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Shop Talk

Shop Talk

One feature per episode, fifteen minutes, two colleagues talking shop. George hosts, Sofia brings ten years of procurement. Live demos on the sample workspace, five plus use cases per episode, and real life experiences. The first two minutes of every episode play free.

The Desk Shop Talk episode 15 min
Shop Talk · Episode 1 · 2 min free preview

The Desk

The screen you land on: your whole estate read, weighed by money and time, and ranked into what actually needs you today.

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Contracts: the ledger and the record Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 2 · 2 min free preview

Contracts: the ledger and the record

Every agreement one line, with the signed paper attached, built by reading documents rather than typing rows.

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Add a contract Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 3 · 2 min free preview

Add a contract

The short upload wizard, and the reading that turns a PDF into vendor, term, value, and renewal date on its own.

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Benchmarking Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 4 · 2 min free preview

Benchmarking

The three answers on every deal: your discount off the paper, the peer range with its midpoint, and where you rank.

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A vendor benchmark page Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 5 · 2 min free preview

A vendor benchmark page

One vendor end to end: the discount curve by deal size, where your deal sits, and the levers with what each is worth.

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Delivered reports Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 6 · 2 min free preview

Delivered reports

The report library, and narrative reports that read like a senior analyst wrote them, exported to match.

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Contract decode Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 7 · 2 min free preview

Contract decode

Drop one contract and every clause is identified, explained in plain English, and graded from your side of the table.

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The vendor dossier Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 8 · 2 min free preview

The vendor dossier

A six document briefing case on one vendor, assembled and forwardable, for walking in knowing more than the account team expects.

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Case Mode Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 9 · 2 min free preview

Case Mode

Hand Vera the negotiation: she corresponds, argues the number round by round, and stops for you at every decision.

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Microsoft EA renewal playbook Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 10 · 2 min free preview

Microsoft EA renewal playbook

Mission control for the EA renewal: the corridor, the Copilot cost lab, and the heatmap of what you already own.

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Oracle Fusion ERP pricing Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 11 · 2 min free preview

Oracle Fusion ERP pricing

Price a Fusion order against Oracle's own published list, module by module, with the levers Oracle actually grants.

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The command desk Shop Talk episode 19 min
Shop Talk · Episode 12 · 2 min free preview

The command desk

The queue rail ranks every supplier by what it needs; the desk file loads beside it so you work deal after deal.

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Renewals Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 13 · 2 min free preview

Renewals

The runway, the calendar, and the playbook that starts on time, built on notice windows rather than renewal dates.

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Second opinion Shop Talk episode 19 min
Shop Talk · Episode 14 · 2 min free preview

Second opinion

The pre-signature check: drop the deal that is about to be signed and get an independent read before commitment.

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Ask Vera Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 15 · 2 min free preview

Ask Vera

The front desk of the whole platform: ask anything about your contracts, renewals, spend, or the market, cited back to the source.

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The archive Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 16 · 2 min free preview

The archive

Every document read and filed, the registers building themselves, and the estate placed against the market.

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Compare contracts Shop Talk episode 15 min
Shop Talk · Episode 17 · 2 min free preview

Compare contracts

Two agreements read in full, every shared term graded to your side, catching the quiet edits before signature.

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Agreements workbench Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 18 · 2 min free preview

Agreements workbench

The terms inside the paper as working data: obligations both directions, caps, notice windows, renewal mechanics.

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Vendors Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 19 · 2 min free preview

Vendors

The roster: every vendor with its spend, paper, renewals, and posture, and the record you open before any meeting.

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Vendor twin Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 20 · 2 min free preview

Vendor twin

A living model of each vendor relationship: what you own, what you pay, how they behave, and what it should cost.

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Negotiation desk Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 21 · 2 min free preview

Negotiation desk

Active negotiations, staged and tracked.

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Sourcing Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 22 · 2 min free preview

Sourcing

Intake to award: the sourcing pipeline.

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Portfolio Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 23 · 2 min free preview

Portfolio

The whole estate on one page: spend, risk, and coverage.

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Portfolio map Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 24 · 2 min free preview

Portfolio map

The estate drawn as a map.

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The briefing Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 25 · 2 min free preview

The briefing

What changed and what needs you, in one read.

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Savings Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 26 · 2 min free preview

Savings

Savings found, banked, and proven.

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Spend Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 27 · 2 min free preview

Spend

Software spend by vendor, category, and trend.

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Invoices Shop Talk episode 19 min
Shop Talk · Episode 28 · 2 min free preview

Invoices

Line-item invoice intelligence against the contract.

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Strategy Shop Talk episode 14 min
Shop Talk · Episode 29 · 2 min free preview

Strategy

The year plan: where the leverage is and when.

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Vendor calendar Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 30 · 2 min free preview

Vendor calendar

Fiscal year ends and the moments vendors move.

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Document search Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 31 · 2 min free preview

Document search

Ask across every stored document and land on the clause.

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Data health Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 32 · 2 min free preview

Data health

How complete the estate record is, and what to fix next.

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Obligations Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 33 · 2 min free preview

Obligations

Commitments with owners and dates.

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Anomalies Shop Talk episode 15 min
Shop Talk · Episode 34 · 2 min free preview

Anomalies

The numbers that do not look right, surfaced.

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Opportunities Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 35 · 2 min free preview

Opportunities

Ranked savings opportunities across the estate.

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Tasks Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 36 · 2 min free preview

Tasks

The runway of work, assigned and dated.

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Approvals Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 37 · 2 min free preview

Approvals

Sign-off chains for the decisions that need one.

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Team Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 38 · 2 min free preview

Team

Who is in the workspace and what they are working.

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Workflows Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 39 · 2 min free preview

Workflows

Standing automations that carry work forward.

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The Agent Center Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 40 · 2 min free preview

The Agent Center

Your standing staff: watchdogs, autopilots, and analysts.

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Reporting studio Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 41 · 2 min free preview

Reporting studio

Compose branded deliverables from your data.

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The research library Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 42 · 2 min free preview

The research library

Market research, playbooks, and outlooks to read and forward.

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The Wire Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 43 · 2 min free preview

The Wire

Vendor news that matters to your renewals.

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Price watch Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 44 · 2 min free preview

Price watch

List-price movements watched for you.

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Price-list watch Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 45 · 2 min free preview

Price-list watch

Vendor price lists tracked edition over edition.

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Quote faceoff Shop Talk episode 16 min
Shop Talk · Episode 46 · 2 min free preview

Quote faceoff

Two quotes head to head.

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Audit decoder Shop Talk episode 18 min
Shop Talk · Episode 47 · 2 min free preview

Audit decoder

An audit letter translated into positions and next moves.

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Rate benchmark Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 48 · 2 min free preview

Rate benchmark

Services rates against the market.

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Cloud cost Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 49 · 2 min free preview

Cloud cost

Cloud commitments benchmarked and optimized.

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M365 optimization Shop Talk episode 17 min
Shop Talk · Episode 50 · 2 min free preview

M365 optimization

Seats, SKUs, and the mix that costs less.

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Want the structured course instead? The webinar series covers the platform in ten sessions. And for two minute tool demos, see the video library.