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Sitting in the office Monday morning, I was trying to recall names of famous CEOs. The names that came to my mind were Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg, Indira Nooyi and many more. What made Steve ‘The Steve Jobs’ a legend, a person driven purely by innovation, perfection, simplicity and belief in his dreams? This was followed by the question of what one can do to be the ‘The Steve’ of Procurement.

Yesterday, while browsing through the Internet, I happened to read in a Harvard Business Review article that 65% of employees across organizations feel "curiosity" is essential to discovering new ideas. However, virtually the same percentage of employees felt unable to question set processes.

I thought for sure that this week would be devoid of events – between last week’s early schedule and the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. on Thursday. To the contrary, there is a full slate of webinars on a series of hot procurement topics. Click on the title of each event below to view the full description in our events calendar and to connect to their registration pages.

Zycus is a leading global provider of complete Source-to-Pay suite of procurement performance solutions. They were looking for something appropriate to ring in 2016 with their customers and stakeholders – procurement & sourcing heads of large organizations.

Procure to Payment services is improving the way staff purchase goods and services at Monash by introducing Zycus – the University’s new purchasing portal. Launching early next year, Zycus will make the purchasing, invoicing and approvals process at Monash quicker and easier.

One of the more important jobs of the accounts payable professional is keeping up with what is happening in the industry at large. This is critical for a few reasons, including skills development and the hunt for new technologies, but is sometimes difficult to do.

Procurement's evolution from a cost-containment function to one of value creation is an ongoing story. A recent conference sponsored by Zycus produced some forward thinking on the subject by a number of supply chain executives, including Coca-Cola's CPO.

ISM presents numerous web-based seminars throughout the year. Join us to learn about new trends that affect your role in supply management.

Being a superhero comic fan, I happen to sense a pattern in every superhero comic. Each central character, or rather the “hero” of the comic, needs his “superpower” to drive the story. Come to think of it, who is Tony Stark without his Iron Man suit? He could be a very rich guy, but he is not saving anyone.

I had the opportunity to host a panel of Chief Procurement Officers at the Zycus Horizons 2015 meeting on October 5, 2015, on the subject of the journey organizations take in moving from tactical to strategic sourcing. The panel included Marianna Danchisko, CPO from Celgene, Angela Thomas-Anderson, CPO of QBE Insurance, and Barbara Ardell, from Palladin Associates, who worked for many years in procurement at P&G.