Procurement in 5-Minutes

Procurement in 5-Minutes: 2024 Christmas Special

22 Dec 2024

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There is No Talent Shortage in Procurement—Our Recruitment AI Systems Suck

11 Sep 2024

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Is Procurement neglecting training and development?

28 Jun 2024

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Is Procurement a Blocker or a Facilitator?

30 May 2024

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Is there a change and engage problem within Procurement?

24 Apr 2024

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: 2023 Christmas Special

20 Dec 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why are stakeholder management skills often overlooked in Procurement?

08 Dec 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: The Role of Diversity in Procurement

10 Oct 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Where does procurement belong in the organisational hierarchy?

06 Jul 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why Procurement are the firefighters of Cashburn?

31 May 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How does procurement build its brand?

05 May 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: "When hiring, do you prioritize soft skills over hard skills?" (Part 2)

04 Apr 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: "When hiring, do you prioritize soft skills over hard skills?" (Part 1)

23 Mar 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Elevating Your Procurement Skills Through Personal Experiences

28 Feb 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why homogenising the hiring process is the end of the procurement profession?

13 Jan 2023

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: "What are the five “Golden Rings” of procurement Christmas?"

20 Dec 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you take sustainability from a vague plan to an actionable benefit.

22 Nov 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why does it cost so much to be a procurement professional today?

31 Oct 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: When does it make sense to outsource indirect procurement?

07 Oct 2022

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A Procurement in 5-Minutes Special: Making the Case for Neurodiversity in Procurement

26 Sep 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you measure procurement success at a small company versus a large company?

01 Sep 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is the best way procurement can respond to a recession?

16 Aug 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is it important for procurement professionals to have an entrepreneurial mindset?

27 Jul 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: "What is talent in the digital age?"

06 Jul 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: ESG, where does procurement start?

24 Jun 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do we attract the new wave of procurement professionals?

26 May 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do we win the war on talent?

05 May 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How has the role of a CPO evolved?

21 Apr 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How can procurement understand its capabilities and maturity?

07 Apr 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why should procurement have a seat at the table?

23 Mar 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: When it comes to data modernization, why should Procurement take the lead in 2022?

11 Mar 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why will digitalisation fail without people?

02 Mar 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is Supplier Leadership on Climate Transition?

23 Feb 2022

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: "Which procurement trends for 2022 and beyond should you follow?"

08 Feb 2022

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What’s Santa’s message for 2022?

23 Dec 2021

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How can procurement improve the way it develops their teams?

17 Dec 2021

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How do you build diversity into your procurement department?

30 Nov 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is the procurement professional’s greatest challenge today?

21 Oct 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you measure procurement success?

21 Oct 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you build diversity into your procurement department?

21 Oct 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Soft skills: Why are they important for procurement professionals?

08 Oct 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you harness the real value of procurement data?

07 Oct 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is the best way to manage tail spend?

01 Oct 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is procurement’s purple cow?

21 Sep 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: AI, should you bother with it?

08 Sep 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is it important to take a holistic approach to procurement?

07 Sep 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is a successful negotiation?

24 Aug 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you deal with suppliers in a post-pandemic world?

17 Aug 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is supplier innovation important to your organization?

03 Aug 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you transform your procurement organisation/team for success?

15 Jul 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is procurement awesome?

06 Jul 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why do we need more female leaders in Procurement?

30 Jun 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Is the RFP process dead?

11 Jun 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: In what way has emerging digital technology such as RPA and AI changed procurement?

26 May 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you maintain healthy relationships with suppliers during negotiations?

19 May 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: "How do you know that procurement is the right career for you?"

13 May 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is the best way to build procurement’s brand?

07 May 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Do the differences between purchasing and procurement really matter?

21 Apr 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How does a procurement organization get clean data?

15 Apr 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is the future of Procurement Associations?

08 Apr 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is the future of public sector procurement in the digital age?

08 Apr 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you know that you have the right skills to succeed in procurement?

26 Mar 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What Does International Women’s Day mean to you?

11 Mar 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why should procurement organizations invest in training and development?

04 Mar 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is supplier diversity more important now than ever before?

23 Feb 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is effective collaboration?

16 Feb 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What advice would you give to someone new to our profession?

03 Feb 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What role will cryptocurrency play in procurement's future?

03 Feb 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What are the biggest challenges procurement professionals will face in 2021?

27 Jan 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you go from buying cheap to buying smart?

13 Jan 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do you get C-Level to support Procurement?

06 Jan 2021

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What can we learn from Santa’s centuries old supply chain success?

22 Dec 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is procurement’s social impact?

16 Dec 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why would procurement produce better results in a "gig" economy?

02 Dec 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What place will spreadsheets have in a digital AI procurement practice?

02 Dec 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How does Procurement adapt to an organisation in transition?

24 Nov 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What can “burnt toast” teach procurement professionals about relationships?

20 Nov 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is procurement's "culture" and what is its impact on the organisation?

13 Nov 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is Diversity and Inclusion important to you?

03 Nov 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What does it mean "to take procurement online?"

27 Oct 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Should companies bypass service providers and build their “own” digital procurement platform?

21 Oct 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is it important for procurement leaders to be Charismatic?

15 Oct 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is the biggest threat to procurement’s success?

30 Sep 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why is supplier diversity and inclusion more important now than ever?

23 Sep 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What does success for Procurement look like in future?

16 Sep 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: What is a Fifth Generation purchasing professional?

09 Sep 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How important are resumes in the hiring process?

02 Sep 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Why, according to a Deloitte 2019 survey, are most CPOs not satisfied with the results of their digital strategies?

25 Aug 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How do we promote the procurement function to attract fresh talent?

06 Aug 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Will automation replace the procurement professional?

06 Aug 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: Does having soft skills such as EQ, IQ and AQ really matter for a procurement professional?

29 Jul 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: When it comes to procurement, what does innovation really mean?

21 Jul 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: How can procurement get ready to step into the spotlight of increased expectations?

14 Jul 2020

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Procurement in 5-Minutes: To whom should Procurement report?

08 Jul 2020

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Bridging the Gap: Stop Investing in Failure - Lecture 4

08 Jun 2020

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Bridging the Gap: Recruiting the Right Skill Set - Lecture 3

01 Jun 2020

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Procurement’s History - Lecture 2

12 May 2020

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Bridging the Gap: Finding and Hiring Your Next Great CPO - Lecture 1

17 Jan 2020

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