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Public Procurement Change Agents — 279 episodes
Five For Friday - July 10th 2026 Readout
AI Powered Procurement Foundations, Fluency and the Next Frontier: July 1st, 2026
Five For Friday - June 26, 2026 Readout
Getting Back in Gear: June 17, 2026
Five For Friday - June 12th 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - June 5th 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - May 29th 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - May 22nd 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - May 15th 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - May 8th 2026 Readout
Civic Initiatives agrees to join Public Knowledge
Five For Friday - April 17th 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - April 10th 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - April 3rd 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - March 27th 2026 Readout
Five For Friday - March 20th Readout
Five For Friday - March 13th Readout
Five For Friday - March 6th Readout
Five For Friday - February 27th Readout
Public Procurement Change Agents is Five!
Elite Eight Recap: your Playbook for AI in Public Procurement
Five For Friday - February 6th Readout
Five For Friday - January 30th Readout
Five For Friday - January 23rd Readout
Five For Friday - January 16th Readout
Five For Friday - January 9th Readout
You can Wait, but Why? Looking back at 2025
Five For Friday - December 26th Readout
Five For Friday - December 19th Readout
Five For Friday - December 12th Readout
Five For Friday - December 5th Readout
Giving Thanks for Procurement Professionals
Five For Friday - November 21st Readout
Five For Friday - November 14th Readout
Five For Friday - November 7th Readout
Built for Service: How Our Commitment to Public Procurement Has Kept Us Strong for Fifteen Years
Five For Friday - October 24th Readout
Five For Friday - October 17th Readout
Five For Friday - October 10th Readout
Civic Initiatives Re-Awarded NASPO Procurement Assistance and Support Services Contract
Five For Friday - September 26th Readout
Five For Friday - September 19th Readout
Five For Friday - September 12th Readout
Five For Friday - September 5th Readout
Five For Friday - August 29th Readout
Five For Friday - August 22nd Readout
Procurement Is Where the Rubber Meets the Road for Tech Leaders
Excerpt From Barrett & Greene Interview at GFOA
Six Things We’ll be Talking About at NIGP Forum
Cappo Webinar Excerpt - What do procurement professionals need to know about ai in mid 2025?
Cooperative Contracting: The Good, Bad, and The Ugly
Five For Friday - July 4th Readout
Five For Friday - June 27th Readout
Five For Friday - June 20th Readout
Five For Friday - June 13th Readout
Five For Friday - June 6th Readout
Seven things to know about coming changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations
Back to Basics - What is Category Management?
Five For Friday - May 16th Readout
Five For Friday - May 9th Readout
5 Minute Excerpt: Partnering Through Procurement for Public Impact Interview
Earth Day 2025: Practical Procurement Strategies that Drive Sustainability - and the Bottom Line
Abridged excerpt from OPBA "Procurement as a Strategic Asset" presentation
Five For Friday - April 11th Readout
Five For Friday - April 4th Readout
Five For Friday - March 28th Readout
Five For Friday - March 21st Readout
The Foundation of Public Trust + Happy Procurement Month!
Five For Friday - February 28th Readout
Celebrating Four Years of the “Public Procurement Change Agents” Podcast
Five For Friday - February 14th Readout
Back to Basics: Proactive Management of Effective Procurement Audit Files
Five For Friday - January 31st Readout
Five For Friday - January 24th Readout
Five For Friday - January 17th Readout
Five For Friday - January 10th Readout
Wait, but Why? Ending the Year with the "Lifescape" Calendar
Civic’s Collective Disconnect During the Holidays
Excerpt from training on Requirement Elicitation
5 minute excerpt from "Elevation: Generative AI from a Staff-First Mindset"
Evaluation and Negotiation - Five Minute Speech Excerpt
The Procurement Cornucopia
Five For Friday - November 22nd Readout
Five For Friday - November 15th Readout
Five For Friday - November 8th Readout
Things I Have Learned: Seven Guiding Factors After Fourteen Years of Business
Five For Friday - October 25th Readout
Five For Friday - October 18th Readout
Procurement in Urgent Times: Our Critical Role in Response and Recovery
Five For Friday - October 4th Readout
Five For Friday - September 27th Readout
For the Public Good: The Critical Role of Sourcing in Health Institutions
Five For Friday - September 13th Readout
Elevation: Remodeling GenAI as a Staff Enablement Platform : 7 Minute Preview
Five For Friday - August 30th Readout
NIGP 2024 Speech Preview
Five For Friday - August 16th Readout
Bonus Ladder of Leadership Topic: Moving Authority to Information
Empowering Employees Through Ladder of Leadership Strategies
A Look Forward to NIGP Forum
Change Agent Chat: Colin Erhardt Government Performance Lab
Five For Friday - July 12th Readout
Happy 4th of July
Five For Friday - June 28th Readout
Five For Friday - June 21st Readout
Converging Paths: The common ground between government and non-profits
150 Business Days to Encumber ARPA
Five For Friday - May 31st Readout
Food Rescue US Mid-Year Updates: Join us in supporting this great cause!
Five For Friday - May 17th Readout
Five For Friday - March 22nd Readout
Five For Friday - May 10th Readout
Change Agent Chat: Kathrin Frauscher, Open Contracting Partnership
The Power of Open Contracting: Introduction
NASPO Acquisition Support Services Category Re-Award - Did You Know?
Celebrating #ProcurementMonth
Five For Friday - March 15th Readout
Five For Friday - March 8th Readout
A Leap Year Retrospective: Where We Were, and Where We Are
Five For Friday - February 23rd Readout
Five For Friday - February 16th Readout
Change Agent Chat with Jack Pellegrino, County of San Diego
Five For Friday - February 2nd Readout
Five For Friday - January 26th Readout
Picking the Right Tool for the Job: A Strategic Approach to Solicitation Events
Five For Friday - January 12th Readout
Five For Friday - January 5th Readout
Five For Friday - Year End Edition!
Review of Public Procurement Conferences and Our Speech Portfolio in 2023
Food Rescue US - a 1:1 discussion with Dave Lampert, CEO
Excerpt from 5 Tips to Future Proof Procurement on December 7
Five For Friday - December 1st Readout
Implementing Performance Measures in Procurement (And Beyond)
Five For Friday - November 24th Readout
Five For Friday - November 10th Readout
Five For Friday - November 3rd Readout
AI Session Extract from OpenGov Transform Panel
Five For Friday - October 20th Readout
Five For Friday - October 13th Readout
Chat Agent Chat on Timely Payments in Public Procurement with Cullen Gallagher
Five For Friday - September 29nd Readout
Five For Friday - September 22nd Readout
Civic Summit '23 - Kicking Off Our Annual Planning Session
Change Agent Chats: Generative AI in the Public Sector discussion with Steve Meier
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as your on-demand "Quant"
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a Brainstorming Partner
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a tool for synthesis
Get Out There (On Linkedin!) NIGP Forum Breakout session
Civic at NIGP Forum Aug 19-23 Part 2 (And Five For Friday Readout)
Civic at NIGP Forum August 19-23 - Part 1
Change Agent Chats: 1:1 with Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group
Civic Talks Shop - Guiding Fundamentals 3 minute snippet
Five For Friday - July 21st Readout
Five for Friday - July 14 Readout
Change Agent Chats: Leah McGrath, Executive Director, StateRAMP
Five for Friday - June 30 Readout
Change Agent Chat: Rob Handfield and Andrea Patrucco on the Strategic National Stockpile
Don't Cover the Stove in Caution Tape
Civic Talks Shop - Purchasing vs Procurement 5 minute snippet
Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 2 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 1 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
The Financial Data Transparency Act - Getting on a Guidepath for Success
Five for Friday - May 12 Readout
Resourceful Procurement - NAEP Breakout Session with Ed Mills
Five Keys to Strategic Partnerships
Federal Relief Funds and Procurement: A Survival Guide - Ten Minute Excerpt
Five for Friday - April 14 Readout
Five For Friday - April 7th Readout
What's Your Why - Higher Education Public Procurement Panel
Procurement Month 2023 - What's Your Why?
Stephanie Brown 1:1 Chat From the Virginia Association of Governmental Procurement Expo Hall
Five For Friday - March 10th Readout
Procurement Month! Civic's content plan in celebration
Five For Friday - February 24th Readout
Five For Friday - February 17th Readout
Panel Excerpt: Navigating the SLED Market with your Cooperative Contract
The Six Core Questions on Co-Op Contracting
Five For Friday - January 27th Readout
Navigating Staffing Constraints - A CAPPO Breakout Session
Five for Friday Readout -January 13th, 2023
Five For Friday - January 6th Readout
Five for Friday - The 2022 in review five most popular posts
Collective Disconnect - Civic is off next week!
Procurement Through the Eyes of the City Manager - Harry Black Interview in a CAPPO Webinar
Talking It Up: Describing Procurement as Our Profession - 6 minute preview
Bring Up The Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars with TJ Martin from the City of Phoenix
Bringing Up the Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars - November 30 Live Discussion Preview
Five For Friday - November 18th Readout
Civic Initiatives is Twelve Years Strong
Five for Friday - November 4th Readout
Do You Know These Ten Things About Linkedin?
Affiliated Experts - A New Program of Service
Five for Friday - October 14th Readout
Fiver for Friday - October 7th Readout
Evaluation and Negotiation - A Practical Guide - 10 minute preview
ICMA Presentation - Procurement as a Service
Procurement as a Service
Five for Friday - September 9th Readout
Cook County NIGP Discussion Part Two : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier
Cook County NIGP Discussion Part One : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier
NIGP Forum - Session preview with Raffi Sarrafian
Cost Analysis as an Engine for Public Procurement - 15 minute excerpt
Five for Friday - August 5th Readout
Reducing Drag in Procurement - Speech Excerpt
Five for Friday - July 22nd Readout
Procurement As The Focal Point
Five for Friday - July 8th Readout
Flipping the Financial Year - In Style
Transforming in Turbulent Times - NAEP Breakout Session
Riding the eProcurement Wave - GFOA - 15 Minute Excerpt
Five for Friday - June 10 Readout
Five For Friday - June 3 Readout
Five for Friday readout - May 27
Fiver for Friday readout - May 20
Victor Leamer - quick lobby chat about his presentations
Talent Management in the Great Realignment
Five for Friday Readout April 29th
Five for Friday Readout April 22
Five for Friday Readout - April 15th
Aubrey Leigh Goodwin 1:1 - State of Mississippi
Quick Talk - Chapters as an Enduring Community
Growing Purchasing Into Procurement Speech - Ten Minute Excerpt
Procurement as a Career - Should Public Procurement be on the List for Graduating Seniors?
Career Week discussion, plus Five for Friday Readout 3-11
Five for Friday - March 4th
Watchwords for Public Procurement in 2022
Feb 11 Five for Friday readout
Five For Friday Read Out - February 4th
Content Plan for 2022 + Five For Friday 1/21
Five For Friday Read Out - January 14th
Five For Friday Read Out - January 7th
Five For Friday Read Out - December 31st
Five For Friday Read Out - December 24th
Public Procurement on Linkedin - Newsletter Launch
Five for Friday - What it is and how I do it
5 things I Wish I Knew - Speech Excerpt
DEI and Public Procurement Programs - How Do They Rise Together?
DEI and Public Procurement Survey Launch - Introduction Podcast
It's Go Time - speech excerpt from 11/9 MAGPPA general session
Quick Introduction to the Civic Initiatives Practice Leads
Gary O Chavez Quick Chat 1:1
Dustin Lanier Fast Talk - NIGP Panel comments on Public Procurement Change Agents
NASCA Panel Discussion on Supply Chain and Stockpile Management
How do Procurement Shops Attract and Retain Talent Today?
Fast talk on Procurement Outsourcing for Smart Procurement World (9/13)
Ed Mills and Dustin Lanier present on Procurement Transformation Takes Flight
Smart Procurement World (happening 9/13): Discusssion with Mediacy Mudekwa
Gillian Gillett Quick Chat 1:1
Fred Kuhn 1:1 Quick Chat
Team Chat: Quick Discussion of Procurement Education with Devin Howard
Succession Planning in Public Procurement
Hot Jobs in Public Procurement
ESSER Grant Panel Discussion
1:1 on Work From Anywhere with Pam Goins, NASCA Executive Director
New Grant Funding - How Does Procurement Prepare?
Supply Resiliency and Public Response
Creating Content - When That's Not What You Do For A Living
Resilient Supply Chains - Public Procurement Panel Discussion
Procurement Automation Project Fundamentals - Dustin Lanier at Public Sector Network
Work from Anywhere - What's Next for Public Sector and Public Procurement - Panel Discussion
Procurement Modernization, Public Sector Network Panel Discussion
The Voice of the Customer - Public Procurement Practitioner Panel Chat
1:1 with Sarah O'Brien, CEO Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
Tools in the Toolkit- Public Procurement Panel Chat
Sustainability in Public Procurement - What Works?
Rob Handfield, 1:1 on Public Procurement and Supply Chain
Supply Chain and Public Procurement - Panel Discussion
Tech Standards in Public Procurement - Panel Discussion
What is StateRamp in less than 10 minutes?
Strategic Sourcing in the Public Sector - Panel Discussion
Procurement Officer Leadership - What Works? Public Procurement Chat 3/17 W Special Guest Carol Wilson
1:1 with Nicholas Tincher, University of Wisconsin System
Evaluation and Negotiation - Public Procurement Chat 003 Part 2 - Q/A Session
Evaluation and Negotiation - Public Procurement Lunch Chat 003 March 10 Part 1 - Main Panel
The Contract's Signed, What Now? - Public Procurement Chat 002 March 4
Agility in Procurement - Public Procurement Wednesday Chat 001 - Feb 24th
Aaron Carter, University of Illinois 1:1
Jim Colangelo, CPO State of Michigan 1:1
Jenn Myers, Procurement Manager City of Tucson, 1:1 Interview