Art of Procurement
Philip Ideson
Learn from procurement experts. Host Philip Ideson talks with thought leaders who share the trends, strategies and tactics that you can lever to elevate the role of procurement - and your career.
Recent Episodes
875: How to Transform Every Procurement Partnership W/ Kate Vitasek
Jul 20, 2026Kate Vitasek, author of the Vested series and researcher on buyer-supplier relationships, discusses her latest book 'The Vested Way: 5 Rules for Achieving the Impossible.' She explores how the five vested rules—focusing on outcomes over transactions, clarifying workload allocation, defining measurable outcomes, balancing economics fairly, and maintaining governance—apply beyond large enterprise deals to small businesses, communities, and personal relationships. The conversation covers why partnerships fail (lack of trust, misaligned efforts, poor governance), the role of cultural fit in supplier selection, and how AI should enhance rather than replace relationship-focused work.
EP 11: Provider of the Week: Valdera
Jul 15, 2026874: Building Resilience Beyond Tier One: Hard Truths About Risk and Visibility W/ Harald Nitschinger
Jul 13, 2026873: Creating Capacity for Complex Problem Solving W/ Israel Santiesteban
Jul 6, 2026EP 10: Supplier Management as a Connected Discipline W/ Jesse Lee
Jul 1, 2026872: Beyond Automation: Accelerating Agentic AI Transformation in Procurement W/ Vishal Patel
Jun 29, 2026871: The New Rules of Procurement Leadership W/ Gary Mizhir
Jun 22, 2026EP 09: Provider of the Week: ProcureAbility
Jun 17, 2026870: Managing the New Spend Frontier: AI Tokens in Procurement W/ Jon Winsett
Jun 15, 2026869: The Modern Operating Model: Building a Lean, High-Value Procurement Team W/ Stephen Rauf
Jun 8, 2026
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