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Expected reading time: 10 minutes A good vendor selection RFP does more than compare vendors. More importantly, it protects the client’s decision-making power, structures the market exploration, and keeps the selection value-driven before the vendor relationship even begins.  To begin with, many IT organizations still treat competitive selection as a procurement exercise. Teams launch an RFI, RFP, […]

What keeps work interesting at the beginning of your career isn’t necessarily what keeps it interesting years later. Responsibility changes. Experience grows. And the challenges that once felt new make way for different ones. We asked Mitiku, Wafae and Jonas what that looks like at different stages of a career at Leadout. Their answers were […]

When we asked Jonas what has kept him engaged throughout six years at Leadout, he didn’t talk about staying comfortable. He talked about taking ownership, working with complex organisations and inspiring colleagues, continuously expanding his expertise and the satisfaction of seeing his work create measurable results for clients. When experience meets uncertainty A client was […]

Expected reading time: 10 minutes Open Source Software (“OSS”) has become a foundational part of modern technology, powering everything from enterprise applications and cloud platforms to AI solutions. Yet, despite its widespread use many organizations still treat OSS as a developer tool rather than a business-critical dependency.  Open Source May Be Free to Obtain. But Is It […]

Expected reading time: 10 minutes The Savings Myth That Won’t Die:   No CFO has ever been surprised by a data centre bill going up 40% in a quarter. Plenty have been surprised by a cloud bill doing exactly that. The infrastructure changed. However, the discipline around it didn’t keep up, and that gap is where the money […]

Expected reading time: 10 minutes Microsoft’s AI Heaven Microsoft’s AI portfolio, Copilot, Agent 365 and the M365 E7 stack, represents a clear productivity leap. License it now, get ahead of the curve, and the ROI will follow as adoption matures. Your renewal is the right moment to make that move. What We Actually See on […]

Sezen Gürlek Kafaoglu is Senior Consultant in sourcing, procurement and vendor management at Leadout. In this blog, she shares what real ownership looks like in practice, and what it actually takes to build something a client will still be using years later. If you missed it, read her first feature, Vendor Management, The Untapped Space, on why the space she works in is […]

Expected reading time: 10 minutes Can AI Be Managed Like Software? AI is moving fast — but organizations believe they already know how to manage it. The tools come from familiar vendors, integrate into existing platforms, and are contracted in ways that resemble traditional software. On the surface, nothing fundamentally changes. So, the response is […]

Sezen Gürlek Kafaoglu is Senior Consultant in sourcing, procurement and vendor management at Leadout. In this blog, she explains why vendor management is one of the most underrated spaces in IT consulting. The space nobody owns Vendor management is one of those spaces that most organisations know they need, but few truly invest in. Technical teams focus on […]