As we just “celebrated” the 20th. anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, the logistics function within the humanitarian field is resonating louder and louder these days. It draws some politician’s attention, definitely some journalists’ too, and it touches people: the ones being assisted in the potential…
The responsibilities of managing the procurement, for goods or services, include one detail that is not taught in school: dealing with a salesperson. This very fact would deserve a book dedicated to the potential customers (i.e. buyers). Being a salesperson is a rather tricky position…
The idea is simple, and reminds me of something I heard many times while learning how to drive in Paris: if you do not dare, you die. Of course, that sounds pretty extreme and dramatic. Yet daring to break boundaries, not (necessarily) to be noticed,…
That expression comes from Beau Willimon, one of the geniuses behind House of cards (yes, I confess I am a big fan, and this one is in Season 2, episode 3), and it stroke a chord while negotiating with a service supplier recently. The service…