It isn’t often that a governmental Executive Order catches the eye for its potential impact on procurement. Last week, on his first day on the job, newly elected Governor of…
Philip IdesonJanuary 16, 2019
For small business owners – and this includes me – your brand is your word. AOP has been my brand identity since 2015 when I left my 9-5 job to…
Philip IdesonJanuary 6, 2019
The end of 2018 marks 3.5 years since I decided to “risk it all” as they say, leaving the confines of comfortable employment with a top tier firm to try…
Philip IdesonDecember 28, 2018
I have never written an annual letter to the Art of Procurement community before, but there is no time like the present. I see you as investors in our community.…
Philip IdesonDecember 27, 2018
There is no doubt that transformation is hard, especially at scale! It requires change across an entire team. Just one or two ‘stars’ will not lead to sustainable change.In the…
Philip IdesonNovember 27, 2018
I have spent a lot of time this summer thinking about the future of procurement. As part of our development of The CatalystCo Platform, we have been contemplating what…
Philip IdesonSeptember 8, 2018
Alongside Jon Hansen (Procurement Insights) and Sheena Donaldson (CIPS) I participated as a panelist in a webinar yesterday: “Measuring for Success in Source-to-Pay: The KPI’s You Must Track to Boost…
Philip IdesonAugust 17, 2018
Football (soccer) fan or not, it is hard to escape the fact that much of the world is caught up in the latest edition of the FIFA World Cup quadrennial,…
Philip IdesonJuly 1, 2018
Peter Smith of Spend Matters UK has written a pair of important articles over the past couple of weeks. One deals with fairness, the other, our responsibility to treat our…
Philip IdesonJune 24, 2018
