]
The Best CPO In The World – How Would We Know?
What does it feel like to be the best in the world at your chosen job? We mean objectivity the best, not just you happen […]
Down The Procurement Pub with LUPC, Consultants, Lady Aurelia and Let’s Eat Grandma
Here is another scene from the LUPC/SUPC university procurement customer conference event this week, with Gerald Dickens, the great author’s great-great grandson, performing at the […]
Jamie Vardy and Procurement Jobs – Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
It may become known as the “Vardy decision” – do I stay in my job, being a big fish in a small pond, or take […]
What Do Americans Know About Football? A Surprising Answer From Public Spend Forum
We’ve written a couple of articles about the Leicester City miracle, but as the team received the Championship Trophy on Saturday, it came as a […]
The War For Procurement Talent – Why Not Learn From Leicester City?
Please don’t switch off if you don’t like football – we promise not to make this too obtuse or geeky. But we’ve been wondering for […]
Buying Professional Services – How Did FIFA Engage Platini?
Having co-written that huge international best seller*, Buying Professional Services, published in 2010 by the Economist Books, the world of consulting and related industries continues […]