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“The visionary leaders can see the opportunities but also recognize that, while traditional skills in procurement still remain very, very…
Philip IdesonNovember 3, 2024
“You have to build a business case and be mindful and purposeful about your continuous improvement and your education around…
Philip IdesonOctober 27, 2024
There are two weeks to go until the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Interest, speculation, and tension have been building all…
Kelly BarnerOctober 20, 2024
“What we are seeing is companies have made the decision that they believe being more sustainable is good business. Therefore,…
Philip IdesonOctober 13, 2024
“Procurement teams face increasing pressure to demonstrate value and drive business outcomes, but sometimes there's a disconnect between the skills…
Philip IdesonOctober 6, 2024
“When you have the ability to connect data and collaborate with teams, that collective intelligence you’re able to surface at…
Philip IdesonSeptember 29, 2024
“I’m madly passionate about procurement because I think it’s a hidden gem of the corporate world, and it’s a magical…
Philip IdesonSeptember 22, 2024
“Procurement is at the point where they’re trying to figure out next steps on digitization, and it will be an…
Philip IdesonSeptember 15, 2024
“Everyone has an opinion about facility services in your buildings, so you're always trying to accommodate multiple stakeholders and juggle…
Philip IdesonSeptember 8, 2024
“At the end of the day, we're trying to create this organization from which we have the ability to help…
Philip IdesonSeptember 1, 2024
“One thing is very clear from our research: the skill sets for procurement are changing. Whatever the skill sets are…
Philip IdesonAugust 25, 2024
“Will category management, under its current guise, ever get mainstream adoption? If it doesn't, is procurement destined to be a…
Philip IdesonAugust 18, 2024
“What ultimately drove all of us – leadership team, colleagues, and people in procurement – was the excitement about the…
Philip IdesonAugust 11, 2024
“What’s interesting in financial services is that third-party risk management is very different than supplier risk management. When a financial…
Philip IdesonAugust 4, 2024
“You always really need to look at people, process, and technology. If you don’t look at all three and understand…
Philip IdesonJuly 28, 2024
“Sustainability is at the top of the agenda for businesses, because now they have to demonstrate exactly what their carbon…
Philip IdesonJuly 21, 2024
“I think category management is great fun because you have the freedom to do things. It’s not following a rote…
Philip IdesonJuly 14, 2024
“It’s incumbent upon all of us to be change ready, to be curious, to always be learning because this overestimated…
Philip IdesonJuly 7, 2024
The speed of business is dramatically accelerating. Procurement teams need to be able to react quickly and pivot within their…
Philip IdesonJune 30, 2024
“Longer term, I think people haven’t fully understood the power of generative AI beyond their own personal use cases. But…
Philip IdesonJune 23, 2024
“There is no perfect data today. In the absence of that, we have to take the knowns and extrapolate from…
Philip IdesonJune 16, 2024
