{"id":2654,"date":"2009-05-12T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-12T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2009\/05\/12\/sourcing-professionals-how-important-is-an-open-mind\/"},"modified":"2023-06-26T09:48:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T13:48:58","slug":"sourcing-professionals-how-important-is-an-open-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/sourcing-professionals-how-important-is-an-open-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Sourcing Professionals:  How Important Is An Open Mind?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some may argue that innovation is the key to improved performance. In other words, relying on \u201cthe way things have always been done\u201d is only going to put your organization at a competitive disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Having an open mind is necessary to innovate. And that doesn\u2019t mean having an open mind to only your ideas (believe it or not, those who claim to have an open mind are often very closed-minded to breakthrough ideas other than their own).<\/p>\n<p>On this topic, I\u2019ve recently penned a two-part series for eSourcing Forum called \u201cThe Open-Minded Sourcing Professional.\u201d Check it out those posts here and here. 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