Hi there everyone, and welcome to this week's Art of Procurement interview, which is powered by SIG.

My guest today is Kate Vitasek, a member of the graduate faculty in executive education at the University of Tennessee, and the creator of the Vested model. Kate and I have recorded several podcasts together, but in this case we connected in person at the SIG Fall Summit in Carlsbad, California. We took that opportunity to discuss the Vested model and how procurement (after long delay) is embracing the mindset.

We started our conversation by getting caught up on what has transpired in the world of Vested since the last podcast.