{"id":1209,"date":"2013-10-11T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/sourcing_leaders_blueprint3_101113\/"},"modified":"2013-10-11T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T09:56:00","slug":"sourcing_leaders_blueprint3_101113","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/sourcing_leaders_blueprint3_101113\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when you put the leaders of an industry in one room?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I honesty cannot tell you&#8230; but it&#8217;ll be fun finding out!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs50-blueprint-sessions_021412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blueprint 1.0<\/a> we all figured out what the biggest challenges actually <em>were<\/em> in the sourcing industry;<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs50_thoughts_102712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blueprint 2.0<\/a> we debated them vociferously with the buyers and providers;<\/p>\n<p>And in the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueprintsessions.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blueprint 3.0<\/a> we&#8217;re going to put words into action by bringing together all the key stakeholders in outsourcing and shared services. \u00a0And we&#8217;re even going as far an inviting the leading sourcing advisors&#8230; oh boy, what on <em>earth<\/em> are we doing?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueprintsessions.org\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14490\" title=\"Pontiffs-and-Captains\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Pontiffs-and-Captains.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"765\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you handle this? 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