What do public procurement professionals and superheroes have in common? More than you’d think. While we don’t know many procurement pros with super strength or laser vision, we do know a ton who are the driving force behind their agencies and their communities. Every year, we at Bonfire dig through our databases and gather third-party information to create the State of Public Sourcing report. This report uncovers emerging priorities and trends as well as how outside factors are influencing the current reality of public procurement teams. The 2022 report is here and we are blown away by the heroic efforts in the face of huge increases in project volumes and tighter human resources—among other challenges. Through analyzing data from nearly 500 public agencies, we identified five key areas that procurement pros like you are flexing your superpowers: Vendor DiversityCollaborationClient ServiceDigitizationCost Savings On this episode of Inside Public Procurement, we sit down with our very own Emily Lambert, Manager of Content Marketing at Bonfire and the force behind the State of Public Sourcing report. Emily walks us through the findings of the report and what they mean for the future of public procurement, how to leverage these insights to unlock your own superpowers, and why you should embrace the community of your peers and their experiences. Get your free digital copy of this report at gobonfire.com/super-sourcing. You can find this interview, and many more, by subscribing to Inside Public Procurement on Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or gobonfire.com/podcast. Listening on a desktop and can’t see the links? Just search for Inside Public Procurement in your favorite podcast player.