Public Procurement Change Agents

By Dustin Lanier, CPPO

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Discussions with interesting people in public procurement across State, Local and Education in North America led by Dustin Lanier, Certified Public Procurement Officer and Founder of Civic Initiatives. Recognized as a top 10 procurement podcast by Feedspot. Find out more about Civic Initiatives at https://www.civicinitiatives.com


Episode Date
Five For Friday - May 8th 2026 Readout
May 08, 2026
Civic Initiatives agrees to join Public Knowledge
Apr 22, 2026
Five For Friday - April 17th 2026 Readout
Apr 17, 2026
Five For Friday - April 10th 2026 Readout
Apr 10, 2026
Five For Friday - April 3rd 2026 Readout
Apr 03, 2026
Five For Friday - March 27th 2026 Readout
Mar 27, 2026
Five For Friday - March 20th Readout
Mar 20, 2026
Five For Friday - March 13th Readout
Mar 13, 2026
Five For Friday - March 6th Readout
Mar 06, 2026
Five For Friday - February 27th Readout
Feb 27, 2026
Public Procurement Change Agents is Five!
Feb 18, 2026
Elite Eight Recap: your Playbook for AI in Public Procurement
Feb 11, 2026
Five For Friday - February 6th Readout
Feb 06, 2026
Five For Friday - January 30th Readout
Jan 30, 2026
Five For Friday - January 23rd Readout
Jan 23, 2026
Five For Friday - January 16th Readout
Jan 16, 2026
Five For Friday - January 9th Readout
Jan 09, 2026
You can Wait, but Why? Looking back at 2025
Dec 31, 2025
Five For Friday - December 26th Readout
Dec 26, 2025
Five For Friday - December 19th Readout
Dec 19, 2025
Five For Friday - December 12th Readout
Dec 12, 2025
Five For Friday - December 5th Readout
Dec 05, 2025
Giving Thanks for Procurement Professionals
Nov 26, 2025
Five For Friday - November 21st Readout
Nov 21, 2025
Five For Friday - November 14th Readout
Nov 14, 2025
Five For Friday - November 7th Readout
Nov 07, 2025
Built for Service: How Our Commitment to Public Procurement Has Kept Us Strong for Fifteen Years
Oct 29, 2025
Five For Friday - October 24th Readout
Oct 24, 2025
Five For Friday - October 17th Readout
Oct 17, 2025
Five For Friday - October 10th Readout
Oct 10, 2025
Civic Initiatives Re-Awarded NASPO Procurement Assistance and Support Services Contract
Sep 30, 2025
Five For Friday - September 26th Readout
Sep 26, 2025
Five For Friday - September 19th Readout
Sep 19, 2025
Five For Friday - September 12th Readout
Sep 12, 2025
Five For Friday - September 5th Readout
Sep 05, 2025
Five For Friday - August 29th Readout
Aug 29, 2025
Five For Friday - August 22nd Readout
Aug 22, 2025
Procurement Is Where the Rubber Meets the Road for Tech Leaders
Aug 13, 2025
Excerpt From Barrett & Greene Interview at GFOA
Aug 07, 2025
Six Things We’ll be Talking About at NIGP Forum
Jul 24, 2025
Cappo Webinar Excerpt - What do procurement professionals need to know about ai in mid 2025?
Jul 17, 2025
Cooperative Contracting: The Good, Bad, and The Ugly
Jul 10, 2025
Five For Friday - July 4th Readout
Jul 04, 2025
Five For Friday - June 27th Readout
Jun 27, 2025
Five For Friday - June 20th Readout
Jun 20, 2025
Five For Friday - June 13th Readout
Jun 13, 2025
Five For Friday - June 6th Readout
Jun 06, 2025
Seven things to know about coming changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulations
May 29, 2025
Back to Basics - What is Category Management?
May 21, 2025
Five For Friday - May 16th Readout
May 16, 2025
Five For Friday - May 9th Readout
May 09, 2025
5 Minute Excerpt: Partnering Through Procurement for Public Impact Interview
Apr 30, 2025
Earth Day 2025: Practical Procurement Strategies that Drive Sustainability - and the Bottom Line
Apr 22, 2025
Abridged excerpt from OPBA "Procurement as a Strategic Asset" presentation
Apr 16, 2025
Five For Friday - April 11th Readout
Apr 11, 2025
Five For Friday - April 4th Readout
Apr 04, 2025
Five For Friday - March 28th Readout
Mar 28, 2025
Five For Friday - March 21st Readout
Mar 21, 2025
The Foundation of Public Trust + Happy Procurement Month!
Mar 12, 2025
Five For Friday - February 28th Readout
Feb 28, 2025
Celebrating Four Years of the “Public Procurement Change Agents” Podcast
Feb 19, 2025
Five For Friday - February 14th Readout
Feb 14, 2025
Back to Basics: Proactive Management of Effective Procurement Audit Files
Feb 05, 2025
Five For Friday - January 31st Readout
Jan 31, 2025
Five For Friday - January 24th Readout
Jan 24, 2025
Five For Friday - January 17th Readout
Jan 17, 2025
Five For Friday - January 10th Readout
Jan 10, 2025
Wait, but Why? Ending the Year with the "Lifescape" Calendar
Jan 02, 2025
Civic’s Collective Disconnect During the Holidays
Dec 24, 2024
Excerpt from training on Requirement Elicitation
Dec 19, 2024
5 minute excerpt from "Elevation: Generative AI from a Staff-First Mindset"
Dec 11, 2024
Evaluation and Negotiation - Five Minute Speech Excerpt
Dec 04, 2024
The Procurement Cornucopia
Nov 26, 2024
Five For Friday - November 22nd Readout
Nov 22, 2024
Five For Friday - November 15th Readout
Nov 15, 2024
Five For Friday - November 8th Readout
Nov 08, 2024
Things I Have Learned: Seven Guiding Factors After Fourteen Years of Business
Oct 30, 2024
Five For Friday - October 25th Readout
Oct 25, 2024
Five For Friday - October 18th Readout
Oct 18, 2024
Procurement in Urgent Times: Our Critical Role in Response and Recovery
Oct 09, 2024
Five For Friday - October 4th Readout
Oct 04, 2024
Five For Friday - September 27th Readout
Sep 27, 2024
For the Public Good: The Critical Role of Sourcing in Health Institutions
Sep 19, 2024
Five For Friday - September 13th Readout
Sep 13, 2024
Elevation: Remodeling GenAI as a Staff Enablement Platform : 7 Minute Preview
Sep 04, 2024
Five For Friday - August 30th Readout
Aug 30, 2024
NIGP 2024 Speech Preview
Aug 20, 2024
Five For Friday - August 16th Readout
Aug 16, 2024
Bonus Ladder of Leadership Topic: Moving Authority to Information
Aug 06, 2024
Empowering Employees Through Ladder of Leadership Strategies
Aug 01, 2024
A Look Forward to NIGP Forum
Jul 25, 2024
Change Agent Chat: Colin Erhardt Government Performance Lab
Jul 18, 2024
Five For Friday - July 12th Readout
Jul 12, 2024
Happy 4th of July
Jul 03, 2024
Five For Friday - June 28th Readout
Jun 28, 2024
Five For Friday - June 21st Readout
Jun 21, 2024
Converging Paths: The common ground between government and non-profits
Jun 13, 2024
150 Business Days to Encumber ARPA
Jun 06, 2024
Five For Friday - May 31st Readout
May 31, 2024
Food Rescue US Mid-Year Updates: Join us in supporting this great cause!
May 23, 2024
Five For Friday - May 17th Readout
May 17, 2024
Five For Friday - March 22nd Readout
May 16, 2024
Five For Friday - May 10th Readout
May 10, 2024
Change Agent Chat: Kathrin Frauscher, Open Contracting Partnership
Apr 30, 2024
The Power of Open Contracting: Introduction
Apr 23, 2024
NASPO Acquisition Support Services Category Re-Award - Did You Know?
Apr 09, 2024
Celebrating #ProcurementMonth
Mar 27, 2024
Five For Friday - March 15th Readout
Mar 15, 2024
Five For Friday - March 8th Readout
Mar 08, 2024
A Leap Year Retrospective: Where We Were, and Where We Are
Feb 29, 2024
Five For Friday - February 23rd Readout
Feb 23, 2024
Five For Friday - February 16th Readout
Feb 17, 2024
Change Agent Chat with Jack Pellegrino, County of San Diego
Feb 09, 2024
Five For Friday - February 2nd Readout
Feb 02, 2024
Five For Friday - January 26th Readout
Jan 26, 2024
Picking the Right Tool for the Job: A Strategic Approach to Solicitation Events
Jan 17, 2024
Five For Friday - January 12th Readout
Jan 12, 2024
Five For Friday - January 5th Readout
Jan 05, 2024
Five For Friday - Year End Edition!
Dec 29, 2023
Review of Public Procurement Conferences and Our Speech Portfolio in 2023
Dec 20, 2023
Food Rescue US - a 1:1 discussion with Dave Lampert, CEO
Dec 14, 2023
Excerpt from 5 Tips to Future Proof Procurement on December 7
Dec 07, 2023
Five For Friday - December 1st Readout
Dec 01, 2023
Implementing Performance Measures in Procurement (And Beyond)
Nov 30, 2023
Five For Friday - November 24th Readout
Nov 24, 2023
Five For Friday - November 10th Readout
Nov 10, 2023
Five For Friday - November 3rd Readout
Nov 03, 2023
AI Session Extract from OpenGov Transform Panel
Oct 25, 2023
Five For Friday - October 20th Readout
Oct 20, 2023
Five For Friday - October 13th Readout
Oct 13, 2023
Chat Agent Chat on Timely Payments in Public Procurement with Cullen Gallagher
Oct 06, 2023
Five For Friday - September 29nd Readout
Sep 29, 2023
Five For Friday - September 22nd Readout
Sep 22, 2023
Civic Summit '23 - Kicking Off Our Annual Planning Session
Sep 13, 2023
Change Agent Chats: Generative AI in the Public Sector discussion with Steve Meier
Sep 07, 2023
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as your on-demand "Quant"
Sep 01, 2023
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a Brainstorming Partner
Aug 31, 2023
Generative AI Speech Quicktake: AI as a tool for synthesis
Aug 30, 2023
Get Out There (On Linkedin!) NIGP Forum Breakout session
Aug 23, 2023
Civic at NIGP Forum Aug 19-23 Part 2 (And Five For Friday Readout)
Aug 18, 2023
Civic at NIGP Forum August 19-23 - Part 1
Aug 10, 2023
Change Agent Chats: 1:1 with Chris Sawchuk, The Hackett Group
Aug 04, 2023
Civic Talks Shop - Guiding Fundamentals 3 minute snippet
Jul 25, 2023
Five For Friday - July 21st Readout
Jul 21, 2023
Five for Friday - July 14 Readout
Jul 14, 2023
Change Agent Chats: Leah McGrath, Executive Director, StateRAMP
Jul 07, 2023
Five for Friday - June 30 Readout
Jun 30, 2023
Change Agent Chat: Rob Handfield and Andrea Patrucco on the Strategic National Stockpile
Jun 22, 2023
Don't Cover the Stove in Caution Tape
Jun 15, 2023
Civic Talks Shop - Purchasing vs Procurement 5 minute snippet
Jun 09, 2023
Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 2 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
May 30, 2023
Building Bridges - Connecting Finance and Procurement (Part 1 of 2 of GFOA Panel Discussion)
May 22, 2023
The Financial Data Transparency Act - Getting on a Guidepath for Success
May 17, 2023
Five for Friday - May 12 Readout
May 12, 2023
Resourceful Procurement - NAEP Breakout Session with Ed Mills
May 02, 2023
Five Keys to Strategic Partnerships
Apr 26, 2023
Federal Relief Funds and Procurement: A Survival Guide - Ten Minute Excerpt
Apr 20, 2023
Five for Friday - April 14 Readout
Apr 14, 2023
Five For Friday - April 7th Readout
Apr 07, 2023
What's Your Why - Higher Education Public Procurement Panel
Mar 30, 2023
Procurement Month 2023 - What's Your Why?
Mar 23, 2023
Stephanie Brown 1:1 Chat From the Virginia Association of Governmental Procurement Expo Hall
Mar 14, 2023
Five For Friday - March 10th Readout
Mar 10, 2023
Procurement Month! Civic's content plan in celebration
Mar 01, 2023
Five For Friday - February 24th Readout
Feb 24, 2023
Five For Friday - February 17th Readout
Feb 17, 2023
Panel Excerpt: Navigating the SLED Market with your Cooperative Contract
Feb 09, 2023
The Six Core Questions on Co-Op Contracting
Feb 07, 2023
Five For Friday - January 27th Readout
Jan 27, 2023
Navigating Staffing Constraints - A CAPPO Breakout Session
Jan 19, 2023
Five for Friday Readout -January 13th, 2023
Jan 13, 2023
Five For Friday - January 6th Readout
Jan 06, 2023
Five for Friday - The 2022 in review five most popular posts
Dec 30, 2022
Collective Disconnect - Civic is off next week!
Dec 22, 2022
Procurement Through the Eyes of the City Manager - Harry Black Interview in a CAPPO Webinar
Dec 14, 2022
Talking It Up: Describing Procurement as Our Profession - 6 minute preview
Dec 08, 2022
Bring Up The Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars with TJ Martin from the City of Phoenix
Dec 01, 2022
Bringing Up the Next Generation of Procurement All-Stars - November 30 Live Discussion Preview
Nov 23, 2022
Five For Friday - November 18th Readout
Nov 18, 2022
Civic Initiatives is Twelve Years Strong
Nov 08, 2022
Five for Friday - November 4th Readout
Nov 04, 2022
Do You Know These Ten Things About Linkedin?
Oct 27, 2022
Affiliated Experts - A New Program of Service
Oct 17, 2022
Five for Friday - October 14th Readout
Oct 14, 2022
Fiver for Friday - October 7th Readout
Oct 07, 2022
Evaluation and Negotiation - A Practical Guide - 10 minute preview
Sep 28, 2022
ICMA Presentation - Procurement as a Service
Sep 21, 2022
Procurement as a Service
Sep 15, 2022
Five for Friday - September 9th Readout
Sep 09, 2022
Cook County NIGP Discussion Part Two : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier
Aug 31, 2022
Cook County NIGP Discussion Part One : Raffi Sarrafian and Dustin Lanier
Aug 23, 2022
NIGP Forum - Session preview with Raffi Sarrafian
Aug 16, 2022
Cost Analysis as an Engine for Public Procurement - 15 minute excerpt
Aug 10, 2022
Five for Friday - August 5th Readout
Aug 05, 2022
Reducing Drag in Procurement - Speech Excerpt
Jul 29, 2022
Five for Friday - July 22nd Readout
Jul 22, 2022
Procurement As The Focal Point
Jul 14, 2022
Five for Friday - July 8th Readout
Jul 08, 2022
Flipping the Financial Year - In Style
Jun 28, 2022
Transforming in Turbulent Times - NAEP Breakout Session
Jun 21, 2022
Riding the eProcurement Wave - GFOA - 15 Minute Excerpt
Jun 14, 2022
Five for Friday - June 10 Readout
Jun 10, 2022
Five For Friday - June 3 Readout
Jun 03, 2022
Five for Friday readout - May 27
May 27, 2022
Fiver for Friday readout - May 20
May 20, 2022
Victor Leamer - quick lobby chat about his presentations
May 13, 2022
Talent Management in the Great Realignment
May 04, 2022
Five for Friday Readout April 29th
Apr 29, 2022
Five for Friday Readout April 22
Apr 22, 2022
Five for Friday Readout - April 15th
Apr 15, 2022
Aubrey Leigh Goodwin 1:1 - State of Mississippi
Apr 06, 2022
Quick Talk - Chapters as an Enduring Community
Mar 31, 2022
Growing Purchasing Into Procurement Speech - Ten Minute Excerpt
Mar 23, 2022
Procurement as a Career - Should Public Procurement be on the List for Graduating Seniors?
Mar 15, 2022
Career Week discussion, plus Five for Friday Readout 3-11
Mar 11, 2022
Five for Friday - March 4th
Mar 04, 2022
Watchwords for Public Procurement in 2022
Feb 18, 2022
Feb 11 Five for Friday readout
Feb 11, 2022
Five For Friday Read Out - February 4th
Feb 04, 2022
Content Plan for 2022 + Five For Friday 1/21
Jan 21, 2022
Five For Friday Read Out - January 14th
Jan 14, 2022
Five For Friday Read Out - January 7th
Jan 07, 2022
Five For Friday Read Out - December 31st
Dec 31, 2021
Five For Friday Read Out - December 24th
Dec 24, 2021
Public Procurement on Linkedin - Newsletter Launch
Dec 16, 2021
Five for Friday - What it is and how I do it
Dec 10, 2021
5 things I Wish I Knew - Speech Excerpt
Dec 03, 2021
DEI and Public Procurement Programs - How Do They Rise Together?
Nov 24, 2021
DEI and Public Procurement Survey Launch - Introduction Podcast
Nov 18, 2021
It's Go Time - speech excerpt from 11/9 MAGPPA general session
Nov 11, 2021
Quick Introduction to the Civic Initiatives Practice Leads
Nov 04, 2021
Gary O Chavez Quick Chat 1:1
Oct 21, 2021
Dustin Lanier Fast Talk - NIGP Panel comments on Public Procurement Change Agents
Oct 15, 2021
NASCA Panel Discussion on Supply Chain and Stockpile Management
Oct 08, 2021
How do Procurement Shops Attract and Retain Talent Today?
Sep 29, 2021
Fast talk on Procurement Outsourcing for Smart Procurement World (9/13)
Sep 23, 2021
Ed Mills and Dustin Lanier present on Procurement Transformation Takes Flight
Sep 16, 2021
Smart Procurement World (happening 9/13): Discusssion with Mediacy Mudekwa
Sep 08, 2021
Gillian Gillett Quick Chat 1:1
Sep 02, 2021
Fred Kuhn 1:1 Quick Chat
Aug 25, 2021
Team Chat: Quick Discussion of Procurement Education with Devin Howard
Aug 18, 2021
Succession Planning in Public Procurement
Aug 11, 2021
Hot Jobs in Public Procurement
Aug 03, 2021
ESSER Grant Panel Discussion
Jul 20, 2021
1:1 on Work From Anywhere with Pam Goins, NASCA Executive Director
Jul 13, 2021
New Grant Funding - How Does Procurement Prepare?
Jul 09, 2021
Supply Resiliency and Public Response
Jul 01, 2021
Creating Content - When That's Not What You Do For A Living
Jun 23, 2021
Resilient Supply Chains - Public Procurement Panel Discussion
Jun 17, 2021
Procurement Automation Project Fundamentals - Dustin Lanier at Public Sector Network
Jun 09, 2021
Work from Anywhere - What's Next for Public Sector and Public Procurement - Panel Discussion
Jun 03, 2021
Procurement Modernization, Public Sector Network Panel Discussion
May 26, 2021
The Voice of the Customer - Public Procurement Practitioner Panel Chat
May 19, 2021
1:1 with Sarah O'Brien, CEO Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council
May 13, 2021
Tools in the Toolkit- Public Procurement Panel Chat
Apr 28, 2021
Sustainability in Public Procurement - What Works?
Apr 22, 2021
Rob Handfield, 1:1 on Public Procurement and Supply Chain
Apr 14, 2021
Supply Chain and Public Procurement - Panel Discussion
Apr 07, 2021
Tech Standards in Public Procurement - Panel Discussion
Mar 31, 2021
What is StateRamp in less than 10 minutes?
Mar 31, 2021
Strategic Sourcing in the Public Sector - Panel Discussion
Mar 26, 2021
Procurement Officer Leadership - What Works? Public Procurement Chat 3/17 W Special Guest Carol Wilson
Mar 18, 2021
1:1 with Nicholas Tincher, University of Wisconsin System
Mar 17, 2021
Evaluation and Negotiation - Public Procurement Chat 003 Part 2 - Q/A Session
Mar 10, 2021
Evaluation and Negotiation - Public Procurement Lunch Chat 003 March 10 Part 1 - Main Panel
Mar 10, 2021
The Contract's Signed, What Now? - Public Procurement Chat 002 March 4
Mar 03, 2021
Agility in Procurement - Public Procurement Wednesday Chat 001 - Feb 24th
Feb 24, 2021
Aaron Carter, University of Illinois 1:1
Feb 23, 2021
Jim Colangelo, CPO State of Michigan 1:1
Feb 23, 2021
Jenn Myers, Procurement Manager City of Tucson, 1:1 Interview
Feb 19, 2021