The Eureka Moment and The Changing Procurement Landscape

Join us for our next Agile Denver meetup — a space to connect, learn, and leave a little more grounded than when you arrived. By the way, we plan to have Thai food so arrive early.. it goes quick!

🎤 This Month's Talk: Coming soon!
Connect with your speaker Shayne Cumine on LinkedIn.

Session Outline
Phase 1: The "Before Times" - Living at the Bottom of the Pyramid
∙The Reality of the Traditional Procurement Pyramid
∙The High-Stakes Public Sector Bottleneck
∙The Breaking Point (Cognitive Bandwidth Drain)
Phase 2: The Catalyst & The "Eureka Moment"
∙Early AI Skepticism
∙The Eureka Moment (From Probabilistic to Deterministic)
∙The Five-Part Prompt Architecture (Role, Persona, Constraints, Task, Format)
Phase 3: The Build - Operational Subtraction & Sequential Stacking
∙Starting Small: Solving Single-Point Friction
∙Sequential Stacking (Chaining the Workflow)
∙Humans Check Exceptions
Phase 4: The Transformation - Flipping the Pyramid into the Diamond
∙Shrinking the Transactional Base (Automated by Tech & AI)
∙Expanding the Operational Core (Guided by Tech & AI)
∙Elevating the Strategic Peak (Leveraged by Tech & AI)
Phase 5: The Future — Culture, Governance & "What Do We Do Monday Morning?"
∙Protecting Team Buy-In (Eliminating the "Replacement" Fear)
∙The Training Dilemma (Bringing up the Next Generation)
∙How can you do this today?

Shayne Cumine is the Procurement and Contracts director at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood. He has been with the Colorado Department of Early Childhood for three years, and with the state of Colorado for 14.

Shayne's current role primarily focuses on optimizing procurement operations and systemic efficiency. He also championed building custom AI tools for CDEC to enhance daily workflows, specifically focused on creating gems to solve problems quickly and efficiently. With an innovative approach to making AI highly usable for non-experts, his AI work focuses on reducing technical barriers and sparking the "eureka moments" that allow teams to confidently embrace new technology.

🗓 Schedule
5:30–6:05 PM — Community Networking
6:05–6:15 PM — Agile Denver Announcements & Sponsor Recognition
6:15–7:15 PM — Presentation & Discussion
7:15–7:30 PM — Final Questions & Wrap Up

Location:
📍Shift Workplaces - Bannock, 1001 Bannock St, Denver, CO 80204
Partner Callout: We’re grateful to the Shift Workspaces team at the Bannock location for generously providing this space for our community. You can learn more about coworking and meeting space options from our partner at https://shiftworkspaces.com/locations/bannock/.

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Connect with your host Aakash Singhal on LinkedIn.