Bad Buying was published last week, and whilst there wasn’t exactly a rush of media appearances, it was reviewed in the Times on Saturday (behind the paywall unfortunately). The reviewer […]
Today is publication day for Bad Buying — How Organisations Waste Billions Through Failures, Frauds, and F*ck-ups. After 18 months of planning, writing, editing and production of the book, It […]
It’s tomorrow! Just over 18 months since I started writing Bad Buying – How Organisations Waste Billions Through Failures, Frauds, and F*ck-ups, it will hit the shops and virtual shops […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 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 […]