The Future of Procurement: From Function to Capability
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Explore one of Mirko’s recent keynotes at the CIPS NZ Conference 2022in Auckland, New Zealand.
About Mirko
Mirko is the Thought Leader in Lean-Agile Procurement, CIPS and World Procurement Award Winner in 2018 / 2020, Keynote Speaker, Author, President of LAP Alliance, co-founder flowdays, Agile Ecosystem Coach / RenDanHeyi Expert, Registered Scrum@Scale & Scrum Trainer, Co-Creator of the Agile Contract Manifesto
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Mirko as Keynote Speaker
Mirko is a passionate keynote speaker at conferences and company events who loves to inspire and engage an audience with real-life success stories from around the world.
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After years of focusing on improvement of procurement via e.g. digitalization & automization but not questioning the current ways of working will this white paper will provide insights about the future of procurement - beyond just a function. Get inspired by 8 success stories in various maturity stages how you could develop your ways-of-working and drive your own journey.
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Volatile uncertain and often unpredictable Market conditions over the last 2-3 years havedemanded unprecedented levels of adaptability within and between organizations.Especially a more agile collaboration between companies or even new collaborationsmodels such as ecosystems are about to become the next stage of business agility and offer an even bigger impact for our business the environment and society. Expect athought provoking session with 7 leading examples such as Tesla from private and publicsector all around the world. Beside Tesla you'll also learn from the world leading - a 70 years old - appliances company with more than 80,000 employees how they went throughtheir 4th big transformation ending up in over 4,000 cross-company micro-enterprises.
"Scaling Agile cross-Companies is the next big Thing!" - Jeff Sutherland
Get inspired what Business Agility at the next stage looks like in reality and join the global movement
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The COVID-19 crisis has emphasised the importance of new -more agile- approaches in procurement. But is it just another buzzword, or has it become reality?!-Learn how agile in procurement impacts the business positively, e.g. improving time-to-market by 400-800%. The story with SwissCasinos - "Sourcing an ERP System in just 4 weeks" has just won the World Procurement Award 2020!-Expect an engaging session, with honest insights and also some fuck-ups and pitfalls.
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With up to 15% of GDP, government procurement is by far the largest investor in the market. Current procurement practices in the public sector still show low levels of innovation. Learn how Agile principles can unleash innovation, helping the government to procure e.g. new trains in months instead of years!
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As the Thought Leader and Agile Ecosystem Coach is Mirko passionate to lift the worlds of Procurement, Business Agility and Supply Chain to the next level. He prefers to start at the C-Level, but supports at all levels of the organization with..
Mirko as
Agile Coach & Trainer
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Increasing complexity and speed require new types of organisations. Mirko coaches individuals, teams and organizations on that journey to reach business objectives faster.
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Mirko is an experienced Trainer and conducts certification workshops in Lean-Agile Procurement, Agile Contracts, Negotiation based on agile Values, Adaptive Partner Ecosystems, Scrum@Scale, Scrum, etc.
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Mirko fills temporary your gap as an ad interim Manager / Leader covering roles such as CPO, Chief Agile Officer, CTO, CIO, Head of Transformation, etc.
Their Business to the next Level
Delighted to have leaders representing these organizations, among others, joining the journey to lift
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mirko@y-o.blue
+41(0) 79-601-1990
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Mirko Kleiner
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5623 Boswil
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