Regular readers know two things about me: I publish an installment of This Week In Procurement (“TWIP”) every week and I am a die hard fan of the Bantams, Bradford…
Philip IdesonMay 20, 2018
My time at the SIGnature Session in San Francisco and JAGGAER REV2018 have given me plenty to think about. I have a number ideas inspired by these two events and…
Philip IdesonApril 27, 2018
I came across The Hackett Group’s recently published 2018 Procurement Key Issues Report this week, written by AOP and The Procurement Revolution alumni Chris Sawchuk and Constantine Limberakis. (To download…
Philip IdesonApril 21, 2018
If there’s one thing we can say for procurement, it is that we have a strong, closely-knit global community. This is a wonderful thing. It can limit our exposure, however,…
Philip IdesonApril 14, 2018
https://youtu.be/t1XFuz3kaMY The Economist is not just for business nerds; it is for us procurement nerds, too! Like fellow digitalist and procurement progressive Bertrand Maltaverne, I’ve been reading and reflecting…
Philip IdesonApril 6, 2018
I spend a lot of time on Twitter. I set out to have a productive purpose (one can always hope!), rather than just go to commiserate with my fellow Bradford…
Philip IdesonMarch 23, 2018
Happy Friday! Earlier in the month, Deloitte released the results of their 2018 CPO Survey. I always look forward to this report: an interesting check on the pulse and general…
Philip IdesonMarch 16, 2018
Dear Catalysts, Happy Friday! We are in the middle of the spring conference season! This week I took advantage of a last minute opportunity to drive across the Mojave Desert…
Philip IdesonMarch 9, 2018
In the episode this week, I want to talk a little bit about the idea of stepping back and challenging things that we do every day, or the things that…
Philip IdesonMarch 5, 2018
