Category: Business
Kathleen’s blogs on current business topics
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I was asked the question “are we becoming addicted to our screens?” when speakingon The Procurement Show recently. Here were my six conclusions to the question:- For more on this multifaceted debate, with Jonathan O’Brien and Paul Philpott, go to the podcast https://positivepurchasing.com/podcast-the-procurement-show/
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I define collaboration as high quality cross functional interactions with suppliers, budgetholders and procurement to achieve more than what you would within silo working.Remote collaboration is nothing new. Pre-pandemic many global organisations excelled inremote cross-functional collaboration due to the adoption of robust planning across manytime zones, a percentage of face-to-face meetings planned well in advance,…
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In the UK, approximately 4 million women aged 45 to 55 are employed, with women over 50 being the fastest-growing segment of the workforce. The government’s Women and Equalities Committee highlighted in 2021 that one in 10 women surveyed had left their jobs due to overwhelming menopause symptoms, emphasiSing the need for better support from…
