Opening your invitation…
Someone who knows your work chose you for this.
, you’ve been nominated for The Practice’s Founding 50.
Nominated by
Why you were nominated
Your category. Your negotiation. Your Friday afternoon.
Every Friday, procurement professionals come together to work through real challenges.
Not hypothetical exercises.
Not another presentation.
Real problems, different perspectives and practical judgement.
It’s a membership. Not a course.
The invitation is yours to accept.
Try it before you decide
Up to eleven free Fridays before you pay anything.
- 5 Friday Fix sessions4 December to 29 January. Pick them below when you accept. Come to one or all five.
- 6 founding Fridays12 February to 19 March 2027, if you’re selected for the Founding 50.
You decide on membership after 24 March 2027. Nothing is charged before then.
You’ve been nominated to participate in The Practice.
Accepting your invitation allows you to register for free Friday Fix sessions and experience the community.Accept, and you can book free Friday Fix sessions and see how the room works.
Decline your invitation? You can still come to a public Friday Fix later.
Experience The Practice for free
Join a Friday Fix session before deciding whether to become a member.
- December 2026
- 4 and 11 December.
- January 2027
- 15, 22 and 29 January.
- Time
- Fridays, 3-4 pm Melbourne.
Founding 50
The Practice officially opens on 8 February 2027, with our first Friday session on 12 February.
Founding members receive six free Friday sessions from 12 February to 19 March 2027.
Free founding access ends 24 March 2027.
After that, choose whether to continue at AU$600 + GST annually.
Your founding price is guaranteed for five years, provided you renew annually.
No five-year commitment.
Founding applications close 5 February 2027, or earlier if all 50 places are filled.
Congratulations, .
You’ve accepted your invitation to The Practice.
We’re pleased you’ve decided to join the conversation. Now choose the Fridays that work for you.
Choose your free Fridays.
Pre-launch Friday Fix sessions on Zoom. Choose as many as you like. They’re free, and separate from the six founding Fridays that start on 12 February.
The introductory series has concluded. The last pre-launch Friday Fix ran on 29 January 2027.
The remaining Friday Fix sessions are full. Reply to Ashokk’s email and he’ll let you know if a place opens up.
Your nomination is with Ashokk for the Founding 50, which is by selection. If you’d like to apply as well, you can apply here.
The Founding 50 places have been filled. Membership opens to the next intake at AU$1,239 a year plus GST, with one free month. See how membership works.
You’re registered. See you Friday.
Your Fridays
Confirmation details, including your Zoom link, will arrive by email.
Your registration is saved. To get your Zoom link and calendar invite now, confirm each Friday on cal.com using the links above.
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Founding 50 membership is a separate decision, by selection. Your registration doesn’t allocate a place or create any payment.
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Someone who knows your work chose you for this.
Your category. Your negotiation. Your Friday afternoon.
You’ve been put forward for one of fifty founding places in The Practice: one hour every Friday, 3pm Melbourne, working through real procurement problems with experienced peers. A nomination puts you in consideration. Places are offered by selection.
Five steps, and you decide at the end.
- NowAccept the invitationThis page. Pick your free Friday Fix sessions as you accept.
- By Fri 5 Feb 2027ApplyA short form, below. No cost and no card details.
- ThenGet a decisionBy email, either way.
- Opens Mon 8 Feb · Fridays 12 Feb to 19 Mar 2027Six free Fridays, if selected3pm Melbourne. Nothing is charged.
- From 24 Mar 2027Decide whether to continueAs a paying member, or not, and you owe nothing.
- AU$600 a year
- Plus GST, AU$660 including GST. Only if you continue.
- Price held five years
- As long as you renew each year. Renewal is optional, with no five-year commitment.
- 40+ live Fridays
- At least 40 sessions a year.
- 50 founding places
- By selection, for a mix of experience, categories and industries. A nomination doesn’t guarantee one.
Not ready to join? Come to a Friday Fix.
Experience The Practice before deciding.
Bring a real procurement challenge, hear how experienced peers approach it, and see how the room works.
Free. One hour. Fridays at 3pm Melbourne.
- Five pre-launch sessions, December to January, before The Practice opens.
- Separate from the six free founding Fridays, and they don’t count towards them.
- Optional. You can apply for a founding place without coming to one.
The pre-launch Friday Fix sessions have finished. Accept my invitation.
Almost there. One step left.
Know someone who’d bring a good problem? Send them the link. It’s free for them too.
Want a founding place as well? That’s a separate application. Accept my invitation.
Founding applications close Fri 5 Feb 2027, or earlier if all fifty places are filled.
Tell me about the work on your desk.
I read every application before choosing the fifty. No cost and no card details at this stage.
Try it before you decide. Up to eleven free Fridays before you pay anything: the five Friday Fix sessions from 4 December, then six founding Fridays from 12 February if you’re selected. You decide on membership after 24 March 2027.
Ashokk is in the room every week, with a rotating faculty of guests: people who have run the function, people who sell to it for a living, and operators from outside procurement entirely.
Thank you. Your application has been received.
I read every application before choosing the fifty. You’ll get a decision by email. If you’re selected, you’ll get the year’s calendar and your place in the six free Fridays from 12 February.