It’s March—time to welcome Autumn and start gearing up for EOFY.
This month, we’re focusing on skills assessments and uncovering the hidden capability gaps that might be holding your procurement team back. And through the Academy of Procurement, we’re looking for five organisations to partner with in the new financial year to build a Tailored Academy—including a capability framework, skills assessments, a roadmap for change, and blended learning solutions. If strengthening procurement capability is on your agenda, let’s explore how we can work together.
Five Tensions Every Procurement Leader Could Face in 2025
Trade-offs. Cut costs, and sustainability suffers. Automate, and human expertise erodes. Push for innovation, and compliance tightens the leash. These aren’t problems to solve—they’re tensions to manage. The real challenge? Optimising conflicting priorities without crippling your strategy. Some leaders thrive in this balancing act. Others get crushed by it … Read more
Nogotiation: The Strategic Power of “No” (Part 2)
What if saying “no” made you more valuable? Many procurement pros fear that rejecting an offer will burn bridges. But what if the right “no” actually strengthened supplier relationships and unlocked better deals? The best negotiators use “Nogotiation” to turn resistance into leverage. Say it wrong, and you kill the deal. Say it right, and you drive innovation … Read more
How to Conduct a Robust Skills Gap Analysis in Procurement
What if the biggest risk to your procurement success isn’t external disruption, but hidden skill gaps within your own team? A missing capability today could mean lost negotiations, compliance risks, or stalled innovation tomorrow. The problem? Most organisations don’t even know where their gaps are. The fix? Read more
In case you missed it …
The Ethics of AI in Procurement: Avoiding Bias and Building Trust
Nogotiation: The Strategic Power of “No” in Procurement (Part 1)
Butterfly Effect in Procurement: Navigating Randomness
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