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News #09-25: Procurement and Innovation
Sophie Durand Sophie Durand

News #09-25: Procurement and Innovation

For too long, procurement has been seen as the enemy of innovation, slowing things down with rigid processes, contracts, and a cost-first mindset. But in today’s world of disruption, AI, and ecosystem collaboration, that old paradigm no longer works.

Innovation does not emerge from isolated teams. It flourishes when organizations and their partners create the right conditions to experiment, adapt, and grow together. Procurement is at the very heart of that shift. From agile contracting to ecosystem design, it can either stifle or unlock the collaboration that innovation depends on.

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Bringing Procurement into the Agile Product Operating Model
mirko kleiner mirko kleiner

Bringing Procurement into the Agile Product Operating Model

Procurement is often the missing piece in Agile transformations. In this Scrum.org Community Podcast, Dave West is joined by  Mirko Kleiner, President, Lean Agile Procurement Alliance and Simon Reindl, Professional Scrum Trainer to explore how procurement’s traditional predictive approach can clash with Agile’s iterative nature—and how to fix it. They share how early involvement, transparency, and cross-functional collaboration between procurement, legal, and product teams can unlock greater agility. Learn how to apply Lean Agile Procurement principles, shift toward goal-oriented contracts, and align third-party relationships to deliver better outcomes faster.

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From Disruption to Agility: The State of Procurement in the Age of AI
Simon Reindl Simon Reindl

From Disruption to Agility: The State of Procurement in the Age of AI

The State of Procurement in the Age of AI highlights how global disruption, rapid digitalization, and artificial intelligence are reshaping supply chains and contracting. Traditional procurement models are too slow and adversarial, creating bottlenecks that limit agility and innovation. Lean-Agile Procurement (LAP) positions procurement as a strategic capability within the Agile Product Operating Model, enabling collaboration, adaptability, and trust-based contracts. With 90% of organizations recognizing agility as critical, but only 8% including partners in transformations, the paper stresses the urgent need for ecosystem-level agility to unlock competitive advantage, resilience, and faster, value-driven outcomes across industries.

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Procurement kills innovation.
Sophie Durand Sophie Durand

Procurement kills innovation.

This bold statement was dropped at a Wellington’s startup and innovation event. A live poll confirmed it: startup-friendly policy and procurement is the top priority to accelerate growth and impact.

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Haier ZeroDX Journey 2025 - Case Studies, Insights and Learnings (Post 1 - Haier’s Founder Zhang Ruimin about why is Haier so successful?!)
mirko kleiner mirko kleiner

Haier ZeroDX Journey 2025 - Case Studies, Insights and Learnings (Post 1 - Haier’s Founder Zhang Ruimin about why is Haier so successful?!)

In this series of blog posts, We’ll be sharing key insights, learnings, and experiences from the Haier ZeroDX Journey 2025, and why I believe the future of business lies in a NewEconomic Engine driven by AI and Business Ecosystems.

Post 2 - Haier’s Founder Zhang Ruimin about why is Haier so successful?

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NextGen Supply Chain in the Age of 🤖AI: Emerging Trends 2025
mirko kleiner mirko kleiner

NextGen Supply Chain in the Age of 🤖AI: Emerging Trends 2025

We’re excited to announce the launch of the 2025 Report on the State of Agility in Procurement & Supply—a global collaboration between World Commerce & Contracting (WorldCC) and the Lean-Agile Procurement Alliance (LAP Alliance).
Includes the full report download link.

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