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.
The Leading Edge
Latest Episodes
From Contract Management to societal Value Creation: A public Procurement Portfolio Model
In this episode of The Leading Edge, Nikki Mackay is joined by Andrea Patrucco, Robert Handfield, and Daniel J. Finkenstadt to discuss a new approach to public procurement. Together, they explore why traditional procurement models ofte...
Desbloqueando el potencial de la Contratación Basada en Resultados
A medida que los gobiernos y las industrias buscan formas de generar más valor con recursos limitados, la Contratación Basada en Resultados (OBC) ofrece una alternativa sólida: cambiar el enfoque de los procesos hacia los resultados. Sin embarg...
The Role of Lawyers in a Changing World
In this episode, we explore how the role of lawyers is evolving in response to shifting market dynamics, technological disruption, and new contracting models. We examine how legal professionals are moving beyond traditional risk management towa...
Decades of Lost Potential in Defense Research and Development
In this episode, we unpack a deep and systemic challenge at the heart of U.S. defense innovation: how a flagship program intended to catalyse breakthrough technologies has, over decades, evolved into an engine of bureaucratic inertia and entren...
China's CCM capability gap: a strategic inflection point for global commerce
In this episode, we explore whether China’s transition from manufacturing to services is truly constrained by a lack of Contract and Commercial Management (CCM) capability – or whether the reality is more nuanced.We examine how different...
Podcasts we love
Check out these other fine podcasts recommended by us, not an algorithm.
