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3 ways to get your team back on your to do list

Not long ago I read a comment someone made on an article, that the worst things about being a leader was the people. Do you agree?

This made me smile when I read it, as how often do we find ourselves seeing other people as interruptions and something that stops us from getting our ‘real’ work done?

Regardless of our role, the one thing that we all have in common is that we have to interact with people.

Some days this is easy to do, on others not so much – but as a leader,  people need to be right at the top of the ‘to do’ list and something that we definitely make time for.

People need to speak. People need to be listened to, and taken notice of. People need to be appreciated and valued. People need to be given feedback to, people need to be developed and coached, people need support, and above all people need to get to know the person behind your title as people need to build up trust.

Making time for people is the most important thing on every leaders to do list. It is the one thing that will really drive performance and is the one thing that will turn out to be the best thing about being a leader.

Here are 3 tips to get you started

1. Be visible

Regardless of how big your company is, take the time to work round and say ‘hello’ to people. Ask them what they’re working on, and engage in conversation. You’ll be surprised how much you learn.

2. Be curious

There is no such thing as a daft question. Questions encourage discussion, new ideas, suggestions and problem solving, so ask away…

3. Diarise time for one to one meetings

It’s easy to let one to one meetings slip due to other things, but these meetings really are important. They allow you the time to really get to know your team and learn what motivates them and what they need from you.

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Rogers and Bell pull controversial Christmas favourite out of rotation in wake of #Metoo

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is getting a chilly response from Canadian radio stations.

At least two of the country’s biggest radio operators — Rogers Media and Bell Media — say they’ve decided to pull the controversial Christmas favourite out of their rotations this year.

That comes as the duet, written back in 1944, faces renewed scrutiny over what some say are inappropriate lyrics in the wake of the #MeToo movement.

Earlier this week, Cleveland radio station WDOK-FM announced it was no longer playing the song in response to listener feedback. Some took issue over lyrics where one singer is trying to persuade the other to stay inside, with exchanges that include, “What’s in this drink?” and “Baby, don’t hold out.”

Bell Media spokesman Scott Henderson says the company, which runs two 24-hour Christmas stations in Vancouver and Ottawa, chose not to include the Christmas tune on its playlists this year.

“The song wasn’t scheduled for airplay on any Bell Media Radio stations and there are no plans to play it in the future,” he wrote in an emailed statement.

Rogers Media also runs a number of all-Christmas music stations, including 98.1 CHFI-FM in Toronto and 98.5 CIOC-FM in Victoria. Spokeswoman Caitlin Decarie says the broadcaster also removed the song this year, but declined outline how it reached the decision.

“There are so many wonderful songs that celebrate the holiday season,” she said.

READ MORE: U.S. radio station pulls ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’, citing #MeToo movement

A representative for CBC Radio was unable to answer whether its stations include the Christmas song in its current rotation.

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” has been considered a holiday classic ever since it won the Academy Award for best original song in the film “Neptune’s Daughter.”

It’s since been covered countless times by singers Ray Charles and Betty Carter, Idina Menzel & Michael Buble, as well as Dolly Parton and Rod Stewart.

Concern over the song has existed for years, leading to many reinterpretations of the lyrics.

Lady Gaga and Joseph Gordon-Levitt flipped the gender roles in a performance for the pop singer’s 2013 holiday special with the Muppets.

And two years ago, Minnesota couple Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski rewrote the lyrics to include lines about consent, such as a response to the woman’s line “I ought to say no, no, no” with the man saying: “You reserve the right to say no.”

David Friend, The Canadian Press

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Compassion is the feeling of sympathy and understanding each other. Compassion is necessary for all and it plays a pivotal role in the life of teachers. It helps the teachers to understand their students well and create an happy atmosphere in the school campus. Many teachers believe that taking a strict approach towards their students is best. But this is not fruitful. It gives poor results and students build a negative impression of their teacher. They are scared of such teachers and are even scared to ask questions. But on the other hand a compassionate teachers class is lively. The students love and respect their teacher and they start trusting their teacher. They feel free to share their problems with their teachers. The simplest way to show that you care for your students is to motivate and praise them. The teacher can talk privately aside with those who do not feel free to share their problems in the classroom. A teacher should not humiliate or hurt his students feelings. A compassionate teacher is one who does not hold any grudge against his students and forgives him for his mistakes. Love, care, understanding, forgiveness, trust and respect given by a teacher helps his student to be free of stress and leads to him to success.- Bharti Rao/ Educator
(ED: Editor & MR: Mayur Singh Rathore)
ED: What is your name?
MR: My name is Mayur Singh.
ED: Which was your batch year?
MR: My batch year was 2015-2016
ED: Who were your batch mates?
MR:  My batch mates were Bajrang Singh, Deepak Udawat, Mamta Chouhan, Vaishali Rao, Kushagra Singh etc.
ED: Who was your best teacher?
MR: My best teacher were Mr. Krishan Gopal, Mr. Byju Joseph, Mr. Suresh Negi, Mrs. Bharti Rao and Mrs. Prerna Rathod.
ED: Have you ever participated in any activities, tournaments?
MR: Yes, I participated in Volleyball and Basketball Tournaments
ED: What are your present qualifications?
MR: I am doing Hotel Management. I have done Housekeeping and Front Office. Nowadays I am doing my Intern in Food & Beverages from Lila Palace, Udaipur.
ED: What was your experience at Fabindia School?
MR:  I can only say that I miss my schooldays and my teachers a lot.
ED: Will you like to give any message to your juniors, school, or friends etc.?
MR:  Yes, I would urge juniors to focus on their studies, abide the rules and regulations of the school and to be more professional.
Tuesday, 13th February- Wednesday 14th February: Educators had two days PLP Session in which they had their HOD Meetings. They discussed their final exam question papers, its format, syllabus mapping etc.
Saturday, 17th February: Educators had their HOD Meeting in which they discussed their Revision Schedule which they are going to carry out in their classes two weeks before their Final Examination.
EDUCATOR THIS WEEK: Tarun Mishra/Educator appreciated for his hardwork and dedication in organising the Annual Sports Meet. He motivated the students to concentrate and find solutions to resolve problems. He quoted, "Necessity is the mother of invention."
Krithika Rao/ Educator appreciated for her sincerity and hard work. She motivated the students by telling them to be positive.
Staff wished Ms. Monica Vaishnav a Happy Birthday. May God bless her and best wishes for her future.
Chirag Sharma/VIII A was selected as the Student this Week for voluntarily helping in organizing Pre-Primary Sports Day. He motivated the students to be self-reliant, have courage and to be self confident.
Saturday, 10th FebruaryMr Vijay Mahajan CEO of BASIX, a pioneer in micro finance and rural livelihood development visited the school. He interacted with the students of Class XI and XII Commerce and asked them what type of World and India they would imagine in 2050? The students responded with different and innovative answers.
Monday, 12th February: Final Examination for Class IX began that day and Final  Examination for Class XI began from Wednesday.
Thursday, 15th February: The team with the teachers who had gone to Delhi to receive the "School Change Maker Award" was called on stage to share their experiences. Principal called the Admin Staff, Teachers and students who had contributed in the Green School Program on stage. The Principal thanked everyone including the support staff for their contribution; for this would have not been possible without their support.

Our school received the "Change Maker" School Award among 1200 schools of the entire country in "The Green School Programme" conducted by "Centre for Science And Education". We were proud as after the struggle and hard work of three years we received the award this year, among the first four "Best Change Maker Schools". On this occasion Trustee and Architect of the School Mr. Ravi Kaimal also attended the function. There two of us spoke about the changes brought by our school like rooftop rainwater harvesting system, installation of solar panel of 13.5 kw by which the school reduced the usage by 90%. There we also participated in the Science Exhibition and Sit And Draw Competition. We learnt a lot over there and made memories too. On 7th February the excursion trip started. It included six schools(2 Teachers and 6 Students from each school).
We visited the following places in Delhi
Aravali Biodiversity Park, Goonj Resource Centre, Sulabh International Museum, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan. On 10th February we visited The Green School: Moti Lal Nehru School of Sports, Sonipat, There we learnt about various waste management systems, Sewage Treatment Plant(STP), Water Treatment Plant,etc. At the Biodiversity we saw and learnt about the different types of plants (Flora) and their medicinal values. We also learnt about the life processes of Fauna.
Overall it was a wonderful experience, and we became more aware about our environment.
"The Earth does not belong to us,
We belong to the Earth.".- Muskan Rathod /XI (S)
Friday, 16th February:  On Friday evening the School bid Farewell to Class XII. Class XI organized the show. Class XII and the staff were invited for the farewell party. In a heart-warming the farewell party started with Principal lighting of the candles of the outgoing students. She passed by each student lighting their candle with a personal message and advise to each student; signifying good wishes and light of knowledge in their world. The host class performed dances and organised games for Class XII.  Gifts were presented to the winners of the game. The students were presented with mementos as a mark of blessing and remembrance.
Saturday, 17th February:  Treasure Hunt was organised for the students of Class VI-VIII. They enjoyed a lot and were successful in finding the treasure with the help of the clues.
Students v/s Parents Cricket Match was organised Both the teams played enthusiastically. Mr. Krishan Gopal was the commentator of the match. Parents won the match by nine runs.
Parents Teacher Meeting was organised for the students of Class Nursery - VIII, X & XII. About 30% of the parents attended the meeting. They discussed and gave their feedback.

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Deerfield, Ill. - September 28, 2017

Baxter International Inc.(NYSE:BAX), will host a conference call to discuss its third quarter 2017 financial results on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at 7:30 a.m. Central Standard Time.

To access the call, dial 844.886-1929 (domestic) or 225.239.4663 (international). Please dial into the call at least 10 minutes prior to the start to connect. The Conference ID is 68201200.

This call is also being webcast by Nasdaq OMX and can be accessed at Baxter’s website at The conference call will be recorded by Baxter and is copyrighted material. It cannot be recorded or rebroadcast without Baxter’s permission.

Baxter provides a broad portfolio of essential renal and hospital products, including home, acute and in-center dialysis; sterile IV solutions; infusion systems and devices; parenteral nutrition; surgery products and anesthetics; and pharmacy automation, software and services. The company’s global footprint and the critical nature of its products and services play a key role in expanding access to healthcare in emerging and developed countries. Baxter’s employees worldwide are building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical breakthroughs to advance the next generation of healthcare innovations that enable patient care.


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Richard Sparks, Chair of Conducting & Ensembles, joined the faculty at UNT in 2009 with both a distinguished academic and professional career. A dedicated and passionate teacher, Sparks brings a wealth of experience to young conductors under his guidance. Sparks was a faculty member at Mount Holyoke College and Pacific Lutheran University, where he was Director of Choral Activities from 1983-2001. He founded Seattle Pro Musica and conducted three ensembles from 1973-80 in over 70 concerts; conducted the Seattle Symphony Chorale from 1990-94 (preparing the choir for nine recordings on the Delos label); founded and conducted Choral Arts in Seattle from 1993-2006 (with whom he made three recordings on the Gothic label); and Pro Coro Canada (Edmonton, AB) from 1999 to 2011. A professional chamber choir, Pro Coro toured regularly across Canada and broadcast on CBC Radio.

He has been active in the professional world guest conducting the Anchorage Music Festival, Portland Symphonic Choir, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Northwest Chamber Orchestra, Exultate Chamber Singers in Toronto, the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, and the Swedish Radio Choir.

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Oven-grilled tiger prawns with chilli yuzu and white miso aioli

NB: Yuzu is a sour Japanese fruit about the size of a tangerine. If you cannot find fresh yuzu, it can be bought as a paste or juice from specialist retailers.

For the chilli yuzu paste

  • 1 tbsp yuzu koshou paste (available from some Asian supermarkets and specialist retailers)
  • 1 tsp fresh garlic paste (blend 1 garlic clove with ½ tsp water)
  • 1 tsp fresh ginger paste (blend 1cm/½in fresh root ginger with ½ tsp water)
  • 1 tsp chopped fresh coriander
  • 1 tbsp freshly grated yuzu peel (available from some supermarkets and Asian grocers)
  • 1½ tsp ready-made chilli and garlic sauce
  • 1 tbsp mirin (Japanese rice wine, available from some supermarkets and Asian grocers), or water
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil

For the white miso aïoli

  • 4 tbsp cooked potato
  • 4 tbsp saikyo white miso (available from some supermarkets and Asian grocers)
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled
  • 1 poached egg
  • 250ml/9fl oz vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp fresh ginger juice (made by grating and squeezing fresh root ginger and collecting the juice)
  • 1 lemon, juice only

For the prawns

  • 2 large tiger prawns, preferably Madagascan, or langoustines, shells on, left whole

To serve

  1. Preheat the oven and grill to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

  2. For the chilli yuzu paste, blend all of the chilli yuzu paste ingredients except the mirin and vegetable oil in a food processor to a paste.

  3. Gradually add the mirin (or water) and vegetable oil and blend again until all of the liquid has been fully incorporated into the mixture. Set aside.

  4. For the white miso aioli, blend the cooked potato, white miso, garlic and poached egg in a food processor until smooth and well combined.

  5. With the motor still running, gradually add the vegetable oil in a thin stream until it is completely incorporated in the mixture.

  6. Add the ginger juice and lemon juice and blend again until well combined.

  7. For the prawns, lay each prawn on its back. Cut the tail meat and shells in half lengthways using a sharp knife or scissors. Remove the tail meat from the shells and chop roughly.

  8. Stir the chopped tail meat into the chilli yuzu paste.

  9. Return the prawn and chilli yuzu mixture to the shells (there should be two filled shells per person). Place the four prawn halves onto a baking tray and cook for 1-2 minutes.

  10. Remove the prawn halves from the oven. Carefully stir the prawn and chilli yuzu mixture around, in the shells. Return the prawns to the oven and cook for a further 1-2 minutes, or until the flesh is pink and cooked through.

  11. To serve, squeeze the julienned daikon into two cone shapes. Place one cone of daikon onto the end of each of two rectangular serving plates. Sprinkle over the black sesame seeds. Place two filled prawn halves into the centre of each plate. Place the lemon balm leaves on top. Divide the aioli between two dipping bowls. Place them at the other end of the plates.


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Buyer-Supplier Collaboration

A Roadmap for Success

August 21, 2013 By Robert Tevelson , Jonathan Zygelman , Paul Farrell , Stefan Benett , Peter Rosenfeld , and Andreas Alsén

In 1989, when Chrysler was fighting for its life, its president of operations, Bob Lutz, and its vice president of procurement, Tom Stallkamp, brought in 25 of the company’s biggest suppliers and asked for their help in reducing costs. “All I want is your brainpower, not your margins,” Lutz told the suppliers. Buyer-supplier collaboration caught on at Chrysler1, thanks to the company’s willingness to share the benefits, and in the ensuing decade, the program (called SCORE, for Supplier Cost Reduction Effort) produced billions in savings.

Collaboration programs that succeed on anything like SCORE’s scale are more the exception than the rule. A survey of senior purchasing executives by The Boston Consulting Group and the Procurement Leaders Network in early 2013 showed that while most companies pursue some sort of collaboration with their suppliers, only about two in every five programs follow standardized approaches. As a result, most programs focus narrowly on operational efficiency, leaving opportunities like shared innovation, speed to market, and improved quality unexplored and their associated benefits unrealized.

Interest in collaboration is not in question. Across industries, approximately 85 percent of buyers segment their suppliers to identify prospective partners. The collaborative relationships that result cover 40 percent of all expenditures and 24 percent of all suppliers. But this relatively high level of attention doesn’t mean all procurement executives are happy with the results. One in three is not satisfied with what the collaboration program has achieved. (See Exhibit 1.)

John Braun, Mark Guthrie, Emily McCampbell, and Violetta Sit, “Chrysler Corporation: Innovations in Supply Chain Management,” case study, University of Michigan Business School.

Companies see supplier collaboration programs as a way to improve performance in multiple areas. Cost savings is by far the most common goal, cited by 77 percent of procurement executives. The next most-common goals are innovation, higher quality, and increased efficiency, cited by 46 percent, 34 percent, and 33 percent of procurement executives, respectively.

In return for suppliers’ participation in collaboration programs, most buyers (74 percent) offer them an increased share of the company’s business. A smaller percentage pursue deeper relationships that include technical advice (offered by 47 percent of buyers) and joint investments (offered by 28 percent). Relatively few buyers (about 15 percent) share revenue or profit with their suppliers.

The near-term cost focus means that most collaborative programs target some area of operations—typically, the supply chain (62 percent of programs) or manufacturing (47 percent). Buyers’ marketing, sales, and business-development functions are brought into collaborative supplier relationships less than a third of the time.

It is certainly possible to use supplier collaboration to help with product development and innovation. Boeing and Nordam2, a maker of aerospace parts and systems, worked together for 18 months to develop a composite window frame for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner. The windows weigh 50 percent less than traditional aluminum frames. This has advanced Boeing’s goal—embodied in the Dreamliner—of making commercial jets more fuel-efficient.

Companies have an opportunity to use their collaborative programs with suppliers to remake themselves as extended enterprises, a model in which their own and their suppliers’ activities are so tightly aligned that it becomes hard to tell where one company ends and the other begins. In theory at least, a company that approaches this ideal can become more innovative and efficient, avoid major supply-chain disruptions, and eliminate overlapping expenditures (including in R&D).

For example, Toyota apprises suppliers3 of its long-term plans, a practice that makes it easier for suppliers to improve their designs, enhance the quality of the parts and systems they develop for Toyota, and minimize waste.3 However, relatively few buyers approach their collaborative initiatives as systematically as Toyota. They might work with their suppliers to reduce the cost of operations, but they don’t integrate suppliers into their organizations or work with them to reduce complexity. Nor do most buyers enter into pacts to redesign parts or components or to speed new products to market. These are tactics that are characteristic of advanced collaboration initiatives. In not pursuing them, procurement departments are missing an opportunity to leverage supplier capabilities and create an advantage for their companies.

Nordam makes 20,000th composite window frame for Boeing 787,” TulsaBusiness.com, June 18, 2013.
Jeffrey H. Dyer and Kentaro Nobeoka, “Creating and Managing a High-Performance Knowledge-Sharing Network: The Toyota Case,” July 2002.

Earmarks of the Best Collaboration Programs

The best buyer-supplier collaboration programs focus on five elements: segmenting the supplier base (with the goal of identifying suppliers that could become strategic partners); building the capabilities needed to partner effectively; finding incentives and benefits that are shared and that can generate momentum; taking a structured approach to the design of the program; and implementing and managing the program for the long term.

Segment the supplier base to identify strategic partners. There is a reason why companies are selective in choosing suppliers for collaboration programs: not every supplier justifies the investment. For instance, with nonstrategic suppliers in competitive supply markets, there’s no reason to devise a special collaborative approach; companies should leverage the competitive tension in the supply market to secure the highest value. But with more strategic suppliers—those that represent a significant part of a buyer’s spending in some area or that provide special value from the customer’s perspective—a partnership starts to make sense. Indeed, economic impact and perceived customer value are the two primary calculations companies must make in determining whether and how to partner with their suppliers. (See Exhibit 2.)

One leading North American retailer takes a unique approach to segmenting its suppliers. The retailer asks its most strategic suppliers (roughly 10 percent of its base) to participate in a supplier forum. The forum’s participants, including Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, and Sara Lee, work with the retailer to come up with ideas and practices to improve the way its supply chain functions. After they have been vetted, the new practices are extended to the whole supplier network.

Build the right capabilities and organization. In order to create successful collaboration programs, most organizations have to develop new capabilities. One of the most important of these is cost engineering, a way of analyzing suppliers’ products and processes to gain insights into the economics of the extended enterprise and identify opportunities for improvement. Quality management is another critical capability; it focuses on quality issues across the supply chain and covers both products and associated services. Other capabilities include trend scouting, which pertains to identifying new technologies and supply options as they emerge, and supplier development, which, by enhancing suppliers’ capabilities and improving their processes, can help get products to market more quickly. Finally, there is partnership influence, by which the organization gets multiple suppliers to work together to improve the performance of critical components or subsystems.

To lay the groundwork for these new capabilities, some organizational adjustments are typically needed. For instance, the trend-scouting capability shouldn’t reside solely in the procurement department; it needs to be set up with ties to marketing and R&D. A project structure should also be in place to manage the boundaries between procurement, R&D, and production. Finally, the quality assurance function may need to be expanded.

Align benefits and incentives. One of the obvious challenges for collaboration programs is getting suppliers to participate in them. Companies sometimes undermine their own chances of a partnership by being overly cautious about sharing information. A core requirement for successful collaboration is trust—a willingness, on the part of both buyer and supplier, to share information. In addition, strategic suppliers are strategic for a reason; they have their own market power and may be skeptical about what’s in it for them. This means that many suppliers can’t be coerced into a collaborative partnership; they must be persuaded. The carrot—additional business, technical advice, a way of streamlining processes—is often more effective than the stick.

Buyers must find incentives powerful enough to motivate suppliers. For instance, in Chrysler’s SCORE program, suppliers were obligated to pass on only 50 percent of their savings to Chrysler; the rest they could keep. In other cases, buyers may contribute investment capital to help a collaborative program get off the ground. When this happens and the outcome is successful, a supplier may end up with an improved technology, process, or cost structure that can help it with a range of customers, not just with the buyer that made the investment. Buyers should demand a lot of their suppliers, but if they also treat them fairly, it sets a tone of mutual interest that makes the relationship far more productive.

Follow a structured approach to program design. Collaboration programs are often viewed skeptically by both the internal organization and the supplier base. It is important to build credibility for the program at the senior level and within the organization. This requires discussing the opportunities created by the program with the supplier’s top managers and committing to joint next steps. The CPO should clearly articulate the benefits of the program to all parties. Early communication from the upper levels of the buying organization, and strong support from corporate leadership (for instance, the CEO), are critical in mobilizing the internal team and persuading suppliers to develop a shared vision for these relationships.

A catalyst approach can be used to jump-start the process. This begins with both the buyer and the strategic supplier separately collecting information that can help identify areas of joint opportunity. With that homework done, the two companies meet to figure out how they might jointly reduce costs, improve quality, increase innovation, reduce waste, and improve cycle times. Over a period of a few months, the buyer teams and suppliers generate ideas, evaluate them, prioritize them, agree on the ultimate value and how it will be shared, and set an implementation plan. Catalyst sessions are intended to challenge—the dialogue should be open and no ideas should be off the table.

Once the initiatives have gotten off the ground, a program management office should be used to ensure consistency across initiatives, share best practices across initiative teams, and keep procurement executives apprised of progress. The program management office should also track all initiatives to make sure they are proceeding according to plan.

Implement and manage the program for the long term. Implementing a collaboration plan is complex. Change management is critical. There needs to be movement from the typical buyer-supplier relationship toward a dynamic of greater trust, more information-sharing, and enhanced transparency. Conversations must shift from What’s in it for me? to What’s in it for us? This can only happen if there are enabled and accountable leaders, an engaged organization, and a clear governance structure. There also need to be clear objectives, key actions associated with each objective, and agreed-on KPIs.

How the KPIs and key actions work together can be illustrated by an example. Suppose an office-machine-equipment company wants to reduce the time required to introduce new products. Its key actions might involve moving a strategic supplier’s engineers into its own R&D facility and training them. The most relevant KPI in this case would be time to market. In return for helping the buyer reduce its time to market, the supplier might get a guarantee that only its parts would be used in the buyer’s new products for a specified period of time.

In addition to this list of best practices, partnerships have other success factors, including analytical rigor and a clear definition of roles. (See below.)

Additional Factors That Help Partnerships Succeed

Buyers that forge successful partnerships are realistic about what these initiatives require. Five factors in particular are important to remember.

  • Sufficient Time and Resources. Companies often underestimate the investment that’s required. More resources deliver more benefit more quickly.
  • Stakeholder Engagement. Collaboration doesn’t work without people. Procurement departments must involve the necessary decision makers from both organizations and get them to support the effort.
  • Analytical Rigor. Supplier collaboration programs are data heavy. A considerable amount of information must be gathered and analyzed if the right decisions are to be made.
  • Clear Definition of Roles and Accountabilities. The cross-functional (and cross-company) nature of these initiatives allows them to leverage many different types of expertise and is a big part of their power. But it is also a potential source of confusion and bureaucracy. It must be clear who has final decision rights, particularly in situations where different stakeholders are lobbying for different options.
  • Sustainable Improvements. Many companies find it difficult to maintain momentum after they’ve achieved an initial success. To keep this from happening, the programs should be refreshed regularly so improvements can continue. Also, rigorous tracking of initiatives is critical to ensure progress.

Getting Started

Any number of developments might set the stage for launching a buyer-supplier partnership program. One automobile company approached BCG at a time when the costs of cars’ interiors were going up and there was no way to pass them along to consumers. Another company, in the financial services industry, wanted to escape what it saw as a worsening cycle of increased media spending and diminished results.

One common thread at these companies was that they were facing challenges that could be addressed with the help of one or more suppliers. The other common thread was that neither had much experience in applying a partnership approach to problems.

We did the necessary preparatory work to get the buyers and their suppliers focused on the right things and then used catalyst sessions to help them generate ideas and share insights and data. We found ways to create incentives for the suppliers, even in situations where they were going to end up with less revenue. And we set up management structures that let our clients know what they were going after and how to measure it—and that let them make corrections when the results differed from their expectations.

In the end, the automobile company cut 66 percent from the per-unit cost of an interior-lining product. The financial services company improved the results of its media-buying efforts while reducing expenditures by 30 percent.

At most companies, buyer-supplier collaboration programs are at a relatively early stage—they aren’t mature. But this is an opportunity more than a problem. Changes in technology, an increasingly flexible supply base, and a growing awareness of the possibilities of the extended enterprise are giving buyers a chance to get a much bigger payback from their partnering initiatives. Partnerships present procurement executives with a chance to lower costs, be more innovative, and help their companies get better products into the market more quickly. They will be an increasingly important part of the formula for winning in the future.

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Believe Women. Believe Survivors. This is the hardest post I’ve ever had to write, but I felt compelled and decided to use my voice. Not sure if you guys have kept up with the Kavanaugh hearings, but I started to on Friday and I was emotionally drained. My first thought was, why is a committee deliberating over hiring this man to take a seat at the Supreme Court? If this was a regular corporation or job interview, he would automatically be disqualified and wouldn’t even get a callback. But somehow, they are all torn and decide to drag this out a whole ‘nother week (now only 2 more days).

I wish I could be optimistic and that they won’t elect him into the Supreme Court, but after the FBI investigation is done, I doubt any progress towards Dr. Blasey Ford’s credible testimony will make a difference.

I will say her testimony did make a difference somehow. She stood up for herself and for what was wrongly done to her. Because of her, women like the ones who stopped Senator Flake in the elevator protested and letting the world know their pain because the time is up! I thank God for these women because it seems they reached him somehow and he decided not to vote unless the FBI investigation is complete.

Here’s where I think things went wrong. They didn’t take her seriously months before when she came forward with this information. They didn’t conduct an investigation to make sure they really look into things and interview whoever they need to to get to the truth. This is a result of how our society treats women who come forward. They don’t take them seriously. Because of that, is why many don’t come forward because they are going to be shamed, belittled, blamed, persecuted, humiliated, the list goes on. All while our attacker goes scot-free. So you know what a survivor thinks? No one cares so why should I bother?

This is so sad you guys. That should not be the case and our society needs to wake up and act with justice when someone builds up their strength and comes forward. We have a long way to go and I hope that this moment with the Kavanaugh hearings is the pivotal shift that will set in motion to fight the injustice. To bring those men accountable who think there won’t be consequences.

As of a few days ago, another woman, Deborah Ramirez, came forward about Kavanaugh. She said while they were in college, he exposed himself to her at a dorm party. I’m sure alcohol was involved. At this point, there is a pattern of behavior that this man has shown from his past and could very well carry onto the present or the future.

Aside from all the allegations, looking at his character; the lying under oath, avoiding questions and flipping it back at the questioner, interrupting Senators and asking them what they like to drink, saying he likes beer so many times, his temper tantrum because he was so emotional it was laughable (which to be honest, I wouldn’t want a Judge to have that kind of temperament), the text messages he sent to his former classmates to refute Ramirez’ story before the article went out, then lying again that he didn’t know about the article, his bar fights back in the 80’s. Come on! Is this someone who truly deserves a seat at the Supreme Court, the highest court of the land? I don’t think so. Boy bye!

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I get why women don’t come forward. I know this because I myself am a victim of sexual assault. I didn’t come forward until now. Even though it happened six years ago, the emotional scars don’t ever go away. The trauma and the pain just sits there underneath. The statistic is striking – One out of three women will experience sexual assault in their lifetime. I thought because I never experienced this as a kid growing up or in highschool, that I would be okay. But it happened in my late 20’s when I went out with a guy and there was miscommunication. My truth is is that I was vulnerable and he took advantage of the situation.

I was partying with him and my cousin in Houston. I willingly went into his hotel room, but I passed out. Next thing I know, he already got started and was already on top of me when I opened my eyes. I was so scared and shocked, I didn’t know what to do. I was scared that if I said no, or fought, that he would attack me. I don’t like confrontation and this was something that was out of my control. So I didn’t say anything. I was powerless. The next day, we hung out again and I slept with him to get my power back. I was in denial that it really did happen (you can say that was the trauma), and I did it to feel like it wasn’t that bad. But it was bad and it was indeed date rape. I didn’t have a say before he took the liberty to take my body. So until our society does right by us, we need to be on a guard and not put ourselves in situations where there’s no way out.

This is why we don’t come forward and why I myself, didn’t. Sometimes it takes years for us to process what happened to us and by then, we won’t have proof except for our truth. I know that I would be blamed, especially with what happened the next day. Why would we subject ourselves to authorities grilling us about what happened to us as if we’re lying? We know the truth and no matter how we paint the picture, which is definitely not pretty, we won’t be believed and have justice on our side. In going through that process, you literally relive that moment and it’s traumatic all over again. If you’re reading this and you’re also saying Me Too, I urge you to come forward in whichever way you feel comfortable. I’m with you and I’m sorry this also happened to you.

This is why I believe Dr. Ford because she has nothing to gain by coming forward. It is her civic duty (as she said) to let everyone know what happened and that is her truth. What I really don’t get are the women who are also victims, who don’t believe Dr. Ford. We need to believe women, believe survivors. We are not here to get noticed or pitied, or saying this happened for shits and giggles, this is something awful that happened to us. If we don’t listen as a society, what’s to become of our future generation? The endless, vicious cycle will continue. It needs to stop and the time is up.

The last thing a victim needs is to be berated with questions asking why they waited to speak up. Or why they don’t have proof? Or why did they wear that outfit? Or why did they go out with someone they barely know? It’s not your business to ask us WHY. Newsflash: It happened, these are the facts and you need to believe us. Plain and simple. Instead, why don’t you ask that man why did he assault her? Why did he not listen to her when she said no? Or why did he just take it upon himself to have sex without her being conscious? It is a double standard and it’s not right. Hold the men accountable.

Whether you side with Kavanaugh or not, that’s not the point of my post. We just really need to think about how are we bringing justice or being fair if we don’t believe women when they speak up? We can’t look the other way anymore. What is that teaching our children? We need to stand for what is right. I hope that the FBI is able to uncover the truth and that the Senators will have the information they need in order to make the right decision. Deep down, I don’t see Kavanaugh as the rightful nominee. There, I said it.

The change of the vicious cycle won’t start until we put these attackers to justice. Until we show men that if they commit this heinous crime, they will be put away to rot in jail, or worse, killed in jail because prisoners don’t take too kindly to rapists. Many of them are repeat offenders. They have gotten away with it so many times. Case in point, Bill Cosby… Harvey Weinstein.

Your voice matters. What happened to you matters. When you speak out about what happened, that’s when the healing commences.

If you read this long ass post, I thank you. This is something that was really heavy on my heart and having been a victim, I couldn’t stay silent any longer. I’m glad that we are speaking about topics that are really hard for us, for our humanity to go through: miscarriage, mental illness, addiction, racism, racial bias, and finally, sexual assault. These are no longer taboo subjects, we need to have an open conversation and ultimately, communication, so that we are not hurting others without being aware. If we do hurt others, then we need to own up to it and its possible consequences. Those consequences definitely don’t include electing a man with a troubled past with drinking and sexually assaulting women like it’s a hobby. Onto the next one!!

Your actions DO have consequences, regardless if they were 20 years ago or 5 months ago. Make sure that you are PROUD of them and the world will be a better place BECAUSE of them.


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In his strongest statement against violence targeting minority Muslims across India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday deplored a spate of killings of people in the name of protecting cows, which are seen as sacred in the Hindu-majority nation.

The leader of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) issued his remarks a day after thousands of citizens protested in several cities across the country against recent attacks on Muslims by self-styled cow vigilantes.

“Killing people in the name of cow protection is not acceptable. No person in this nation has the right to take law into his or her hands,” Modi said during a visit to Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat, the prime minister’s home state. “Violence never has and never will solve any problem.”

Cattle slaughter and consumption of beef is banned in most states of India.

“This [the violence] is not something Mahatma Gandhi would approve of. We are the land of non-violence. We are the land of Mahatma Gandhi. Why do we forget this,” Modi said in a speech to mark the centennial celebration of Sabarmati Ashram, where Gandhi lived for about 12 years.

Another act of the violence that Modi condemned took place on the same day of his speech.

On Thursday, a Muslim man was beaten to death by a mob in Jharkhand state on suspicion that he was carrying beef in his vehicle, police said.

Kilshore Police Superintendent Kaushal told reporters that about 30 people surrounded a van bearing a West Bengal plate, pulled out its driver and attacked him, according to the news agency Press Trust of India.

On Tuesday, a 200-strong mob attacked a Muslim dairy farmer and tried to set his house ablaze in the eastern state of Jharkhand after villagers found a dead cow in the vicinity, police said, adding that they were forced to fire shots into the air to control the mob.

“The dairy farmer is out of danger. We are trying to identify the suspects who partook in the violence,” a police official said on condition of anonymity.

The attack followed two similar incidents of mob violence last week that claimed the lives of four Muslims, one of them a teenager, in West Bengal and Haryana.

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A social media campaign that started under the hashtag #NotInMyName turned into a mass movement Wednesday, with thousands of Indian citizens, including celebrities, gathering in different cities to protest what they called a sharp increase in violence related to cow protection since Modi’s right-wing BJP swept to power three years ago.

About 97 percent of the 63 cases of beef-related violence recorded during the last seven years occurred after the BJP came to power in May 2014, according to statistics released Thursday by Indiaspend, a New Delhi-based data journalism initiative.

It said that among the 28 people killed in the attacks, 24 were Muslims. About 14 percent of India's 1.3 billion people are Muslims, while Hindus make up 80 percent.

“In 23 attacks, the attackers were mobs or groups who belonged to Hindu groups” with affiliation to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), BJP’s ideological mentor, it said.

Government critics said Modi’s speech against recent incidents of mob violence was merely hogwash.

“He never once said that his government will make efforts to stop this violence,” political analyst Pradip Bhattacharya told BenarNews. “He is just a stooge in the hands of the RSS, which is encouraging these cow vigilantes to attack any suspected cattle smuggler or beef eater that belongs to the minority communities.”

This was the second time since his party’s landslide victory in 2014 that Modi has spoken out against beef-related violence.

Last August, Modi castigated the actions of self-styled cow protectors who were attacking suspected cattle thieves and beef eaters. The prime minister also asked all states to prepare dossiers on cow vigilantes.

“But there are no reports of even a single state doing so,” Bhattacharya said. “Modi’s words are nothing but lip service, it seems.”

Patricia Mukhim, editor of The Shillong Times in northeastern state of Meghalaya, which is India’s top beef consumer, described Modi’s speech as “too little, too late.”

“The hounds have already tasted blood. And no one is actually trying to rein them in,” Mukhim told BenarNews.

Even some BJP supporters came out on the streets Wednesday to protest incidents of mob violence.

“I am a proud Hindu,” Raj Pathak, a social activist from New Delhi, told BenarNews. “But I stand against anyone getting violent with another person in the name of religion.”

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In 2015, a small team from the University of Melbourne came together with the goal of creating a resource for a large first year postgraduate Medicine class focusing on the “Principles of Envenomation [Snakebite]”. The aim was to “flip the classroom”, providing more time in the face-to-face session for discussion with students around topic specific prior learning. The team consisted of Dr Ken Winkel, a leading Australian Toxinologist, who teaches into the Medical Program at the University of Melbourne, in addition to conducting research into venoms, antivenoms and envenomation. Supporting Ken were Dr Kristine Elliott, the pedagogy expert of the project, and Huw Llewellyn, an instructional designer.

With the initial goal being to create a resource for the class by simply transferring the slides and audio from previous year’s presentation into an online resource, the project quickly transformed into something much more valuable for the students. After sharpening and deconstructing the learning objectives, the resource that emerged is visually engaging and interactive, playing off the strengths of the Smart Sparrow platform and the challenges in diagnosing and treating snakebite to create a learning activity that includes some non-linear elements.

Huw’s five years of experience with the Smart Sparrow platform were invaluable to Ken as they put together the tutorial. After their brainstorming sessions, Huw was able to configure the platform to deliver the required functionality. One of the stand out screens of the tutorial is an elegant timeline where students can explore, at their own pace, the developments that went towards the creation of the first antivenoms.

Screenshots from the “Principles of Envenomation” tutorial

Ken’s favourite feature is the inclusion of media reports throughout the tutorial to provide students with real world examples of what they are studying.

The module is focused on the challenges of diagnosing and managing snakebites with consideration of the signs and symptoms of other Australian terrestrial envenomations. It begins with an even broader consideration of other important medical problems that may be confused with some aspects of snakebite. Users are guided through the key aspects of the presenting features and investigations that may distinguish between the key differential diagnoses. The major organ toxicities of snakebite are then reviewed and the similarities and distinctions between the syndromes of various Australian snakes considered. The key treatment modalities and their complications are also examined.

The benefit of using the Smart Sparrow platform was that the lesson could be used to better evaluate student understanding. By adding similar questions to the start of the tutorial and the end, the project team could evaluate what the students knew before starting and how much knowledge they gained from it. Students also completed a user experience survey with a few volunteering for more in depth interviews. Ken, Kristine and Huw presented their findings at the 2016 Ascilite Conference (full paper below) and are in the process of preparing another journal article on their approach. Based on the positive feedback from students, the module was re-used in classes in 2016 and is available on the BEST Network for members to use and modify for their requirements. Click here for step-by-step instructions for taking a copy of this or other modules.


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Nine projects helping women and girls across Sussex chosen for Tampon Tax funding

Projects supporting vulnerable women and girls across Sussex have been awarded a total of £79,615 from the Tampon Tax Community Fund.

This new national fund was launched in September, offering grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 to support a wide variety of projects helping the most marginalised women and girls to overcome barriers.

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The Women's Voices march in Hastings and St Leonards last summer. Picture: Roberts Photographic

Sussex Community Foundation, which operates the fund for this area, said only a quarter of the 1,500 applications for vital projects across the UK could be supported in this first stream of funding, as all areas were oversubscribed.

Sussex Prisoners Families, based in Brighton, received £10,000 to build on the success of its Hidden Voices pilot, offering new opportunities and providing a platform for women’s voices through art workshops.

Tarner Community Project in Brighton also received £10,000, to provide a female-only group with an exciting range of activities, plus holiday activities and outings.

My Sisters’ House CIC, which works across the coastal area in Arun and Chichester, received £9,957 towards the launch of a buddy system for women and girls who have suffered abuse and are deeply traumatised.

Women’s Voice in Hastings and St Leonards received £9,500 for workshops and activities designed to bring women together, including establishing a peer network.

Counselling Plus Community in Hastings received £9,000 for a facilitated group, offering six two-hour sessions for 28 women who have suffered domestic and/or sexual abuse.

Safe in Sussex, based in Worthing, received £8,700 for the development of a bespoke emotional resilience and recovery programme, supporting women and children affected by domestic abuse.

Safety Net in Portslade received £8,454 to provide a focused project, Girls Talk, specifically addressing the needs of girls and young women aged ten to 14, keeping them safe from harm and abuse.

The As You Are Centre in Southwick received £7,010 to fund six therapeutic groups for women experiencing mental ill health.

Brighton Women’s Centre, which supports women across the county Sussex, received £6,994 towards the redevelopment of its counselling service.

The Tampon Tax Community Fund is money generated from the VAT on sanitary products. Community foundations were asked by the government to distribute the £3.4million of funding raised through the levy on sanitary products to small, local projects supporting women and girls.

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Fear of Falling: A True Story about Osteoporosis Meds

When your doctor spends more time looking at your charts, than looking at you… You might wonder about their recommendations, especially if it’s medicated prevention strategy based on a statistical probability, like the way the health care system treats osteoporosis.

For example, if your bone-density is falls within certain guidelines, your doctor will automatically prescribe medication (in order to reduce his/her liability) for the rest of your life. Theoretically this will reduce your risk ofhaving a fracture, but the meds certainly come with a host of bad side effects, which may outweigh the benefits…

Here’s a story about one woman who decided not to surrender to her doctor’s fears.

My first bone-density scan… and now I have a label: Osteoporosis.

The primary care physician kept me waiting for 40 minutes after the time of the scheduled appointment. When she came into the office she sat down in front of a monitor and said nothing while she brought up my records. Then she spun the monitor around so I could see it. Displayed on the computer screen was my risk of osteoporotic spinal fracture – 12.4% – and hip fracture – 2.4%.

I was flustered and did not think to ask exactly how this risk is calculated and what it represents.

While I accept that I am at a higher risk of fracture than a young adult woman, I still feel my risk of fracture is not great and I don’t appreciate being made to feel fearful of my risk – or at least unduly fearful. I do not want to compromise other quality of life factors because of some very small risk of spinal or hip fractures.

She went into the risk of death from hip fractures. Yes, I am aware that a hip fracture is often the beginning of a downward spiral to death but this just doesn’t seem like the place where I am now in my life, while the risk of stomach upsets, oesophagus damage, and/or general malaise from a biphosponate seems much more immediate to say nothing of an increase in a risk of fractures in the extremities from this class of drug.

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