Grzegorz Filipowski

The BIG challenge from now to 2035: A high demand for leaders with transformation skills, but not enough supply! Nearly 60% of C-suite reports increasing worries about sourcing leaders with the skills to meet the challenges of the next decade. The survey was done in Q1 2025 of 400+ European C‑Suite executives and 100 private equity investors (EU + US). Organizations face a convergence of disruptive forces: ✅ Digital acceleration & AI transformation ✅ Workforce transformation spurred by talent shortages, shifting values, and generational change ✅ Geopolitical & economic volatility, including inflation, new regulations, and fragile supply chains ✅ Succession uncertainty, as many lack resilient, forward-looking leadership pipelines How are you taking on this challenge as a C-suite leader or an Executive Search recruiter? Johanna Frelin Pernilla Ramslöv Marie Berner Moberg Azra Osmancevic Patrik Hofbauer Lena Franzén Lindfors Jeanna Tällberg Annelie Nässén Lovisa Ekman Linn Roslund Martin Hansson Monica Längbo Magnus Tegborg Jan Jendeby Håkan Ekström Liv Gorosch Eva Ekedahl Scott Newton Liselotte Hägertz Engstam 🌏♦️Maria Zalamans Furenmo ♦️ 👉 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dCqrX-dk #leadership #succession #transformation #ai #data #boardofdirectors #talent #digitalacceleration #strategy #business #resilience #future #skills

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🚀 You want to build your own business? Start in procurement – here are 5 reasons why it’s a strategic career choice. Procurement, at its essence, is about understanding how a company truly works. Here’s why it’s the perfect training ground for future entrepreneurs: 1️⃣ Broad knowledge Procurement connects you with almost every function: strategy, sales, production, legal, tax, IT, compliance… you see the whole enterprise, inside out. Over time, you become an expert in nearly every internal procedure and process. 2️⃣ Managing people To buy effectively, you need to work with diverse teams who “speak different languages.” That means learning to align, manage, and lead people through complex processes. 3️⃣ Managing projects Every purchase is a project. You need to understand why the company needs it, follow procedures, and make smart decisions to keep things moving on time and within budget. 4️⃣ Delegating tasks No one can do everything alone. Procurement teaches you how to coordinate people and tasks, delegate effectively, and ensure delivery. 5️⃣ Being a doer Procurement delivers. You coordinate internal stakeholders + external suppliers, and make sure the entire process creates value. 💡 To excel in procurement (and later in business), you need: • Analytical skills • Strategic & critical thinking • Knowledge of laws & regulations • Strong soft skills (people management & negotiation) 🎯 After graduating from the “SCHOOL OF PROCUREMENT” the only skill left to master as a future entrepreneur is SALES or finding the right person to sell for you. In a nutshell, Procurement is about learning how to run a business. Procurement buddies: What are other skills ex-procurement experts can use to build the business? 💬

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💬 Yesterday I had a great conversation with a procurement expert… and wow, we hit a nerve. We talked about something every company thinks they’ve got under control — but in reality, most struggle with: 👉 Streamlining third-party management 👉 Getting teams to actually adopt the tools & processes 👉 Having a true, end-to-end view of every third party you work with Sounds simple, right? It’s not. The messy middle is where things fall apart: 📊 Spreadsheets that run the show (and are always out of date) 🔌 Platforms that promise integration… but never quite talk to each other ⚙️ Tools that add complexity instead of reducing it After years of working with companies on this, here’s what I’ve learned: ✅ The solution isn’t just more tech — it’s tech people actually use ✅ Processes have to work with habits, not against them ✅ The important stuff should be impossible to miss Third-party management isn’t a “set it and forget it” job. It’s ongoing. It’s collaborative. And it only works when the system fits the people — not the other way around. If your vendor or partner management still feels like a patchwork quilt of tools and files… you’re definitely not alone. And there’s a better way forward. 🚀

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Friday Rant Part IV Today: Procurement needs digitalization? Don’t worry, CIOs have it all under control. After a short summer break, it is time to continue the Friday rant series. Why? In recent conversations with several companies, I have noticed a recurring theme. While the business often recognizes the immediate need and value of digitalizing Procurement, many initiatives stall at the CIO level. Hmm..... After all, who needs real-life procurement experience when you’ve got Gartner quadrants and glossy vendor slides? Procurement people may spend decades dealing with suppliers, contracts, risks, and solution evaluation and digitalization roadmaps to contribute more to the bottom line, but clearly, the CIO knows better because they once had lunch with a ERP sales rep. And the best part? Every single challenge, no matter how complex, apparently has one magical cure: “We are implementing S/4 Hana. That will fix all our issues.” Supplier risk management? Fixed. Sustainability data? Fixed. Innovation scouting? Fixed. Collaboration? Fixed. Supplier diversity? Oh, please don’t worry, it’s all in that mystical ERP box, just waiting to be switched on after a three-year, billion-dollar implementation. Listening to internal stakeholders? Nah. Why bother with actual business expertise and needs when you can worship at the altar of the ERP gods? After all, nothing screams digital transformation louder than blocking every agile solution and insisting that one giant monolithic system will somehow make Procurement world-class. Meanwhile, best-of-breed solutions that could actually deliver value in months? Too risky, too modern, too dangerous, and potentially effective. Better kill those immediately; they might expose how useless the ERP-only dogma really is. So yes, don’t mind us in Procurement. We’ll just sit here with our digitalization roadmap, our educated Procurement excellence teams, our spreadsheets, supplier emails, and manual workarounds, waiting patiently for the day S/4 or the Gartner top right quadrant finally fixes all our issues. Spoiler: it won’t.

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The 2025 State of Enterprise Procurement Agility Report looks specifically at Enterprise responses to constant change, and the ways that technology plays a role. Key findings from the report include: ⚡ 85% of procurement executives say they’re piloting or using AI ⚡ 73% already deploying AI agents ⚡ 49% clearly understand how agentic AI works ⚡ 39% report providing formal AI training across their teams ⚡ 64% use 10+ procurement tools, but... ⚡ 8% say the majority of those tools deliver expected ROI 1. Procurement Pressure is Higher than Ever 2. Tech Fatigue is Real ... and Costly 3. AI Adoption is Surging, but Trust is Still Catching Up 4. Supplier Risk Tolerance is Rising 5. Speed Doesn’t Always Equal Agility https://lnkd.in/eP-88UyY

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