Our guest in this podcast spoke to us from the US Department of Homeland Security’s Procurement Innovation Lab in the Office of the Chief Procurement Officer.

Scott Simpson, the Digital Transformation lead there, told GRIP’s US Content Manager, Julie DiMauro, that culture, relationships and trust are the critical features of a successful procurement program.

In this lively discussion, Scott talks about:

• how to develop internal relationships and clear lines of responsibility and foster trust with key vendors over time;
• why he’s excited about generative AI – and what these tools can do to help procurement teams with their market research and data management;
• why he thinks “AI” really means “augmented intelligence,” since you’re never replacing the human from the analysis; and
• how we got to the point at which the phrase SCRM is used more (supply-chain risk management) and where he thinks that particular risk-management discussion is headed.

A transcript for this podcast is available here.