Public Procurement Change Agents

On Tuesday August 23rd at 12:45EST, Dustin Lanier and Raffi Sarrafian, CPO from Cook County, will discuss procurement transformation efforts underway there, the role of implementation partners like Civic Initiatives, and anticipated benefits.  Dustin and Raffi preview the session in this short clip.

Rick Gay and Dustin Lanier speak together in a panel on "Cost Analysis as an Engine for Public Procurement" courtesy of NIGP's webinar series.  The presentation was over an hour and went through several levels of complexity.  The full session is available in the NIGP webinar library.

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

In an seven minute excerpt from a longer speech about making Procurement a Strategic Asset, Lanier talks about the concept of eliminating drag in procurement process as one of the ways to find more time for the strategic work.

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

In this clip, Dustin Lanier responds to a pair of questions from the Government Financial Officers Association after a speech on eprocurement.  The unexpected questions were “we eliminated purchasing, would this still work with no purchasing” and "if we don’t have a procurement function, how would we build the case that we should?”  Lanier responds off the cuff about the importance of procure...

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 facilitates a discussion on procurement's issues when "flipping the financial year" with state, local and higher education participants: Justin Sullivan, James E. Crenshaw, Christin Webb, Jenny Hedderman, Christina Semeraro, Alli McNally and Stephanie Brown.

Dustin Lanier and Jana Thompson talk about Jana's experience in overseeing a procurement transformation initiative while at the University of North Dakota that started pre-covid and had to transcend the move to home from staff.

Dustin Lanier talks about eprocurement fundamentals and definitions for the Government Finance Officers Association - This clip is an excerpt of the first 15 minutes of the presentation that goes through establishing the markets of success for an eprocurement project, and how to think about transactional and transformational automation.

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 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