As we start to break for the Thanksgiving week one thing I would recommend everyone get on your shopping list is a Radon monitor. A blog post from the late Susan Wojcicki published today is a good reminder that lung cancer is the 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻.

Last weekend I finished Connie Chung's Memoir. Wow, it makes working in tech feel like a walk in the park! Some things that really surprised me... -At NBC, she worked different shifts and took two 3 hour naps during the day. -Being forced to use "trying to start a family" as a reason to cancel a show when that wasn't true.

I have the privilege of being a founder. I have the privilege of talking about procurement and finance. I have the privilege of working with such a talented team and customers.

Every one of your top 20 vendors should be brought out to bid every year, even if the renewal isn't happening that year. No, you're likely not going to switch from NetSuite to Sage or Workday this year, but you'll never get the best pricing if you don't evaluate the market. Yes, this requires work and a project team to assemble the right data and ask the right questions.

Such a fun Boston evening with Procurement Foundry and NPI last night. Discussions ranged from adventurous Halloweens past, to new purple rounded logos, to Procurement’s priorities headed into the end of the year:

How do you show more savings to your CFO? 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀. Whether you're in procurement, ops, or within a business unit, getting visibility to your upcoming projects and renewals is a critical prioritization exercise people don't spend enough time on.