Organisational uncertainty and risk are prevalent as technological progress are accelerating at an expositional rate – this we know, it’s the adjusting that’s often the biggest challenge. A recent conference brought to the mind just how little this rate of change allows for precedence and relevant case studies to learn from. You can mitigate the negative effect of this by planning and preparing for new scenarios and embrace change when it does happen, but you need to have some sort of guide, which is why those gurus of the tech world are a valuable voice in the procurement community.
The common thread of this month’s eWorld Procurement and Supply conference was to help us understand the impending changes in procurement and what can be done to mitigate these risks. Namely, assessing the impact of new technologies and new skills needed for the changing organisational structures. As the technology vendor community gathered in Central London, these challenges remained exciting and pressing.
