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HR Tech in Chicago.

HR Tech in Chicago.

By Thomas Otter on August 7, 2012

Gosh. I’m very pleased, read ecstatic,  that I’m not going to Vegas for what seems like the 400th time.  I get to go to Chicago, Chicago, that wonderful town. For the past few years I’ve gone to HR tech I have managed to largely lurk in the background. This year I have a couple of speaking […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged #hrtechconf, Chicago, conferences, gartner, HR Tech, HR Technology

Terrorism and the Supply Chain -- Strategies for Coping With a Form of Supply Risk We Can’t Ignore

Terrorism and the Supply Chain — Strategies for Coping With a Form of Supply Risk We Can’t Ignore

By Jason Busch on November 1, 2010

Late last week, my hometown of Chicago was once again in the news (and no, this time it was not because we’re sending yet another former politician to jail). Rather my city (and in fact, my neighborhood) was the target of an inten…

Posted in Business | Tagged cargo, Chicago, Global sourcing, supply chain, terrorism

A Case for eProcurement in Government Purchasing -- Denying Politicians Their Take!

A Case for eProcurement in Government Purchasing — Denying Politicians Their Take!

By Jason Busch on August 11, 2010

My own state of Illinois has banned the use of reverse auctions in the telecom and construction industries because of the good-old-boy supplier system of graft and corruption. Incidentally, if you want to read a hilarious spoof pi…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged BIDS, Chicago, construction, corruption, Illinois, India, procurement, Reverse auction, tender

A mad, rad day for HR technology and outsourcing

A mad, rad day for HR technology and outsourcing

By Phil Fersht on July 16, 2010

Anyone in the HR industry knows the best show of the year – and always the most entertaining – is the HR Technology conference in Chicago each September. And this year’s effort promises to be the best so far.

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business and Economy, Chicago, Human resources, Management, talent management, technology

Another Form of Supply Risk -- Organized Labor is More Out of Touch Than Ever

Another Form of Supply Risk — Organized Labor is More Out of Touch Than Ever

By Jason Busch on July 2, 2010

A visitor to our office earlier this week brought up his outsider view of Chicago as a city where organized labor was decimating the conference business. $444 per hour union forklift drivers will do that to you, I suppose. His observation was correct, however, given the recent flight of conferences from the city due to […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Employment, Labor, organized labor, Trade union, unemployment

Conference Spending Matters: Chicago Gets Dumped as a Convention City of Choice

Conference Spending Matters: Chicago Gets Dumped as a Convention City of Choice

By Jason Busch on December 16, 2009

If I were to practice what I preach here on Spend Matters, I should
have probably packed up my bags and left Chicago — not to mention
Illinois — a long time ago. After all, this is the epicenter of
middle-corrupt-spending-America, a place …

Posted in Business | Tagged Chicago, corruption, Illinois, Politics, Spend Management, supply chain, trade unions, unions, United States

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