Podcasts
Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement
“Show me the incentive, and I will show you the outcome.” Warren Buffet’s vice chairman Charlie Munger’s succinct and insightful take reminds us of the power of incentives—and provides a […]
Tales of Dysfunction (a.k.a. “Procurgatory”)
Building off the previous discussion about “purposeful procurement” in the first episode, Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement, Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner of Art of Procurement, and Fine Tune CEO, […]
Oliver’s List: Inspiring Tales of Purposeful Procurement with Oliver Hurrey
As Albert Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” After taking an honest look at some of procurement’s most pressing […]
Mission Possible: Unburdened Procurement with Brian Kyle
The stakes are always high for procurement, but at mission-driven nonprofits like the American Cancer Society (ACS), procurement is working to—quite literally—help save lives. In this powerful fourth episode of […]
The Phil-Ins: Connecting the Dots with Phil, Kelly, and Rich
In this episode of “Buy: The Way… To Purposeful Procurement,” Rich Ham, CEO of Fine Tune, and Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner of Art of Procurement, reflect on what we […]
The Foothills of the Flaws; Retracing Procurement’s Path with Rob Hills
It’s been a long, winding road that has brought procurement to its current state of flawed incentive structures and measurement challenges. Rob Hills, CEO of Hills Advisory Services and former […]
Seeking Balance in Buyer-Seller Dynamics with Kate Vitasek
In this seventh episode of the “Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement” podcast series, Art of Procurement’s Philip Ideson and Fine Tune CEO, Rich Ham, take a deep dive into procurement […]
The Phil-Ins: In Search of Equilibrium with Phil, Kelly, and Rich
More than one hundred years after John C. Dinsmore wrote in Purchasing Principles and Practices that “there should be no great chasm between the board of directors who represent the […]
Status Quo Harms Through the GPO Lens with David McCarty
Twenty-five years after co-founding Corporate United, the first indirect Group Purchasing Organization (GPO) in the United States, David McCarty points out an inconvenient truth: the very tools procurement once developed […]
Poachers Turned Game Wardens: the “Tuners” on indirect supplier tactics (part 1)
Much like the classic plot twist in old thriller movies where the characters realize the threat is coming from inside the house, the most revealing insights about supplier tactics are […]
Poachers Turned Game Wardens: the “Tuners” on indirect supplier tactics (part 2)
Sometimes the most damning evidence about an industry or an organization comes from the inside. In this second installment of “Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement’s” deep dive into supplier tactics […]
The Phil-ins: A Pivotal Pivot
Halfway through their 24-episode journey, the co-hosts of “Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement” pause to assess what they’ve learned so far about how procurement has and is evolving, and, more […]