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Reinventing Procurement, Part 3: Turning Vision into Action

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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

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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 […]

Reinventing Procurement, Part 1: What Leaders Would Stop Doing Tomorrow

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Breaking Free from the Operational Quicksand Based on CPO Outlook 2025 Survey | 58 procurement leaders from 47 Nordic companies EBG | Network asked procurement leaders a deceptively simple question – “If you could reinvent your role today to focus entirely on future value, what would you stop doing?” Their answers revealed something profound. This […]

What Procurement Data Showed Us at CPO Outlook 2025

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Procurement at an Inflection Point: Insights from The Hackett Group at CPO Outlook 2025 At CPO Outlook 2025, Vicky Kavan from The Hackett Group delivered a keynote that captured both the speed of global change and the structural realities inside procurement teams. Her message connected Hackett’s global data with what Nordic leaders experience every day. […]

Everything is the Same, Everything is Different: AI Procurement in 2025

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Lars J. Andersson from Carve Consulting delivered a keynote that challenged Nordic procurement leaders to reimagine their function from the ground up—starting with customer value and working backwards through the AI possibilities available today. The Paradox: Timeless Purpose, Revolutionary Tools When Lars J. Andersson took the CPO Outlook stage on October 16, 2025, he opened […]

CPO Outlook 2025 | Sustainability Panel Part 2

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Leading Through Uncertainty: How Procurement Builds Momentum When the World Keeps Changing If Part 1 of the Sustainability Panel at CPO Outlook 2025 focused on how large organizations structure their sustainability work, Part 2 turned toward something harder to capture in a slide: the lived experience of leading in uncertainty. The conversation shifted into a […]

Bridging the Functional Divide: How Procurement Navigates Cross-Functional Expectations

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In October 2025, procurement leaders from across the Nordics gathered at the CPO Outlook 2025 summit in Stockholm to discuss the evolving challenges facing their function. The summit, held on October 15-16, brought together senior leaders from major organizations including NCC, Scania, Länsförsäkringar, Handelsbanken, Equinor, Solar, and Essity. Through surveys conducted from September through November […]

CPO Outlook 2025 | Sustainability Panel Part 1

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Sustainability in Motion: How Procurement Leads in Imperfect Conditions Sustainability work today is not defined by perfect data, complete control, or fully aligned processes. It is defined by people who move forward even when information is incomplete, legislation is shifting, and supply chains stretch across hundreds of countries. That reality shaped the Sustainability Panel at […]