๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐...๐๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ?
Especially in procurement.
Iโm seeing more and more of the same recycled posts, AI-generated comments, copy-and-paste thought leadership, and, letโs call it what it is, straight-up plagiarism.
Itโs disheartening.
Because for many of us, creating content on here isnโt just about visibility, itโs an outlet.
A way to give voice to our profession.
A way to share what weโre learning.
A way to challenge bad practice, celebrate good practice, build our networks, and show that procurement is far more than POs and policies.
But authentic content takes effort.
It takes thought, lived experience, and being willing to say something with a bit of depth, even if it doesnโt fit neatly into a 6-line viral template with a dramatic one-word sentence every other line.
And thatโs why I want to give a shout-out to some brilliant, genuine voices in and around the procurement space.
People who are putting their own stamp on things and who are helping make this profession more visible, more human, and more valuable. ๐ช
Give these people a follow, a view, a like, or even better, get involved in the comments:
Gary Mander - the Jerome Flynn of Public Procurement
Kevin Smith (MCIPS) - Founder of Procurement 101 Ltd
Mark H. - Ex-Procurement pro, but now a very thoughtful performance coach.
Susan Walsh - The queen of the (spread)sheets and The Classification Guru Ltd
Alex Farr - For your Fractional procurement needs.
Donna Bowden/Laura Sellers MCIPS - Hosts of Procurement Pivotsยฎ and procurement career coaches (and more)
Supratim Roy - Host of The Human Diaries of Procurement Podcast.
Michael Shields - Talks about topics in genuine depth, plus a soon to be published author.
Cllr. Chris Robinson FCIPS Chartered/Fleur Summers MCIPS - Hosts of the A Procurement Podcast - The Reform Rundown
Keith Wright - Procurement consultant specialising in the building trade.
Mark B. Logan, - Great guy, public procurement professional and creates fun content.
Gary Salterpicco - Very much a human-first procurement pro.
Rebecca Bellairs - Marketing procurement pro
Fred Copestake - Master of orange hats, and a sales guy who can talk to procurement.
Oh, and Tom Mills & Tanya W. - no intro needed, the OGs.
The platform doesnโt need more bots.
It doesnโt need more empty โgreat post!โ comments.
It doesnโt need more beige thought leadership wearing a fake moustache and calling itself original.
It needs more people with actual views.
More nuance, lived experience, professional honesty.
So hereโs my small ask: Give authenticity a chance.
Read the longer post.
Back the creator whoโs clearly put thought into what theyโre saying.
Engage with content that has a bit of meat on the bone.
And please, for the love of all things procurement, donโt give in to the bots, the clickbait, and the LinkedIn karaoke.
Original voices matter, so letโs make sure theyโre heard.
