EBG | Play: Kate Vitasek about old sourcing models being incomplete EBG Network interview with Kate Vitasek on 18 December 2015. Here’s the link: http://ebgnetwork.com/2015/12/18/ebg-play-kate-vitasek-about-old-sourcing-models-being-incomplete/
Kate Vitasek
Forbes — 16 December 2015
State Of Virginia Pioneers Supplier Access To State Contracts Article by Kate Vitasek published by Forbes on 16 December 2015 The State of Virginia has unveiled a new online procurement tool that’s designed to help suppliers “Meet-Connect-Collaborate” on state government procurement contracts. This is not only good for the large contractors, but is also expected […]
Buyers Meeting Point — December 2015
Book Review: Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy Book review posted by Kelly Barner on 17 December 2015. “In November, Kate Vitasek and a team of co-authors released Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Business Models for Modern Procurement. Vitasek is best known for her Vested Outsourcing series of books, […]
Buyers Meeting Point/Blog Talk Radio — December 2015
Conversation with Kate Vitasek on the book, Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy: Harnessing the Potential of Sourcing Models for Modern Procurement. On Blog Talk Radio 9 December 2015; here’s the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/buyersmeetpoint/2015/12/09/conversation-with-kate-vitasek-author-of-strategic-sourcing-in-the-new-economy Today Buyers Meeting Point welcomes Kate Vitasek as our guest. Kate is a well known and respected authority on highly collaborative win-win […]
Douglass North – A Lasting Legacy of New Institutional Economics
Douglass C. North, a Nobel laureate famed for his groundbreaking work on “new institutional economics,” died on November 23. He was 95. North – a professor, economist, philosopher, and economic historian – was the co-recipient (with Robert Fogel) of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for having renewed research in economic history by applying […]
People, Inspiration and Dreams
Sometimes it’s necessary to state, or restate, the obvious: it’s always about people, whether it’s innovation, dreams and the inspiration that drives innovation and dreams made reality. I’m thinking along these lines at this time of the year—when dreams seem especially prevalent for young and old. Walt Disney said, “You can design and create and […]
Coupa Blog — November 2015
VESTED MODEL AIMS TO SUPERCHARGE BUYER-SUPPLIER INNOVATION Interview with Kate Vitasek published on 19 November 2015. Coupa is a “company of talkers, passionate about sharing tips, tricks and advice for improving finance and procurement and saving companies of all sizes time and money. But we’re not the only people with opinions and ideas. We’d love […]
The Lessons of the V-Formation
Recent research described in USA Today that relates how and why certain birds fly in a perfect V formation is fascinating. But it is also telling in terms of how migrating birds work together to reach their goal with the lowest amount of energy. Scientists did the first extreme close-up of GPS-equipped northern bald ibises flying in a V formation to […]
Forbes – 12 November 2015
Contract Terms Remain Stuck On Old-School Negotiating Tactics Article by Kate Vitasek published by Forbes on 12 November 2015. Add to the list of things that never seem to change are the go-to terms that contract negotiators always put first… Here’s the link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2015/11/12/contract-terms-remain-stuck-on-old-school-negotiating-tactics/
What’s Your Costume, er, Sourcing Business Model for Halloween?
Usually I write about Halloween and the scary art of negotiation but this year in honor of the imminent release of the sixth Vested book, Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy, (by Bonnie Keith, myself, Karl Manrodt, and Jeanne Kling), I thought I’d take a slightly different tack on the holiday. My question is simple. If you are searching for real value […]
