481: Leveraging Rising Contingent Workforce for Value Beyond Savings

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Contingent workforce spend is often seen as a risky, cost-based category. While lowering cost and risk is important, there is a whole range of strategic benefits available to companies that take a broader approach. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Procurement needs to think bigger and take the category to the next level so they can deliver value beyond savings. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Philip Ideson is joined by Morten Petersen, the co-founder and CEO of Worksome, as well as James Nicholls, Worksome’s Head of Enterprise, about contingent workforce trends and best practices.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They discuss a number of audience-driven topics, including: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How contingent workforce is changing, </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Procurement’s role in helping organizations think about talent more broadly, </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How contingent workforce spend can deliver a lot of value and innovation, </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">And finally, how to avoid doing more harm than good!</span></li> </ul>