As we enter the summer, I’m going to spend some time answering some of your most frequently asked questions. These pod’s are going to be bite-sized, so I’d love to…
Philip IdesonJuly 15, 2019
Whether you are a consultant or a practitioner, it seems like the grass is always greener on the other side. Consultants are constantly on the road, work late hours and…
Philip IdesonJuly 1, 2019
Today I am joined on the show by my good friend, procurement executive recruiter Iain McKenna. Iain is Founder and Managing Director of the executive search firm Sourcing Solved. Our…
Philip IdesonJune 24, 2019
Many procurement organizations pay lip service to innovation, but few are taking the steps required to make it a reality. Part of this has to do with the difficulty overcoming…
Philip IdesonJune 17, 2019
If you’ve been in the workplace – any kind of workplace at all – for longer than six months, chances are good you’ve experienced poor management at least once. Sadly,…
Philip IdesonJune 10, 2019
Whether we are responsible for Procurement and our stakeholder is the c-suite, or we are developing a Category Strategy and our stakeholders are the business users. Alignment continues to be…
Philip IdesonJune 3, 2019
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” - Attributed to Mark Twain I’m joined today by…
Philip IdesonMay 27, 2019
The only guarantee that comes with a transformation journey is that there will be ‘twists and turns’ along the way. And since no organization can escape the unexpected, how procurement…
Philip IdesonMay 20, 2019
Everything procurement delivers – from savings to risk mitigation to value – is predicated on having access to clean, trustworthy data. If this foundation does not exist or if it…
Philip IdesonMay 13, 2019
