Resources

What happened to Stryker this week isn't just a cybersecurity story. It's a stress test your supply chain just failed in your head, and now is the time to find out if you'd pass it for real.

Procurement teams don’t break because people are careless; they break because “temporary” workarounds become permanent. Learn how to spot them and redesign the flow before fragility becomes failure.

Procurement savings often disappear after negotiations because buying and paying workflows break down. Learn how operating models drive real performance and how leading teams make compliance the default.

Procurement orchestration is not a technology feature. It starts with alignment on how work should flow. Learn why intake-to-pay visions fail and how leaders design for exceptions and smooth outcomes.

Read about how Bill helped shape RiseTalent from the ground up by designing the curriculum and standards that turned new graduates into confident consultants.

Many organizations digitized procurement, yet performance gaps remain because operating models haven’t evolved. RiseNow’s Talent Risk Scorecard pinpoints capability gaps, aligns people and systems, and builds teams that sustain transformation.

We've heard a consistent frustration: the technology works, but the process doesn’t. Learn how your organization can reset.

Mark Monroe shares how daily coaching, hands-on client work, and real challenges helped RiseAgents grow from learners into confident consultants, ready to listen, adapt, and deliver value from day one.

Procurement is often seen as the bottleneck, but the real culprit is siloed risk reviews across cybersecurity, legal, and compliance. Learn how leading organizations are integrating risk from the start to keep deals moving without sacrificing oversight.

We’ve had more than 200 conversations with procurement leaders this year, and a clear picture is emerging. This new nine-part Procurement Intel series explores what we’re hearing most often. The first theme: transformation fatigue. Systems are live and training is done, but the work still feels stuck. The problem isn’t the software, it’s the operating model. Leading organizations use the live environment as evidence, redesign approvals around roles, standardize onboarding, and measure real flow before applying technology and AI as multipliers. Real transformation shows up when requests move faster, exceptions drop, and detours disappear.