Contracting Excellence Journal

The New World in AI-Powered Contracts

Posted by Jason Gabbard, Head of AI Strategy at CONGA | Nov 29, 2018 7:17:00 AM

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not turbulence itself, but to act with yesterday’s logic” – Peter Drucker

Topics: contract management, contracting excellence

COMIC CONTRACTS Everyone can understand them

Posted by Robert de Rooy | Sep 17, 2018 6:27:21 AM

Here’s an attorney’s story of how he developed visual contracts that everyone can read -- including people that are illiterate!

Topics: contract management

Negotiating success – five steps to simplify your approach

Posted by IACCM | Sep 17, 2018 6:09:04 AM

Negotiation – the art of reaching an agreement – is challenging to say the least. But without a well-planned approach plus a clear understanding of the terms or clauses you typically negotiate, you face defeat. Would you like to prevent this and get it right?

Topics: contract management, negotiation, contracting excellence

Cryptocurrency - How to survive legal risks and confusing regulations

Posted by Piotr Powazka & René Franz Henschel | Sep 17, 2018 5:49:39 AM

Piotr Powazka, independent Contract Management and GDPR Data Protection Consultant with Coauthor: René Franz Henschel, Professor, Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, Department of Law, Aarhus, Denmark

Topics: contract management, contracting excellence

How Australia’s Department of Defence harnessed the power of the relationship

Posted by Dr. Bruce McLennan -- Director, Maritime Lifecycle Support, Australian Department of Defence | Aug 16, 2018 11:36:00 AM

Picture the board room at our biannual business meeting: our senior management team faced costly problems involving the Major Surface Ships Branch within the Australian Department of Defence.

Topics: contract management, performance management, organization & people

Ready or not, GDPR is here!

Posted by IACCM | Aug 15, 2018 2:44:31 PM

Now that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has become mandatory (effective 25 May 2018), what did your organization go through to satisfy the new law?

Topics: contract management, legal, contracting excellence

Two solutions for CM systems

Posted by IACCM | Aug 14, 2018 2:35:00 PM

If you are frustrated with using contract management automation, you’re not alone.

Topics: contract management, organization & people, performance management

Must we measure contract performance? Absolutely!

Posted by Ole Horsfeldt, Partner, Gorrissen Federspiel, Scandinavian law firm Ole Horsfeldt | Aug 14, 2018 2:24:00 PM

At a conference recently, an overheard comment went like this: “Why bother to measure contract efficiency? We know what good contract management is when we see it!”

Topics: contract management, performance management, contracting excellence

NEC contracts – use them anywhere for any industry!

Posted by Richard Patterson, NEC and procurement specialist and Mott MacDonald consultant | Jun 18, 2018 1:59:04 PM

Clarity, flexibility, direct link to project management – that’s what sets NEC contracts above ‘traditional’ standard forms.

Topics: contract management, contracting excellence, contract /commercial management

Smarter way to harmonize all parties to the contract

Posted by Kate Vitasek, faculty, University of Tennessee’s College of Business | May 30, 2018 5:26:22 AM

Do we exist within the contracting paradox - “the delusion that we write contracts to make plans, but we cannot really plan accurately”¹ And, as a nice twist, we trick ourselves into believing that we can plan?²

Topics: contract management, contract /commercial management, organization & people

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