Two Days to Bad Buying … How Vulnerable is Your Organisation to Fraud?
It is now just two days to publication of Bad Buying. So today, let’s focus again on the second section of the book, all about fraud and corruption. Whilst I […]
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Peter Smith’s Bad Buying Podcast Episode 2 – Incentivising Suppliers and Ventilators in the Spotlight
In this episode, Peter looks at why lack of competence, capability and information often drives bad buying decisions. He talks about how to incentivise suppliers and what can go wrong if […]
Three Days to Bad Buying … Fraud and Corruption, From Small-scale to Huge and International
It is now just three days to publication of Bad Buying. So today, let’s move on to the second section of the book, all about fraud and corruption. This was […]
Four Days to Bad Buying Launch – Incentivising Suppliers and Sheer Stupidity
OK, I misspoke yesterday when I said it was six days until publication of Bad Buying – it was five. So today, not surprisingly, it is 4 days to go, […]
Six Days to Bad Buying Publication … Irish Printers, Easter Eggs and Contracting with Friends
Bad Buying: How Organisations Waste Billions through Failures, Frauds and F*ck-ups hits the virtual shops and bookshelves next Thursday the 8th (you can order it here) so in the next […]
Boohoo Report on Leicester Sweatshops – Lack of Governance and Supplier Management
We should give Boohoo credit for commissioning an independent report from a top legal expert, Alison Levitt QC, to look into the Leicester “sweat shop” scandal. Earlier this year, the […]
Peter Smith’s Bad Buying Podcast Episode 1 – Why Bad Buying?
Peter Smith explains why he wrote his book, published by Penguin Business in October 2020 – ” Bad Buying – How organizations waste billions through failures, frauds and f*ck-ups”. He […]
UK Government Spends Millions with Consulting Firms – Did Buyers Know What They Were Doing?
UK government procurement related to the pandemic continues to be a source of some concern and confusion. More consulting contracts were published on the Contracts Finder website last week, showing […]
Track and Trace – Serco Won’t Tell Us Who Is Doing The Work
Private Eye always has some interesting stories, and its coverage of the pandemic has been exemplary – its medical writer has given some of the best advice and most balanced […]
HS2 Construction Starts – The Money Pit Gets Deeper
Construction of the HS2 high-speed railway network in England started formally last week. Some will be cheering – not me. At a time when working patterns have been changed because […]