EBG | Play Webinar Recap | February 2026 “Supplier engagement does not start with emissions.” That statement from Anna Grabska, Sustainability & Process Lead at Kongsberg Maritime, captured the central insight from last month’s webinar with IntegrityNext. In a session that drew strong engagement – including a 20-minute Q&A that still couldn’t cover all the […]
Three Leaders. Three Perspectives. One Conversation About the Future of Procurement.
EBG | Xperience Malmö | April 28, 2026 On April 28th, EBG | Xperience returns to Malmö – and with it, a half-day designed around something procurement events rarely priorities: leadership. Not leadership as a buzzword. Leadership as the practice of creating conditions where skilled teams can actually move forward. Where complexity becomes navigable. Where […]
EBG Xperience 2026: Leading Through Complexity is good
Nordic procurement leaders have been saying the same thing for fifteen years: too much administration, too reactive, not enough time for strategy and value creation. Technology has come and gone-process automation, system integration, RPA-yet the fundamental tension remains. This spring, we’re exploring whether the current moment might actually be different. Not because AI is magic, […]
EBG | Webinar: Engaging Suppliers for Scope 3 Decarbonization: How Kongsberg Maritime is Turning Data into Action
What does it take to move from Scope 3 targets on paper to actual supplier engagement – and from spend-based estimates toward primary emissions data? EBG | Network, together with Kongsberg Maritime and IntegrityNext invite you to a practical and honest live webinar. Date: February 12th, 2026 Time: 10:00-10:45 AM CET (we will extend the […]
Trust as Infrastructure: The Missing Element in Procurement’s AI Journey
What Google’s Approach Reveals About Transformation Summary Digital transformation in procurement has focused heavily on technology, data, and process. But closing CPO Outlook 2025, Suzana Drakulic from Google Workspace highlighted an element that rarely appears in implementation roadmaps: trust. Drawing on Google’s approach to AI adoption, she explored why psychological safety, bold leadership, and the […]
AI in Procurement: The Nordic Wake-Up
Thriving Amid Disruption Means Starting Now Summary At CPO Outlook 2025, Suzana Drakulic from Google Workspace delivered a closing session that held a mirror up to Nordic procurement’s AI adoption journey. Her message was direct: the Nordics are lagging behind in AI adoption, and the cost of status quo is higher than most organizations calculate. […]
Tackling Tail Spend at Scale at CPO Outlook 2026
EBG | Network welcomes Candex as a first-time exhibitor at CPO Outlook 2026. This tail spend management specialist brings a global solution to one of procurement’s most persistent operational challenges. Tail spend remains a blind spot for many procurement organizations. The numbers from EBG | Network surveys tell a consistent story. Resource overload affects 62% […]
What Procurement Leaders Actually Want to Fix: Patterns from the Technology Wish List
When you ask what single technology challenge they’d solve, procurement leaders reveal more about transformation barriers than any survey question could When we asked 58 procurement professionals at CPO Outlook 2025 to name the single technology challenge they would solve if they could, something unexpected happened. They didn’t describe aspirational capabilities or cutting-edge innovations. Instead, […]
Reinventing Procurement, Part 3: Turning Vision into Action
How to Start Constructing Strategic Procurement Identity Based on CPO Outlook 2025 Survey | 58 procurement leaders from 47 Nordic companies Analytical Note: Anna Bjärkerud, founder of EBG | Network, has a behavioral science-focused Bachelor’s degree. She focused on how social construction can help explain resistance to organizational change. This final article in the series […]
Reinventing Procurement, Part 2: What Leaders Would Start Doing Tomorrow
The Strategic Future Procurement Leaders Are Ready to Build Based on CPO Outlook 2025 Survey | 58 procurement leaders from 47 Nordic companies Analytical Note: Anna Bjärkerud, founder of EBG | Network, has a behavioral science-focused Bachelor’s degree with emphasis on how social construction can help explain resistance to organizational change. The following analysis examines […]