I wrote in February about how I’d got angry about a tender opportunity which shifted, morphed and became something more than the sum of its parts. After some long consideration, we didn’t bid for the work – there were just too many red flags which didn’t ‘feel’ right. It was possible the process had simply… Read More I’m not angry, I’m disappointed
I know completing procurement processes is time consuming, complicated, wearing and bureaucratic. What is does do, however, is make you think about what you do and force you to describe in a way that people who don’t know what you do understand.
The #LDInsight chat on Friday last week asked “How can we make procurement processes work more effectively for L&D and OD services?”. Lots of comments in the chat suggested it was about developing better relationships and being people focused. I was reminded of this comment I saw in a recent LinkedIn report: …there are several… Read More Procurement
Another in the series.… Read More What grinds my gears – tenders and procurement