The Leading Edge
The Leading Edge is a new thought leadership series, offering in-depth insights into the key challenges, innovations, and evolving dynamics of the contract and commerce landscape.
We’re bringing these insights to our community in a new way – through a curated series of articles and accompanying podcasts featuring expert voices and industry leaders.
Podcasting since 2025 • 14 episodes
The Leading Edge
Latest Episodes
Infrastructure's hidden constraint: is commercial capability your strategic bottleneck?
In this episode, we explore why commercial and contract management capability has become the hidden constraint in modern infrastructure delivery. As infrastructure shifts toward cross-vertical integration – spanning utilities, digital platforms...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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28:30
Benchmark report 2025 – The race is on: navigating uncertainty through CCM resilience
In this episode, we explore how organizations are responding to a world where uncertainty is no longer an exception but the operating environment. The 2025 CCM Benchmark reveals widening capability gaps, the accelerating role of AI, and the cri...
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Season 1
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28:29
Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater: findings from the global contracting benchmark
In this episode, we explore how to move from rule-following to results – building systems, skills, and mindsets that make federal contracting adaptive, data-driven, and future-ready. Help us to help you by contributing to the newest US Public P...
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18:56
Connected Contracts: Understanding the Power of Clause Linkages
Contracts don’t operate clause by clause — they function as integrated systems. The WorldCC Contract Clause Linkages Guide reveals how decisions made in one section of a contract ripple across others, influencing commercial outcomes, operationa...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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20:01
Building a better Artificial Intelligence (AI) future – Agile regulations for risk mitigation
As AI technologies advance at unprecedented speed, the need for smart, agile regulations has never been more urgent.Striking the right balance between mitigating risks and fostering innovation is no easy task, yet it’s essential for buil...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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31:11
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