AOP PodcastCareer & Skill DevelopmentCareers Managing the Devil in the Details w/ Mark RichardsonWhether you are a consultant or a practitioner, it seems like the grass is always greener on the other side.…Philip IdesonJuly 1, 2019
AOP PodcastHiring How to Hire for EQ w/ Iain Campbell McKennaToday I am joined on the show by my good friend, procurement executive recruiter Iain McKenna. Iain is Founder and…Philip IdesonJune 24, 2019
AOP Blog CPOs Unscripted: Advice on Talent and TransformationIf procurement’s journey to this point has demonstrated anything, it is the importance of people and talent. A high-performing, cohesive…Philip IdesonJune 20, 2019
Advanced AnalyticsAOP PodcastBest OfCase StudyDigital Strategy Embracing Disruption to Spur Procurement Innovation w/ Cyril PourratMany procurement organizations pay lip service to innovation, but few are taking the steps required to make it a reality.…Philip IdesonJune 17, 2019
AOP PodcastLeadership Becoming a Self Determined Manager w/ David DeaconIf you’ve been in the workplace – any kind of workplace at all – for longer than six months, chances…Philip IdesonJune 10, 2019
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentGovernance How to Build a “Board of Directors” and Create Alignment with Executive StakeholdersWhether we are responsible for Procurement and our stakeholder is the c-suite, or we are developing a Category Strategy and…Philip IdesonJune 3, 2019
AOP LiveAOP PodcastExpense ManagementGroup Purchasing Organization GPO Do’s and Don’ts w/ Anthony Clervi“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t…Philip IdesonMay 27, 2019
AOP PodcastCase StudyProcurement TransformationTransformation Journey Winning Hearts and Minds: A Transformation Journey Three Years In w/ Dave QuillinThe only guarantee that comes with a transformation journey is that there will be ‘twists and turns’ along the way.…Philip IdesonMay 20, 2019
AOP PodcastData & AnalyticsDigital StrategyDirect Procurement Hitting the Brakes on Out of Control Supplier Master Data w/ Cyrille NauxEverything procurement delivers – from savings to risk mitigation to value – is predicated on having access to clean, trustworthy…Philip IdesonMay 13, 2019
AOP PodcastCase StudyHow ToProcurement TransformationTransformation Journey How a Purple Hairy Monster Helped Transform Procurement at VSP Global w/ Nathan Haydn-Myer and Siddharth RameshWhen procurement talks about transformation, we are usually referring to the critical changes we need to make to our own…Philip IdesonMay 6, 2019
AOP BlogFuture of Procurement Resisting the Pull of Incremental ThoughtI’ve been traveling so much over the last few weeks that I have to check my calendar on a daily…Philip IdesonMay 1, 2019
AOP PodcastDigital Strategy Procurement’s Digital Imperative – Why Technology is Just the Beginning w/ Kris KoneruIt is impossible to have a forward-looking discussion about procurement without digital transformation and automation coming up. That said, figuring…Philip IdesonApril 29, 2019
AOP PodcastCareer & Skill DevelopmentCareers Pursuing a Non-Linear Career Path (That Passes Through Procurement) w/ Jill RobbinsSaying that someone has or embodies the ‘spirit of entrepreneurship’ implies a lot of different drives and qualities. There is…Philip IdesonApril 22, 2019
AOP BlogFuture of ProcurementOpinion Using Art to Create a Procurement MasterpieceLast week I joined over 500 procurement pros under the watchful eye of the Mona Lisa to celebrate the “art”…Philip IdesonApril 16, 2019
AOP PodcastCase StudyInnovationSupplier Management Removing Barriers to Supplier Enabled Innovation w/ Lawrence KaneWhen you get right down to it, innovation is just solving a business need in an entirely new way. In…Philip IdesonApril 15, 2019
AOP PodcastBest OfBusiness AlignmentCase StudyInnovationValue Beyond Savings How Retail Business Services Delivers Value Beyond Savings w/ Nancy NicollEveryone wants to be seen as an innovator, and procurement leaders are no exception. The problem with this desire is…Philip IdesonApril 8, 2019
AOP PodcastRisk ManagementTechnology Evaluating FinTechs: Performing Due Diligence on Startups and Emerging Technologies w/ Andy AtkinsWhen we hear about ‘fintech’ providers, most of us immediately think of a quickly shifting ad diverse landscape of startups…Philip IdesonApril 1, 2019
AOP PodcastThis Month in Procurement Technology Alone is Still Not a Silver Bullet for TransformationIn this episode, AOP Host Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner (AOP Content Director and Owner of Buyers Meeting Point) discuss…Philip IdesonMarch 25, 2019
AOP PodcastBehavioral EconomicsPsychology Managing Spend by Mastering Behavior w/ David LosebyIn an era when we emphasize the importance of ‘soft skills’ in the face of the hardest business challenges, the…Philip IdesonMarch 18, 2019
AOP BlogAOP NewsOpinion Art of Procurement Meets Art of ProcurementThe procurement profession has grown by leaps and bounds, progress that would not have been possible without a constant focus…Philip IdesonMarch 14, 2019
AOP PodcastArtificial IntelligenceDigital StrategyDigitization Building Your Procurement AI Game Plan w/ Sammeli SammalkorpiAutomation can only be as good as we program it to be. If we want innovative, industry leading support from…Philip IdesonMarch 11, 2019