Podcast Episodes
Back to Search843: How Change Management Powers Procurement Transformation W/ Jesse Jacoby
"Taking the time to get input, to get the feedback and listen to the needs might add a few weeks up front, but ultimately, you're going to have a bet…
9 months ago
843: The Future Is Frictionless: Simplifying Procurement with Tech and Trust W/ Todd Heimes
"We want our customers to be able to put their own internal procurement rules into our Amazon Business marketplace, so they can feel secure and still…
9 months, 1 week ago
BTW EP 22: Challenging Procurement's Most Comfortable (Bad) Habits
Procurement's problem isn't speed. It's form.
They've gotten great at automating and accelerating weak processes while quietly rewarding the "good c…
9 months, 1 week ago
841: Three AI-Powered Opportunities: Assist, Augment, Autonomize W/ Etosha Thurman
"If your only role is cost management and processes, that's scary to me. The value of procurement is so much more than that." – Etosha Thurman, Chief…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
839: Building Data-Driven Procurement at Scale W/ Adrian Vicol
"The value you bring as a procurement function has transcended being a cost saver. They are now a discussion partner with other functions and bring v…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
840: Why Data Literacy Matters More Than Ever in Procurement W/ Satvinder Panesar
"The value isn't in giving them the coffee beans and hoping they take that away and make a cup of coffee – what they need is a drink. So instead of g…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
BTW EP 21: Planning for People: Behavioral Architecture with David Loseby
Procurement's toughest problems rarely come from spreadsheets or contracts.
They come from people.
In this episode of "Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Pr…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
838: Protecting Competition: Inside the DOJ's Fight Against Procurement Collusion
"Fraudulent conduct robs the government – at all levels, local, state, or federal – of the benefit of competition. Competition is free and open; it i…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
837: Mastering Influence: Procurement's Internal and External Edge W/ Giuseppe Conti
"Too many procurement professionals have developed a push energy. If you take that same approach with internal stakeholders, it won't work. We need t…
10 months ago
BTW EP 20: Inventive Incentives: Jason Brown on Procurement Incentive Structures
Procurement doesn't just have a measurement problem. It has a motivation problem.
Behind every misaligned target, every "savings" claim, and every mi…
10 months, 1 week ago