The Red Review Podcast

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The combination of increased government spending and procurement delays will mean we need more great bid and proposal people in our industry. So how will we attract the right talent? buff.ly/3naCpOU

A recent study by Amazon Web Services found that buyers will stop reading after only 111 words, that the average attention span of an adult doing a digital task is 40 seconds. How does this impact your bidding strategy? buff.ly/2C9oofe

Mike and Jeremy meet Josh Ellars, Founder and CEO of Patri. They discuss decision making during a bid - no bid phase and the benefits of using data to improve your bidding decisions. buff.ly/3CaXFbB

Mike and Jeremy disagree on the impact of challenging a procurement decision and share their experiences of challenge. buff.ly/3wGDaCC

Mike and Jeremy meet Nyree McKenzie, the inspirational leader of BidHive. They talk about Nyree's start up journey, her highs and lows and the next steps for BidHive and the BidHive Academy. buff.ly/3Hlf70Y

Mike and Jeremy discuss the best ways to give and get feedback, review forms, briefing reviewers and a range of other factors that will make your reviews more effective. (Part 2 of 2) buff.ly/3wManwy

Mike and Jeremy discuss review techniques and strategy. They debate the effectiveness of colour reviews, the impact of bid terrorists on your reviews and share some top tips for improving review effectiveness. (Part 1 of 2) buff.ly/3DfGhnl

You've got 100 days to get your business and work winning function into shape. Where do you begin? @mike_reader and @Jeremy_brim discuss the factors businesses need to be considering now to get ready for the 'street fight' that will come post-COVID19. buff.ly/3DgHx9P

Mike and Jeremy talk through the approach Mike's team have taken to procuring a consultant panel of bid consultants and what they found through the process. buff.ly/3qApnfS

It's that time again for Mike and Jeremy to get a reality check and find out ... what do procurement really think! Tom Crowe of @SolutionsTom joins @Mike_Reader and @Jeremy_Brim for a discussion on procurement trends, tips and tricks for bidders. buff.ly/3b8oylj

Bidding heavyweight and all-round great guy, @Chris_eib of @EiBgrp joins Jeremy to share his career experiences and lessons learned from working in mega bids, JV's and alliances. buff.ly/2ZnAHRf

In this episode, @Jeremy_brim is joined by James Tattersfield of @polarinsight to talk about using research to inform the shaping of services and products into winning formulas. buff.ly/3jz9IZL

Listen as @Jeremy_Brim is joined by Katie Dongworth of @PipsterSolution. She talks about her experience of trying to get into the bidding discipline, training, volunteering and finding a job along the way. buff.ly/3GkNO6c

Jeremy is joined by senior procurement pro, social enterprise chief and SME champion @Gill1beany to talk post Brexit procurement reform and initiatives in truly generating social value for communities. buff.ly/3b46pp1

Capture if you can! @yukibofuki joins @Jeremy_Brim for a conversation about the difference between Capture in the US and Europe. buff.ly/3pwAGFe

What happened to bid teams in the pandemic? And what should we learn? Jeremy is joined by Victoria Johnson of Bid Writing Services to talk about how bid teams were affected and impacted during the pandemic and what we can learn from it for the future. buff.ly/3Erir8D

Career advice for writers! Jeremy catches up with Karen Croshaw on all things bid writing, from how she entered the discipline to her advice on career and personal development for writers. buff.ly/3BmfJiN