February 15, 2022
Take the Procurement with Purpose Challenge
When I interviewed Peter Smith and Mark Perera about their book Procurement With Purpose for the podcast, I ended the…
February 14, 2022
[Pod] Putting Experiential Procurement into Practice w/ Tim Jones
“One of the most dangerous phrases in the procurement dictionary is ‘maverick spend.’ It implies people are ignoring us or…
February 1, 2022
The Power of Focusing on Outcomes
At Art of Procurement we understand the power that a focus on outcomes can have. It’s not just in the…
January 25, 2022
How to create a winning procurement experience
2021 was the year of the experience: user experience (UX), customer experience (CX), and supplier experience (SX). Each of them…
January 17, 2022
[Pod] Leading the Purpose-driven Procurement Movement w/ Peter Smith and Mark Perera
“Every five weeks represents 1% of the decade. What can you do in the next five weeks to make a…
January 13, 2022
How does your procurement organization think about data?
Although data is a ‘hard’ asset that most procurement organizations have access to, how procurement thinks about their data can…
January 3, 2022
[Pod] Day 1 for Procurement w/ Philip Ideson
“A mindset that every day is “Day 1” drives me personally as I build and grow the Art of Procurement.…
December 30, 2021
2021 Annual Letter (Part 1): Day 1 for Procurement
In 2018, I started writing a pair of annual letters to close out the calendar year by reflecting on the…
December 29, 2021
[Pod] BONUS EPISODE: Listening to the Voice of the Business
“The diversity of thinking and input from procurement is super helpful to us in the process. It saves us time,…
December 13, 2021
[Pod] Roadmap to Savings: Partnering with the Business to Drive Progress
“One of the things I've been talking to my team about is making sure that the business knows what outcome…
