World of Procurement / The AI Procurement Blueprint (Substack)

Ready Teams Don’t Urgently Need AI. The Teams That Need It The Most Aren’t Ready.

The article outlines the "Procurement AI Paradox," where teams with clean data, clear processes and documented criteria can deploy AI agents quickly but already experience low pain, while the most pain‑stricken teams lack the readiness to adopt AI. It argues that readiness and urgency sit on opposite ends of a spectrum, not a continuum. Although high‑performing teams don’t *need* AI to survive, deploying it can still unlock new efficiencies across the procurement lifecycle. Conversely, teams that need AI most must first build the foundational data and governance structures before they can benefit.