Andrè Vermeulen Leaders Must Learn to Thrive The pace of business in 2026 is unforgiving. Generative AI has moved from experimental pilot programs to the core infrastructure of modern work, fundamentally altering how we create value. Yet, with t... Coaching Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen The Art of Silence Silence: A Coaching Superpower. Picture this: you've just asked your client a powerful question. They pause. Something stirs beneath the surface. And then, almost instinctively, you reach for words to... Coaching Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen Beyond the Sticker Price Introduction: The Evolution of Value If you have been following my recent discussions, we have already dismantled the dangerous obsession with the lowest price. In The Cheap Trap , we explored why a l... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Beyond the Contract In my last article , we debunked the myth of the "cheap" supplier. We explored how the lowest sticker price often masks an iceberg of operational risks, ethical liabilities, and long-term costs. But e... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen The "Cheap" Trap We have all been there. You are looking at two supplier bids. One is a well-known, stable partner with a fair market rate. The other is a new entrant promising to slash your costs by 20% immediately. ... Ethics Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen 5 Counter-Intuitive Truths Shaping Business in 2026 The Noise and the Signal The narrative of business transformation is dominated by a single, seductive idea: technology as the ultimate solution. But this view is dangerously incomplete. While buzzword... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen The "Cash Flow Trap" If you’re reading this, you’ve likely checked your bank balance three times today. I get it. In the volatile economic climate we’ve navigated through late 2024 and 2025, cash flow hasn’t just been kin... Coaching Mentoring Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen The 5 Principles of LEAN in 2026 If you’ve been in the procurement and supply chain game for as long as I have, you remember when LEAN was treated like a religion. The mantra was strict: cut the fat, reduce the stock, and chase the a... Logistics Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Why Smart Leaders Are Ditching Resolutions Welcome to 2026. By now, the initial burst of New Year’s optimism is perhaps already meeting the friction of reality. The inbox is full, the Q1 targets are looming, and those vague resolutions to "be ... Coaching Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen Why Your Q1 Strategy Must Start with "Thank You" The offices are quieting down. The Slack & Teams channels are finally slowing their scroll. Here in Bangkok, the year-end heat is settling in, and across the globe, business leaders are doing the same... Coaching Mentoring
Andrè Vermeulen Procurement Operational Renaissance If there is one thing I have learned over the many years in this game, from the paper-pushing days of the early 90's to the cloud revolutions of the 2010's, it is that procurement is cyclical. We osci... Procurement Supply Chain
Andrè Vermeulen Mastering Risk in the "Fragmented Reality" of 2026 I’ve been in this game for thirty-five years. I remember the frantic globalisation of the 90s, the shock of 2008, and the scramble of 2020. But as I sit here in December 2025, looking back at a year t... Procurement Supply Chain
