Philly Voters Back ‘Best Value’ Change To City Procurement System Forbes article published by Kate Vitasek on 18 May 2017. Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/m9ck92l
Kate Vitasek
Forbes — May 2017 — I-85 Bridge
Georgia’s I-85 And The Value Of Performance Incentives Column by Kate Vitasek published In Forbes on 12 May 2017. Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/m5w6flq
Outsource Magazine — April 2017
Herbert Simon explored the intersection of philosophy, science, politics, economics and a range of other fields and called into question the traditional idea that “economic man” acts rationally.
The Red Queen and Coevolution
“Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place.”
Forbes — 28 April 2017
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal said the vision of the State of Georgia is “to become the Silicon Valley of the South.”
What Do You Have to Hide?
The thought might be a bit uncomfortable around tax time, or if you’re Donald Trump – but it’s also true on a very basic level. If you have nothing to hide, why do you do it? Image: Hiding by Dave Bowen via Flickr CC
Incentive Magazine — April 2017
Flourish Conference Looks Beyond Gift Cards to Branded Currency Article by Alex Palmer in Incentive Mag (online) published on 11 April 2017. The article covers the first day of the Flourish conference in Omaha, NE, with coverage of Kate Vitasek’s keynote. Here is the link: http://tinyurl.com/mhbyh74
Get in Gear for your Everests
April marks the beginning of the season for climbers to tackle the biggest of all climbs – a Mt. Everest expedition. The Himalayan Times reported the first batch of climbers for the 2017 climb starting on March 27th. It is predicted that more than 500 foreign climbers are expected to attempt to scale the world’s highest peak […]
Procurement Think Tanks Join Forces to Introduce Palambridge
Palambridge is the brainchild of Philip Ideson, who runs the Art of Procurement website that has produced a series of podcasts over the last year or so that feature interviews with procurement leaders (including one in which I talked about Sourcing Business Models.) His partner in this venture is Kelly Barner, the owner/director of Buyers Meeting Point, also a well-known […]
Outsource Magazine — March 2017
Paul J. Zak: doing the math on trust Article by Kate Vitasek published in Outsource Magazine on 27 March 2017 Paul J. Zak is answering age-old questions about the evolutionary and scientific – actually neuroscientific – basis for identifying and establishing trust. For example, why do people trust each other in the first place? Is […]
