Source One Consultant and ISM Supply Chain Rising Star Kaitlyn Krigbaum joins the Source One Podcast to discuss her professional journey and offer advice to the next generation of Procurement professionals.

ExecIn Moderator and Gravitas Detroit Founder Jan Griffiths returns to the Source One Podcast for the conclusion of last week's discussion. This time around, she focuses on the value of so-called soft skills. A better name, she suggests, would be human skills. After all, qualities like empathy, vulnerability, and emotional intelligence are the ones machines can't replace.

Jan Griffiths, the Founder and President of Gravitas Detroit, joins the Source One Podcast to discuss her professional journey and advocate for a new, more empathetic style of leadership. The two-part conversation provides a preview of the discussions she'll lead as the moderator for this April's ExecIn Forum.

Procurement is eager to realize a digital transformation. So eager, in fact, that the function often sinks time and resources into chasing down needlessly complex solutions. In many instances, this chase starts because the organization got an idea from a Gartner Magic Quadrant. In this episode, Senior Analyst Benjamin Duffy describes the trouble that can come with putting too much trust in the GMQ.

Recent years have seen Procurement grow increasingly enthusiastic about data analytics. Unfortunately, getting bogged down in analysis often means presenting stakeholders with ineffective reports. In the first episode of our new series, Spend Analysis Lead Brian Seipel offers suggestions for organizations looking to get the most out of their data and deliver impactful reports.

In anticipation of this weekend's Big Game, Andrew Jones joins the Source One Podcast to discuss the similarities between recruiting and coaching. An avid sports fan, he suggests he's learned a great deal about recruiting from watching great coaches and front office executives at work.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced the nominees for this year's Oscars. To get in the seasonal spirit, Marketing Associate Bennett Glace takes a look at how life in Supply Management is sometimes like a horror movie. If his descriptions sound familiar, it might be time to find a new opportunity.

Digging into historical spend is often hard work. As Source One's Spend Analysis Lead, Brian Seipel has seen this hard work pay off for clients in a big way. Unfortunately, he's also seen organizations waste time and effort to collect data and run reports they'll never actually use. When is an analysis worth the effort? Listen to find out.

Spend Analysis Lead Brian Seipel joins the Source One Podcast once again to outline his five-step plan for tackling tail spend. Check it out.

Organizations often let their tail spend slip through the cracks. While the area can look low-value, Spend Analysis Lead Brian Seipel suggests its often a source of hidden value. Why should you care about tail spend? Listen to the first installment of this two-part series to find out.