Kate Vitasek

Kate Vitasek is a world authority on highly collaborative win-win relationships for her award-winning research and Vested® business model. Author of seven books and a faculty member at the University of Tennessee’s Haslam College of Business, she has been featured on CNN International, Bloomberg, NPR, and Fox Business News.

Articles by Kate Vitasek

7 reasons the right relationships lead to better tech outcomes

For many businesses, unlocking full potential requires partnering with other tech organizations. But partnerships depend on more than just the tech itself.

By Kate Vitasek

Jun 23, 2025 6 mins

ICT Partners IT Skills Vendor Management

6 ways tech partners can jumpstart innovation

By Kate Vitasek

Jun 16, 2025 5 mins

ICT Partners IT Strategy Innovation

9 principles to improve IT supplier relationship management

By Kate Vitasek

Apr 4, 2025 7 mins

Business Relationship Manager CIO IT Skills

CIOs: Catalysts to promote sustainability through collaboration

Most executives see sustainability as a means for improving business results, but not all organizations are equipped to do so. CIOs, however, can leverage their tech expertise to drive smarter collaboration.

By Kate Vitasek

Feb 6, 2025 4 mins

CIO IT Leadership IT Skills

IT leaders: check out how 2D barcodes and RFID are reinventing retail

Retailers are revisiting their reliance on self-checkouts, driven by a need to address shrink, reduce losses, and deliver a better customer experience. As new technologies change the landscape, it’s in the best interest of IT leaders to brace f

By Kate Vitasek

Sep 26, 2024 5 mins

CIO Innovation Retail Industry

5 reasons women make top team-first collaborators in tech

Women in tech, and women CIOs in particular, are still vastly underrepresented. But the fact remains that women are often better collaborators than men, both within and outside the enterprise, due to stronger negotiation skills. Here are five example

By Kate Vitasek

Aug 5, 2024 6 mins

CIO IT Strategy Women in IT

Request for proposal vs. request for partner: what works best for you?

New approaches to collaborative bidding are on the rise, so it’s important to know how to choose one from the other before making the switch.

By Kate Vitasek

Jul 8, 2024 8 mins

CIO ICT Partners Software Providers

3 methods to forge stronger business partner alliances

Want to build better tech partnerships? Creating and nurturing fortified ties built on mutual, goal-oriented collaboration can help.

By Kate Vitasek

Jun 3, 2024 5 mins

ICT Partners IT Strategy Innovation

Dump the RFP to reap better outsourcing results

The RFP has been the default tool for sourcing bids for too long. Organizations wanting more collaboration — and innovation — from their suppliers should consider a collaborative bidding approach.

By Kate Vitasek

Apr 29, 2024 6 mins

5 rules that transform outsourcing outcomes

Shifting to a Vested sourcing business model can help your organization achieve mutually beneficial outcomes when partners with outsourcing firms.

By Kate Vitasek

Aug 18, 2023 8 mins

Outsourcing Vendor Management

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