During the course of my LinkedIn Q&A series on various aspects of Vested, I discussed exactly what I mean when I talk about the Pony, which is a cornerstone of achieving a win-win business relationship that creates and shares value. Briefly, the Pony is the quantified difference in value between today’s current process and the […]
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Nuts Going Nuts over Nuts
Maybe there’s something in the air at 30,000 feet—or even taxiing for takeoff—that sends people over the edge, but this one adds a new dimension to the term “air-rage.” Call it “nut-rage.” According to a BBC News Asia report a Korean Air executive, Heather Cho, was jailed for one year for obstructing aviation after she […]
Conjoined Twins: Opportunity and Risk
I have written about the nature of risk and how taking a risk averse approach to business relationships is common, but not the best path for long term innovative success. I was reminded of this idea once again following my recent appearance on Jon Hansen’s BlogTalkRadio show with Phil Coughlin, who is President Global Geographies and Operations […]
Transforming the Workplace
In a previous post I talked about the importance of aligning company cultures in order to be successful. There’s an equally important cultural corollary: aligning and modernizing the workplace to join the 21st Century. Guy Laurence, former CEO of Vodafone UK Ltd., talked about the “death” of the traditional workplace in a talk he gave […]
BlogTalkRadio — 28 January 2015
Procurement Unplugged: The Three Most Important Questions For 2015 Kate Vitasek talks with Jon Hansen on 28 January 2015 Here’s the link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/jon-hansen/2015/01/28/procurement-unplugged-the-three-most-important-questions-for-2015
Forbes — January 2015
GAO: Performance-Based Contracts Are The Way To Go Article by Kate Vitasek published by Forbes on 27 January 2015. Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2015/01/27/gao-performance-based-contracts-are-the-way-to-go/
Forbes — January 2015
5 Rules To Transform Your Business Relationships Blog/article by Kate Vitasek published 20 January 2015. Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2015/01/20/5-rules-to-transform-your-business-relationships/
Company Culture Really Matters
We often think companies can work around cultural differences with their partners—or prospective partners—in part because they may be overconfident, or in love with everything else about the deal they are negotiating. But that’s almost always a short-sighted mistake, as outlined in a recent article in SupplyChain247, by John D. Hanson and Steven A. Melnyk, […]
Forbes — January 2015
Innovation and Collaboration: It’s Not An Either-Or Proposition Column/blog article by Kate Vitasek published 13 January 2015. Link: http://www.forbes.com/sites/katevitasek/2015/01/13/innovation-and-collaboration-its-not-an-either-or-proposition/
Steal This Post!
A recent article on Linkedin’s Pulse raises an issue that many in the arena of ideas and new or emerging business concepts worry about: plagiarism and the concept of “accidental plagiarism.” In “The Biggest Reason We Steal Other People’s Ideas,” Adam Grant writes about kleptomnesia, or “generating an idea that you believe is novel, but in fact was […]
