Public Procurement Change Agents

Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/

Dustin Lanier reviews the procurement news of the week in audio and also with links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo/

Dustin and Victor Leamer, senior buyer for Spokane County, talk about Victor's presentation on "Procurement Ancestry" at NIGP Region 8, as well as his portfolio of speeches at NIGP Forum in Boston in August.

Rosey Murton from Florida State University, Aaron Carter from the University of Illinois and Dustin Lanier talk about Talent Management in an NAEP Event on May 3rd, touching on topics ranging from staff motivation, recruiting, retention, and other topics about attracting and retaining staff in the era of ongoing staff turbulence.

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday current event topics for April 29nd.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday current event topics for April 22nd.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday current event topics for April 15th.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin interviews Aubrey Leigh Goodwin, a Deputy Executive Director for the Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration.  Aubrey Leigh oversees a variety of procurement functions for the state, and talks about her career path and aspects of procurement in the state.

Dustin Lanier contributes a five minute quick talk to the NIGP Chapter Academy session on Leadership and Member Engagement.  The topic was how Chapters can provide an Enduring Community during an ongoing period of job change, and ways to contribute new methods to provide value to members.

Dustin Lanier speaks at the Virginia Association of Governmental Procurement about "Growing Purchasing Into Procurement," related to a recent name change of the organization.  This is a ten minute excerpt of an hour including group discussions available for other procurement events upon request!

Dustin Lanier gathers some thoughts on why graduating seniors should consider a career in procurement, with quick takes from Carrie Mathes, Aaron Carter and Jaime Schorr.  This podcast also presented as an article on linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-lanier-cppo

Dustin goes over the Career Week content from the week, and the rest of the Five for Friday current event topics for March 11th.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday current event topics for March 4th.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

What are the best predictions about trends and themes that will drive our discussion in the year, boiled down into a handful of words?  Our panel starts with a list of five - Talent, Velocity, Portfolio, Digital and Automation - then moves into some additional excellent discussion about Agility, Collaboration, Consultation and Patience.  Panel Participants include Dustin Lanier, Jaime Schorr, Just...

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday content for February 11th.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday content for February 4th (and January 28th).  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin reads through the recent article on the Content plan for 2022, including a preview discussion about Linkedin Audio, and provides a step through the Five for Friday content for January 21st.  Find all of the described articles and links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday content for January 7th.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday content for January 7th.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday content for December 31st.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier-CPPO

Dustin goes over the Five for Friday content for December 24th.  Find all of the described links at https://www.linkedin.com/dustin-lanier

Dustin Lanier launches a new newsletter service on Linkedin via an article reviewing content in 2021. This is an audio recording of that article. Check out this article on Linkedin and subscribe in all channels!

Dustin Lanier goes behind the scenes on the making of the popular "five for friday" content digest produced every week on Linkedin, and overviews the content for December 10th.

Dustin Lanier presents for the Wisconsin Association for Public Procurement on "5 things I wish I Knew"  - a speech in a game format that helps buyers better understand the vendor experience, and vendors better understand the buyer experience.  This excerpt covers the first 10 minutes of this 45 minute presentation to give a preview of this broader topic.  The full speech will be given t...

Dustin facilitates a panel discussion about how Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs and Public Procurement connect.  Panelist include Jaime Schorr, Justin Sullivan, Victor Leamer, Christin Webb, and David Yarkin.  Dustin also describes the DEI Survey out now at https://www.civicinitiatives.com/DEI-survey