Guard Your Personal Effectiveness Against Endless Work Distractions
“Our modern-day working culture & personal habits have created the infinite workday. The non-stop emails, meetings, phone calls, notifications, group chats, messages, etc., are assaulting ur #personaleffectiveness. You must protect it.” > https://t.co/p5jUUCnzIs #careeradvice https://t.co/jj29JyVLiU
Government AI Defense Contracts Spark Complex Disputes
Supplier contract disputes can be complicated. And when it’s a govt. contract, in a sensitive spend area like defense, and for a high-profile service/application like AI or other emergent tech, then things can get really tricky. Via @CristinaCriddle @FT https://t.co/OJzNWfcs68
Adversity’s Hidden Gifts Reveal Growth Beyond Immediate Pain
“Adversities like failures, challenges, and sufferings frequently offer bountiful rewards in ways we may not see at the time—because they’re typically disguised by the ‘wrapping paper’ they come in. Always remember this.” —#CareerDreamstoSuccess #careeradvice #careergrowth https://t.co/2N8XMgAn23
Metric Obsession Fuels Toxic Culture and Low Effectiveness
“When managers or executives are fixated on their team/org. performance metrics, it often breeds unhealthy behaviors in employees. The effects can ultimately compound into a fetid culture and poor #workplaceeffectiveness.” https://t.co/6cwj8cMUdN #leadership #management
Cultivate Your Growth, Don't Just Grab Quick Success
“Many of us struggle to embody effective self-leadership b/c we want to eat the ripe, juicy fruit w/o cultivating the plant that bears the fruit. U have to practice self-leadership to enhance ur self-leadership.” https://t.co/MRLsQRmDx9 #careeradvice #softskills #careergrowth https://t.co/Z2NBln4tJK
Your Boss's Leadership Drives Motivation, Performance, Success
“Leadership is the single biggest factor affecting people’s motivation, performance, and success at work. So, chances are, ur boss is ur most important colleague or stakeholder. How do you imbibe this to ur work style?” ➤ https://t.co/C1G5cEw6hX #careeradvice #careergrowth https://t.co/7n5B9F9TpA
IT Leaders Must Weigh AI's Carbon Impact Like Cost
IT decision-makers should make informed choices on #AI in cognisance of its carbon footprint. Orgs. must apply the same discipline 2 the environmental accountability of the tech as they do 2 financial spend or cyber risk.” Via @cliffsaran @ComputerWeekly https://t.co/KcKVSfBBcr
Lean Succeeds only when All Performance Dimensions Are Embraced
“Performance success is multifaceted. Unless companies’ #Lean adoptions imbibe *all* the various dimensions of performance, they are unlikely to enjoy the true benefits of Lean.” 💡 https://t.co/icZPxfs4Jy #processimprovement #businessprocessmanagement https://t.co/1axGDTg3FJ
Procurement Must Leverage Expertise for Maximum Value
“An effective Procurement function should be continually leveraging its functional expertise to ensure the organization gets value for money from supply markets.” ➤ https://t.co/gy1EdLmJwM #procurement #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/8VvIIvA67f
Productivity's Future Needs Empowered Employees, Not Just AI
“The future of workplace productivity isn’t just AI-enablement. To reap the full benefits of such new technologies, orgs. must encourage & empower employees to rethink how they work & strengthen their personal effectiveness.” https://t.co/p5jUUCnzIs #leadership #management #HR https://t.co/CN1DeJPtRp
Empathy First: Align Stakeholder Needs Before Using Authority
“Using the big stick w/ stakeholders must always be a last resort. It’s far better to grasp their outlook, drives & motivations, so you can shape ur agenda to address their fears & needs, and thus make ur work more meaningful...
Visible Traits Drive Ongoing Organizational Performance Success
“Effective organizations have some specific traits that are always easily visible, if you look closely enough—traits that nurture their capability to deliver on-going performance success.” — https://t.co/NGK6CN9pNW #leadership #management #workplaceeffectiveness https://t.co/WOgmzKLmKX
Supply Chains Hide Modern Slavery: Professionals Must Act
Many of the goods & services we enjoy in rich countries are produced by people trapped in modern slavery. Are we *really* doing our best in the #procurement & #supplychain profession 2 prioritize “supply chain slavery” in corporate agendas? ➤ https://t.co/JithZETfO9 #slavery
Show Stakeholders Value to Cut Organizational Resistance
“Making your stakeholders feel that you and your work bring value and sweetness to their work life is a fabulous way to avoid or reduce organizational resistance.” 🔍 https://t.co/Qe1GqPv11x #productmanagement #projectmanagement #changemanagement https://t.co/SDYr3yL2pM
Blind Spots: Organizations Miss External Warning Signs
“Some orgs. are sailing along happily, not realizing that some woes are around the corner—despite warning signs that are clear to people outside. People inside the org. are unable to smell the rotting fish for all sorts of reasons.” 🔎 https://t.co/TR9SgSUXwm #changemanagement https://t.co/rMByOhtuHz
Choose Wisely, Avoid Career “Drug Dealers” For Success
“The ‘drug dealers’ on your career journey are many & varied—luring you to embrace their behavioral cocaine. Unless you make the right decisions & choices, your career destiny will be nothing but mediocre.” 🔍 https://t.co/MRLsQRnbmH #careeradvice #personalgrowth #careergrowth https://t.co/aGQLq2QTcr
Beyond Skills: Leveraging Competency Drives Procurement Excellence
“Having gr8 technical competency is no longer what distinguishes top-notch #procurement functions from those that are mediocre or run-of-the-mill. How we nurture & leverage that competency across the org. is what truly counts.” https://t.co/s48vDbFr5l #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/rfZNNW04Dr
Poor Leadership Stalls Team Effectiveness and Success
“Many managers are poor at the paramount #leadership tasks—like instilling effectiveness in their teams, inspiring & energizing staff, holding people to account, dealing with stakeholder antics, etc. They impede their team/org. success.” 🔗 https://t.co/ysdPb3UXGz #management https://t.co/BehrKWxUii
Prioritize Three High-Impact Tasks over Endless Trivial Urgencies
“Completing a million urgent things of trivial importance each day won’t impact ur success & fulfillment as much as tackling 3 highly important & urgent tasks. So focus ur energy at things that move you forward.” 💡 https://t.co/p5jUUCnzIs #careeradvice #personaleffectiveness https://t.co/hrV9NC40QA
Perspective Shapes Fate: The Farmer’s Lost Horse Lesson
The parable of “The Farmer and the Lost Horse” is well-known to those familiar with Taoism. It’s certainly a valuable reminder of the importance of our perspectives—of life, work, career, etc.—and it’s vividly recounted by @philosophyminis on Facebook: https://t.co/X8zXHYnhbw
Managers Miss Motivation, Undermining Team Performance
“Human motivation is one of the key drivers of individual performance in any team/org. But mgrs. are often too ‘busy,’ stressed, self-absorbed, or poorly trained to notice how well or badly they are feeding and applying this critical force.” https://t.co/EjLbfemsSW #leadership https://t.co/GZeCXl780A
Process Excellence Overrated; Focus on Understanding and Common Sense
“Consultants & software cos. preach about #ProcessExcellence. But most business processes don’t need to be ‘excellent.’ All that’s required is understanding & effectiveness in process thinking—and *a big dose* of common sense.” https://t.co/ylz4kVYcuu #BPM #processimprovement
Invest in Team Development or Performance Remains Temporary
“As a manager/leader, you must consistently focus significant #leadership attention & capital on the organizational development of your team/org. Otherwise, performance capability & success will always be transient.” — https://t.co/NGK6CN9pNW #management #workplaceeffectiveness https://t.co/SMMdZpcAEj
PR Boosts Procurement Brand, Backed by Capability and Results
“Effective PR is a key part of raising Procurement’s brand profile in today’s organizational landscape. > It must be backed up by solid functional capability and delivering the right results.” 🔎 https://t.co/voeARTOsF0 #procurement #purchasing #supplychain
KPIs Should Measure Product Management’s Health, Capability, Growth
“Your #prodmgmt KPIs should reveal the organizational health of your #ProductManagement function & its performance in the most important dimensions of success. Focus on the vital few measures that illustrate functional contribution, capability & growth.” https://t.co/WMJWQdicPF https://t.co/yTLeus6Ab8
AI Faces Hindenburg‑style Backlash, Warns Tech CEOs
“The Hindenburg disaster destroyed global interest in airships; it was a dead #technology from that point on, & a similar moment is a real risk 4 #AI.” —@wooldridgemike We should be more worried, if tech CEOs themselves are worried. Via @futurism https://t.co/cR28TwxaJp
AI Adoption Without Purpose Boosts Productivity, Not Impact
“Some orgs. are deploying AI w/out a clear sense of the benefits it will bring—b/c they’re driven by herd mentality. They may end up w/ employees who are more productive yet their organizational contribution is unchanged.” 🔗 https://t.co/5j1dKP8sIs #leadership #management #HR https://t.co/48qplP9WO3
Procurement Must Align With Enterprise Strategic Priorities
“Procurement’s focus must always be aligned to enterprise priorities and strategic objectives.” ➤ https://t.co/s48vDbFr5l #procurement #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/sz4Kj2U6xI
Leverage Executive Politics for Project Success
“Politics & personal agendas among snr. executives are among the top factors affecting project outcomes. Shrewd project managers never ignore these factors—they leverage them for their project success.” > https://t.co/icrB70bfTQ #stakeholdermanagement #projectmanagement #agile https://t.co/YUJo6SPtH0
Leadership Requires Temperament, Not Just Training
“Attending training courses, reading books, listening to podcasts, etc., won’t make up for lacking the requisite temperament and style in any leadership or management role.” 🔗 https://t.co/ysdPb3UXGz #leadership #management #leadershipeffectiveness https://t.co/CQz3ZqSVE2
AI Confidential Exposes Algorithmic Dangers in Modern Life
The @BBCTwo series “AI Confidential w/ Hannah Fry” is deeply revealing & thought-provoking. Very relevant to the ongoing discourse about AI in our lives as humans—esp. S1: 3. “The Assassin and the Algorithm” Brilliant job, @FryRsquared! https://t.co/IYOsQaXYoW
Guard Your Personal Effectiveness Against the Endless Workday
“Our modern-day working culture & personal habits have created the infinite workday. The non-stop emails, meetings, phone calls, notifications, group chats, messages, etc., are assaulting ur #personaleffectiveness. You must protect it.” > https://t.co/p5jUUCnzIs #careeradvice https://t.co/sYirj3W1m4
Cultivating Senior Stakeholder Ties Fuels Career Growth
“The ability to nurture positive relationships with senior-level stakeholders not only impacts your immediate workplace activities, it can also influence your long-term career development.” — #SweetStakeholderLove #productmanagement #projectmanagement https://t.co/o7DdbhrKir
Free Trade Wins: Produce only if Cheaper than Buying
“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.” #AdamSmith’s advocacy of #freetrade remains relevant today—though you wouldn’t think so from...
Unclear Roles Fuel Conflict in Source-to-Pay Processes
“The Source-to-Pay (S2P) cycle in many orgs. is often fraught w/ internal conflict & misunderstanding. The snags usually center on lack of clarity, ineffectiveness, & poor definition of process responsibilities.” 🔗 https://t.co/gy1EdLnhmk #procurement #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/7SDiE74WE4
GSA AI Guidelines May Signal Broader Policy Shift
Could there be more to the new #AI guidelines from the US General Services Administration (GSA) than “a government-wide effort to strengthen #procurement of AI services” and mitigate #supplychain risks? Via @joemillerjr & @GeorgeNHammond @FT https://t.co/nB2mq431A9
Best-in-Class Supply Chains Boost Profits by Up to 22%
“The correlation between #supplychain mgmt. competence and org. strategic development & operating performance is well proven. Orgs. w/ top-notch SCM capabilities earn as much as 22% higher profit margins than the SCM laggards.” https://t.co/aOD9g3jjRN #procurement #purchasing https://t.co/p2jVSKcEwc
Procurement Leaders Must Prioritize Performance Management for Better Results
“#Procurement managers at all levels must invest significant effort in managing individuals’ performance to up their game. And the tactics employed must drive the desired capability, behaviors, and results.” 🔗 https://t.co/6geUHYOgNn #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/zenBvK0dKe
Understanding the Critical Supply Chain Memo Is Essential
“You’d have to have been dwelling deep inside the caverns of the Mammoth Cave for the last two decades or so to have missed ‘The #SupplyChain Memo.’ But getting the memo & grasping its imperative are two different things.” > https://t.co/9vm6ZldSMK #procurement #sustainability...
Lean Adoption Lags in Logistics Due to Global Service Diversity
“The application of #Lean in logistics has seen a less successful & uniform uptake overall than in manufacturing. Some of the influencing factors relate to the disparate attitudes & service models across the #logistics landscape globally.” https://t.co/icZPxfrwU0 #supplychain
Simplify Complex Supply Chains: Real-World Success Stories
“We’ve tied ourselves in knots with the self-created complexity in modern #supplychain networks. And we can’t roll back the hands of time. But we can disentangle ourselves, as many exemplar orgs.—big & small—are proving.” > https://t.co/9vm6ZldSMK #procurement #sustainability https://t.co/k9s6bp1mCL
CEOs Must Prioritize Talent over AI Rollout Hype
“AI rollout is the focus for most leaders at the moment—but it may not be the right priority.” CEOs should be scrutinizing “the capability of the people who are going to be dealing with the AI.” Many good points here via @FT. #technology...
Scrutinize Defense Procurement, Invest Across Supply Chain
Germany’s @_FriedrichMerz is right to scrutinize defense #procurement—which can be rather murky. Spending w/ start-ups & young cos. will likely foster innovation, though the money should spread across the #supplychain. Via @laurapitel & @ChassNews @FT https://t.co/MFeG0WiDwx
Germany's De‑risking From China Exposes Costly Dependencies
Germany is finding out that “de-risking” from China is painful when dependencies have previously been knowingly created. Chinese price advantages & deliberate dumping are hurting German cos. via @JamesAngelos @Jordyn_Dahl @POLITICOEurope https://t.co/g7oYgu9xEX
Don’t Overengineer Procurement: Match Solutions to Problem Scale
“Some #procurement change initiatives end up applying a Rolls-Royce solution to a mini-car problem, resulting in the high risk of ineffectiveness.” 🔗 https://t.co/6TgpmcYe7z #purchasing #supplychain https://t.co/k9MI9F8Iuj