The Wave of the Future Podcasts

The Wave of the Future Podcasts


Latest Episodes

How 3D Printing Is Disrupting Industrial and Consumer Markets
July 18, 2014

Hardly a day goes by without a headline about 3D printing and the potential of additive manufacturing. In this podcast Adam Detwiler and Jeff Staub, subject-matter experts from the A.T. Kearney Manufacturing Center of Excellence, examine the impact of the

Scanning Your Virtual Environment To Unleash Creative Thought
June 27, 2014

As apps and tools continue to proliferate, it's becoming increasingly hard to keep up-to-date with news about a specific sector, industry, or market. In this podcast, Barbie Keiser, an information resources management consultant, discusses the different t

Pricing Full Potential Analyzer
May 22, 2014

Pricing is one of the most important drivers of profit, yet many companies leave money on the table by failing to make the most of their pricing strategies. In this podcast, Frank Bilstein and Nitin Godawat discuss how A.T. Kearney's Pricing Full Potentia

ROSMA℠ Performance Check
May 02, 2014

Procurement organizations often struggle to quantify their value to the business, due to the lack of a standard metric to measure the return on supply management assets. In this podcast, Rosanna Yang from A.T. Kearney, Tom Derry from the Institute of Supp

The Rise of the Female Economy in B2B
April 04, 2014

Women control a growing share of B2B spending yet many companies have work to be done when it comes to connecting with the increasing number of female decision makers. In this podcast, Inna Baigozina-Goreli points out the benefits of tailoring sales appro

Procurement Merger Integration
December 18, 2013

Mergers and acquisitions inherently contain risk. In this podcast, John Piatek discusses the three main types of risk in supply management and the key steps that procurement organizations can take during the integration process. John outlines a set of gui

Commodity Risk Management
September 25, 2013

The volatility in today's international supply markets necessitates strategies for dealing with commodity risk. In this podcast, John Piatek outlines each of the elements of A.T. Kearney's framework and model for commodity risk management. John discusses

How Social Media Changes Everything, Including Business Decisions
September 11, 2013

Chris Moody, CEO of GNIP, the world's largest provider of social data, discusses the value of social media data in today's world, sharing use cases ranging from B2B product development, supply chain, and sales. In this podcast, Chris explores this remarka

Should Cost Modeling
August 08, 2013

When preparing for negotiations, the more information a procurement professional has about a supplier, the better chance of a successful outcome. Should-cost models are useful tools for determining a product's estimated price by itemizing processing costs

Social Media for Research
July 25, 2013

Are social media platforms worth using as tools for business research? Absolutely, says Scott Brown, Library Services Manager at Qualcomm. In this podcast, Scott shares his knowledge of the different social media tools and explains how best to leverage th