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 • 17 episodes
The Leading Edge
Latest Episodes
¿La IA es la oportunidad que Procurement (Compras / Abastecimiento) estaba esperando para reinventarse?
Enfoque: En este episodio exploramos cómo la IA está transformando el panorama de Procurement, no al mejorar el modelo tradicional, sino al cuestionar su propia existencia. A medida que los sistemas inteligentes automatizan tareas tradic...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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30:52
To become ‘commercial’, public procurement must confront its contradictions
In this episode, we explore the uncomfortable truth behind the push for “more commercial” public procurement.Governments want faster delivery, better value, and more innovative partnerships with suppliers. As markets become m...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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28:57
The Risk No Board Is Talking About: CEO Burnout
In this episode, we examine CEO burnout not only as a personal wellbeing issue, but as an overlooked leadership and governance risk. We explore how the very traits boards prize in senior leaders – resilience, accountability, and relentless driv...
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Episode 14
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24:32
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
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