𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 > 𝐄𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (in procurement and really any leadership role) Great procurement teams don’t win by forcing compliance. They win by building trust, asking better questions, and making it easier to do the right thing. If your team sees you as the blocker, you’re too late.

𝐀𝐈 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐒 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 “𝐬𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭” 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧👚 It might look new, but it’s awkward, not functional, and doesn't always boost performance. AI isn’t something you can just bolt onto an old interface. It demands rethinking the foundation:

Too often, procurement gets looped in after the big decisions: when budgets are set, tools are chosen, or vendors are already scoped. If you have a good Chief Procurement Officer, you want that person (and the team!) to be in all the key strategic leadership meetings. There is unique value and perspective procurement brings on sourcing, operational strategy, and market data that no one else has.

𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫? 🤔 Last week, President Trump signed the Executive Order titled “Restoring Common Sense to Federal Procurement.” It kicks off a sweeping reform of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), aiming to streamline how the government buys goods and services. But... FAR isn’t an organization...it's a rulebook. Think of it as the “procurement playbook” for federal agencies.

👀 Rumors are swirling about OpenAI & Windsurf (formerly Codeium) for $3B. Why would a model company buy an application-layer startup? 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐀 Most valuable company data isn't public — it's buried in internal systems: codebases, procurement workflows, financial approvals, legal docs, slacks. Do you think a Fortune 500 company is going to put journal entry memos on Reddit for models to train?

The role of 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 and 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 isn’t all that different. Both are elite capital allocators—deploying 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 with the goal of maximizing return and minimizing risk. So why do people trust them with capital? Because they have: -Superior sourcing capabilities -Better assessment and scoring frameworks -Deeper risk mitigation strategies -A track record of delivering outsized returns