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Warren Smith on Procurement Folklore

On 13 March, the Demand Acceleration Community held an open seminar with Warren Smith, Director of Insight, Innovation, and Impact at Posterity Global. Warren is also co-lead of the UN and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) initiative United for Smart Sustainable Cities' working group on intergenerational procurement in human-centred cities.

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14 March 2025

An open seminar within the Demand Acceleration Community

In the seminar, Warren explores what he calls procurement mythology – the ingrained assumptions and misconceptions that shape procurement – and discusses how the public sector can shift its mindset to create better conditions for innovation.