How to Become a Procurement Champion with Will Roberts
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This week, Bonnie sits down with Will Roberts, Director of Emerging Technologies at ASI Government and former Acquisition Lead of CDAO, to talk about what it takes to become a procurement champion. Will shares a fun yet educational approach to decodifying the contracting space and how acquisition professionals can make “mundane tasks marvelous." Tune in for his insights on the future of contracting, how to refocus your mission, and what it takes to become a humble disruptor.
TIMESTAMPS:
(4:39) What is the ultimate mission of contracting?
(7:38) How to make contracting fun again
(12:48) Key skills of a procurement champion
(16:06) The power of humility and tact
(20:36) How to avoid becoming an aggressive disruptor
(29:19) Why your inbox is killing your productivity
(31:18) Why you should memorize your mission
(34:01) The one skill all contracting professionals need right now
LINKS:
Follow Will: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-roberts-06372045/
Follow Bonnie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnie-evangelista-520747231/
CDAO: https://www.ai.mil/
Tradewinds AI: https://www.tradewindai.com/
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