• Corporate Governance and Its Impact on Supplier Relationships

Corporate Governance and Its Impact on Supplier RelationshipsDiversifying Board Representation a Win-Win-Win for Companies, Shareholders and the Public

• Sharing the Natural Resources Wealth with Indigenous People

Sharing the Natural Resources Wealth with Indigenous PeopleOntario’s Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement with the Indigenous people offers a way forward in finally improving lives and life in embattled communities. Recognizing there are still issues to address, the agreement represents the hard reali...

• Aligning ERM and ESG for Risk Management

Aligning ERM and ESG for Risk ManagementThere are many reasons to align ERM and ESG and embed them in strategizing and operations. Both set of principles focus on identifying and addressing the risks to long-term business success.

• Still Evolving: Meeting the Challenges of Non-Financial Disclosure

Still Evolving: Meeting the Challenges of Non-Financial Disclosure

• Social Media - Managing at the Speed of Technology

Cloud computing, social media, mobile, and now Millennials have become forces for business disruption. The leadership challenge is learning how to manage in the here and now to harness the new dynamics.

• Positioning the Organization to Capture Value in a Hyper-Changing Environment

Businesses need to maintain alignment between corporate effort and strategy. In a hyper-changing marketplace, driven by rapid technology advances, leaders must identify key levers at every turn that can capture value while maintaining alignment in a constantly evolving environment. - By Paul Lachhu

• Still Evolving: Meeting the Challenges of Non-Financial Disclosure

Still Evolving: Meeting the Challenges of Non-Financial Disclosure

• Leveraging the “S” in ESG Through a Diverse Supply Chain

Leveraging the “S” in ESG Through a Diverse Supply Chain

• Find Environmental and Cultural Diversity at Home in the National Parks

Find Environmental and Cultural Diversity at Home in the National Parks Sometimes, the most beautiful natural sites are right at home. The U.S. National Parks system contains everything an eco-traveler could possibly want in terms of natural wonders, cultural preservation, and wildlife.

• Transforming Worker Skills to Match a Transforming Green Economy

Transforming Worker Skills to Match a Transforming Green EconomyWhile technology has brought innovation to people’s lives, it has also created job vulnerability for millions of workers. With the right skills training, the transformation to a green economy could be the path to opportunities for these...

• Is an Equitable and Inclusive Resource Sector Possible Only if the Government Changes Course

Is an Equitable and Inclusive Resource Sector Possible? Only if the Government Changes Course.Canada’s government has a poor history of balancing national interests with inclusivity, but the next chapter for Canada’s resource sector could be managed differently.

• Making Canada Work: Indigenous People Inclusion in the Workplace

Making Canada Work: Indigenous People Inclusion in the WorkplaceA country is as inclusive as its least included group of people, and for Canada that group is Indigenous people. To address the issue, Indigenous Works developed a competency model for Indigenous people inclusion in the Canadian economy...

• Sharing the Natural Resources Wealth with Indigenous People

Sharing the Natural Resources Wealth with Indigenous PeopleOntario’s Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement with the Indigenous people offers a way forward in finally improving lives and life in embattled communities. Recognizing there are still issues to address, the agreement represents the hard reali...

• Indigenous Peoples (Finally) Have Equal Voice in Canada’s Conservation Efforts

Indigenous Peoples (Finally) Have Equal Voice in Canada’s Conservation Efforts.Something very special is happening in Canada in the area of conservation – the convergence of indigenous stewardship and reconciliation. The indigenous peoples have taken a seat at the table with an equal voice to protec...

• Making Indigenous Engagement Economically Sustainable

Making Indigenous Engagement Economically SustainableFluctuating resource values and shifting regulations needn’t spell the end of joint initiatives and outreach programming.

• Not Just The Weather Changes Social and Economic Risks Associated with Climate Change

Outside of environmental concerns, climate change promises to dramatically shift the fabric of global society and business.

• SIX Keys to Effective Global Risk and Reputation Management

Developing holistic strategies brings order to the complex risk and reputation management issues facing leaders today

• Women Suppliers Bring Essential Qualities to Corporate Clients

The business environment has transformed into one where networking and collaboration skills are essential, and environmental sustainability and social consciousness must be core corporate values. Women suppliers can bring the right values and focus to strengthen the corporate client's supply ch...

• Transparency & Accountability are Basic Tenets of Sustainability Reporting

Standardization still eludes sustainability reporting, but the foundation of every report should be transparency and accountability.

• Generating Value with Sustainability Reporting

Generating Value with Sustainability Reporting

• Getting the Greatest Value from Global Business Services

Getting the Greatest Value from Global Business ServicesThe Global Business Services model offers significant cost savings, process efficiencies, and adaptability to continuous change. Accruing these benefits depends on getting and keeping the right governance in place.

• Power of Artificial Intelligence in the Present and the Future

Power of Artificial Intelligence in the Present and the FutureArtificial intelligence (AI) is still in its infancy, yet it is driving significant improvements in the lives of both people and business operations. If its capabilities are achieving remarkable results now, the future of AI stretches the...

• The Process of Developing a Truly Social Business

The Process of Developing a Truly Social Business Corporate social media accounts can strengthen brand and reputation. Now some companies are realizing it is the personal social media accounts of employees that have even more branding power than corporate accounts.

• Fully Leveraging Networks Through Connectional Intelligence

Connectional Intelligence is the ability to effectively use networks and relationships to drive innovation. Organizations are learning to embrace outside insights for internal success. - By Gerald Donald

• Who Owns Your Data-Consumerism Reinvented

Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration Meet in Social NetworksInnovative businesses have active social networks that the entire organization can utilize. It is a system that promotes the free flow of innovation-producing knowledge

• Social Media + Marketing: How Changing Boundaries Are Leading To New Forms Of Collaboration Within And Across Organizational Structures

Social Media + Marketing: How Changing Boundaries Are Leading To New Forms Of Collaboration Within And Across Organizational StructuresAs social media permeates all parts of modern work culture, corporate communications and marketing are merging in new ways. Rather than being treated as an isolated...

• Engaging the Workforce in the Global Business Services Model

Engaging the Workforce in the Global Business Services ModelMoving to a Global Business Services model is a natural progression from siloed shared services and outsourcing to a framework supportive of continuous change. It requires a collaborative culture and supportive resources.

• Getting Ahead of the Social Media Risks in the Workplace

Getting Ahead of the Social Media Risks in the WorkplaceMost employers today leverage social media to improve communications internally and externally. With the advantages come many risks which need to be anticipated and managed to minimize the potential for business disruption or reputation damage.

• Social Media - Managing at the Speed of Technology

Cloud computing, social media, mobile, and now Millennials have become forces for business disruption. The leadership challenge is learning how to manage in the here and now to harness the new dynamics.

• Getting Ahead of the Social Media Risks in the Workplace

Getting Ahead of the Social Media Risks in the WorkplaceMost employers today leverage social media to improve communications internally and externally. With the advantages come many risks which need to be anticipated and managed to minimize the potential for business disruption or reputation damage.

• Creating Long-Term Supplier Relationships of Value Through Negotiations

Creating Long-Term Supplier Relationships of Value Through NegotiationsNegotiating with a critical supplier can be turned into an opportunity to create value through a long-term collaborative strategic supplier relationship. The key is to get the partnership going on solid ground from day one of the...

• The Process of Developing a Truly Social Business

The Process of Developing a Truly Social Business Corporate social media accounts can strengthen brand and reputation. Now some companies are realizing it is the personal social media accounts of employees that have even more branding power than corporate accounts.

• Integrating SRM and Strategic Sourcing to Improve Global Procurement

SRM is a natural element of strategic sourcing because the objective of both is to develop suppliers who bring high value to the organization. - By Debra Jenkins

• Suppliers Adopt Energy Environmental Policies as Competitive Strategy

Environmental procurement is a competitive survival strategy for big corporations. - By Wilfred Smith

• 5 Steps to a Better Workplace Environment

The average U.S. worker spends more than 1,777 hours each year in his or her office, according to the Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Minority and women business owners, especially in smaller operations where night and weekend hours are common, may spend an additional ...

• Shared Services: Creating a Service Culture

Global businesses need more than cost cutting strategies to remain competitive. The shared services model offers a comprehensive approach to achieving efficiency, cost reductions, higher quality, and increased service levels. - By Debra Jenkins

• Leveraging the Procurement Process Through Category Management

At the heart of procurement category management is teamwork. Category management relies on cross-functional teamwork to leverage full organizational capabilities, and heading the effort is procurement. - By Gerald Donald

• Offshoring or Domestic Outsourcing in the Financial Services Industry

The financial services industry continues to face headwinds in the post-Recession era. In an effort to cut costs, the big question is: Offshoring, domestic outsourcing, or both?- By James Hsu

• Bring On the Innovation: Developing a Culture of Continuous Improvement

A culture of continuous improvement supports successful shared services organizations. The first two challenges in developing this culture: Changing mindsets to embrace change innovation; and developing metrics and analytics to measure success. - By Valerie Gomez

• Positioning the Organization to Capture Value in a Hyper-Changing Environment

Businesses need to maintain alignment between corporate effort and strategy. In a hyper-changing marketplace, driven by rapid technology advances, leaders must identify key levers at every turn that can capture value while maintaining alignment in a constantly evolving environment. - By Paul Lachhu

• Facing the Challenge of Insider Threats to Cybersecurity

Cyber threats from the outside often get the most notoriety due to their audacity, sophistication and success. Yet, internal threats are just as real and potentially dangerous. - By James Hsu

• A Primer on Doing Business in Africa

Africa is Calling. Are you Ready for the Next Global Shift in Business? - by William Bell

• Melding the Manufacturing Sector and the Gig Labor Force

Gig workers are having a major impact on how work gets done. Manufacturing can benefit by closing skills gaps and accessing high-tech skills in a cost-effective way. - By Donna Benjamin

• The Importance of Risk Management for Minority Companies

Recently, more than 40 corporate and public agencies met with representatives from about 120 minority-owned companies looking to bid on contracts in an event organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA). The contracts were big, but so was the number of rep...

• Diversity & Ethics are Hallmarks of KPMG’s Culture

It takes some courage in this age of financial crisis, regulation, and sophisticated technology to operate an audit, tax and advisory services firm. Yet that is exactly what global giant KPMG International successfully accomplishes in 156 countries by relying on over 152,000 professionals, while mai...

• Sustain ability and the New Green Economy

An Opportunity for a Level Playing Field By Jasmine McNealy

• More Companies are seeing Green, and it’s not the bottom line only!

If business had a fashion sense, “green” would be the new “black.” From toothpaste to roofing supplies, from plant fertilizers to baby food, choosing products that are environmentally friendly is driving consumer choice and, in turn, the manufacturers who feed that demand. - By Anaga Dalal

• Building Strategic Alliances in a Challenging Economic Environment

Can Minority Companies Overcome the Emerging Challenges in Supplier Diversity?

• Outsourcing Risks Overcoming Barriers to Achieve Great Results

Start by finding partners to build long-term relationships

• Strategies to Successfully Develop and Manage Effective Outsourcing Relationships

Global outsourcing is no longer just for big corporations. Minority and Women Business Enterprises (MWBE) also embrace the idea of delegating manufacturing, back-office support and other functions to qualified outsource providers. However, many MWBEs still put themselves at risk by focusing only o...

• Developing Contextual Leaders Ready to Adapt in Dynamic Environments

Old-style leadership development worked at one time but not in the dynamic business environment in which change is constant. Contextual leaders can adapt their thinking and approaches to strategy and problem-solving to fit the circumstances. - By Dave DeSouza

• Turning Data Analytics into Value in the Supply Chain

Producing data analytics is not the same as converting analytics into value-producing decisions that maximize the supply chain ROI. Turning data analytics into action is an imperative for the digital global supply chain, but it requires a new way of thinking.

• Indian Firms Slowly Embrace Enterprise Risk Management

Indian Firms Slowly Embrace Enterprise Risk ManagementIntense global competition and rapid growth are forcing Indian firms to examine corporate enterprise risk management (ERM) elsewhere, especially in Europe, Australia and North America, where the process is more mature, concludes a report by The C...

• Socially Responsible Giving Must Support the Core Mission for Best Results

Socially Responsible Giving Must Support the Core Mission for Best ResultsSocially responsible giving is part of successful business strategies

• Corporate Governance and Its Impact on Supplier Relationships

Corporate Governance and Its Impact on Supplier RelationshipsDiversifying Board Representation a Win-Win-Win for Companies, Shareholders and the Public

• Managing at the Speed of Technology as Millennials Change Workplace Dynamics

Managing at the Speed of Technology as Millennials Change Workplace DynamicsCloud computing, social media, mobile and now Millennials have become forces for business disruption. The leadership challenge is learning how to manage in the here and now to harness the new dynamics.

• Very Poor Countries on the Wrong Side of a Growing Logistical Divide

Very Poor Countries on the Wrong Side of a Growing Logistical DivideThe gap between developed and developing countries has been a global concern for decades, but skyrocketing oil prices and the general growth of world markets threaten to widen the gap between the developing and least developed count...

• For a More Just Supply Chain: Ending Human Trafficking and Forced Labor

For a More Just Supply Chain: Ending Human Trafficking and Forced LaborEnding human trafficking in supply chains is possible through business model changes and collaboration with governments. Holding suppliers accountable by changing price expectations and increasing transparency are just two strate...

• Linking Human Capital Governance and Performance to Financial Performance

Linking Human Capital Governance and Performance to Financial PerformanceThe SEC has created a new 10-K disclosure requirement concerning human capital. The requirement was purposefully devoid of specifics, to allow companies the freedom to assess how their human capital impacts financial performanc...

• Transforming to an Agile Organization for Current and Future Success

Transforming to an Agile Organization for Current and Future SuccessAgile organizations are resilient, and resilience is critical to organizational success in a world where disruption can happen with little notice. The transformation process to achieving true agility is a step process, impacting eve...

• A Social Media Evolution: Applying Social Media Inside Your Organization to Enhance Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer

A Social Media Evolution: Applying Social Media Inside Your Organization to Enhance Collaboration and Knowledge TransferSocial media is a reservoir of untapped marketing. In addition to reaching out to external stakeholders, companies can use social media to reach into its internal resources and be ...

• Aligning ERM and ESG for Risk Management

Aligning ERM and ESG for Risk ManagementThere are many reasons to align ERM and ESG and embed them in strategizing and operations. Both set of principles focus on identifying and addressing the risks to long-term business success.

• Transparency & Accountability are Basic Tenets of Sustainability Reporting

Transparency & Accountability are Basic Tenets of Sustainability ReportingStandardization still eludes sustainability reporting, but the foundation of every report should be transparency and accountability.

• Mitigating Cyber Security Risks in the Supply Chain

Mitigating Cyber Security Risks in the Supply ChainMinimizing cyber risks in the supply chain is a modern challenge needing urgent attention across industries.

• Powering Up Brand Strength to Meet an Intense Competitive Environment

Powering up brand strength requires looking internally first to ensure the entire organization is engaged in the brand. Brands must be sold to staff as well as external customers.

• Environmental Pressures Drive Supplier Innovation