Can Purchasing Bootstrap and Lead the Transformation of An Organization?
By Dr. Tom DePaoli Purchasing’s role in an organization touches across many departments, suppliers, countries, and competitors. This situation requires that purchasing professionals possess excellent communication skills and the ability to quickly adapt to different cultures, perspectives and crises. Transforming your own organization’s culture is a grueling challenge. Expecting purchasing to “bootstrap” or use its own […]
Change Management

Dr. Tom DePaoli is an educator-trainer-coach who has lectured and taught extensively. He is the CEO of Apollo Solutions which consults in the human resources, leadership, supply chain, purchasing, and Lean Six Sigma areas. He retired from the Navy as Captain (O-6) in logistics. In other civilian careers, he was an executive in the supply […]
Information Based Negotiations

Dr. Tom DePaoli is an educator-trainer-coach who has lectured and taught extensively. He is the CEO of Apollo Solutions which consults in the human resources, leadership, supply chain, purchasing, and Lean Six Sigma areas. He retired from the Navy as Captain (O-6) in logistics. In other civilian careers, he was an executive in the supply […]