Case study: the London Olympics
In this video, Mark Bryant, former Deputy Director of Commercial for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and formerly of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), talks about how large …
Course: Contract Management: Building Relationships in Business
What role does trust have?
Businesses have to make money to survive – and to develop new products and services, to provide quality support and, of course, to deliver returns to shareholders and attract top …
Contract lifecycle
In this video, Douglas Macbeth outlines the lifecycle of any contract from basic identification of a user need through all seven stages until the requirement is fulfilled or re-visited in …
The importance of relationships
In this video, contributors from both the UK Civil Service and major commercial businesses worldwide discuss relationships in contract management. You will hear from: Ghislaine Gunge, Commercial and Contract Management …
Ten pitfalls
It’s obvious that contracts sometime fail to produce the results that people look for. But how many, how much and what are the causes? That information was missing so World …
Why is this global online course important?
Why is contract management important to business? The leadership team from World Commerce & Contracting, along with other senior executives, give insights into why this course is important, and why …
Video update on the week’s activities
Douglas shares his thoughts on the week’s activities by posting a near real-time video. This is an additional video, hosted on YouTube. This video was recorded on Friday 18th June. …
Goodbye!
We hope that you have enjoyed your journey with us. We would like to remind you, that whilst we will not be providing any facilitation in the comments and discussions …
‘Live’ panel discussion – the future of contracting
‘Live’ panel discussion – the future of contracting. Douglas and Tim explored the future of contracting on Thursday 14th May 2015 from 08:00 to 08:45 (GMT+1) with a panel of …
Change management
In organisational life, change is continuous in some way or another so it is important to recognise this and look for the positive in it rather than worry about or …
What is innovation?
What is innovation? What attitudes, behaviours & processes can help? In this video, Douglas introduces you to different definitions of innovation and guides you through the different factors which can …
Importance of innovation
We interviewed M.C. McBain, Vice President of Global Business Development at IBM. In this video, she talks about the biggest challenges that she thinks that we currently face in business …
Why a new approach is needed
We interviewed Joshua Reddaway, former Director for Commercial and Contracting, the UK National Audit Office (NAO). Currently, Director Work and Pensions Value for Money, NAO, UK Government. The UK Civil …
Developing commercial capability
We interviewed Adrian Kamellard, who is Director, Commercial Professional Development at the Cabinet Office, UK Government. In this video, he discusses the problems the UK Civil Service have had with …
Developing new skills sets
We interviewed Jim Bergman, CEO of Commercial Officers’ Group, about what he thinks the challenges are for professionals in developing new skill sets and competencies. He starts this video by …
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