{"id":6313,"slug":"rfp","name":"RFP","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T23:33:13.759504+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":[],"episodes":[{"id":"4dd2bae1-b420-4320-ad8e-3042798fd822","slug":"s18e05-babel-notices-our-scientists-recommend-we","subject":"s18e05: Babel Notices; Our Scientists Recommend We Research Fusion Power; An Unusually Diverse and Complex Technology Estate; Neurodevelopmental Disorders","title":"Babel Notices; Our Scientists Recommend We Research Fusion Power; An Unusually Diverse and Complex Technology Estate; Neurodevelopmental Disorders","publish_date":"2024-03-28T19:38:29.252162+00:00","year":2024,"month":3,"season":18,"episode":5,"episode_label":"s18e05","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s18e05-babel-notices-our-scientists-recommend-we/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1137,"context":" … in the talk example can be used at different stages, or contexts, like <mark>RFP</mark> development or more informal settings\n\nSo: that’s\nWednesday 10 April\n, 11am PT, with … ","reading_minutes":6},{"id":"c8e890d7-ed99-40ad-b622-84b7fce62795","slug":"s18e02-everything-is-better-except","subject":"s18e02: Everything is Better, Except...","title":"Everything is Better, Except...","publish_date":"2024-03-12T00:00:00+00:00","year":2024,"month":3,"season":18,"episode":2,"episode_label":"s18e02","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s18e02-everything-is-better-except/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1663,"context":" … I need to get back to, uh, responding to this <mark>RFP</mark> about um improving procurement.\n\nHow are you doing? Are you also\nexhausted\n?\n\nBest,\n\nDan\n\nHow you can … ","reading_minutes":8},{"id":"dd214afe-1999-4943-8e9d-f1165b2d92cd","slug":"s16e14-the-torment-nexus-section-rfps-man-rfps","subject":"s16e14: The Torment Nexus Section; RFPs, man. RFPs.","title":"The Torment Nexus Section; RFPs, man. RFPs.","publish_date":"2023-10-13T22:54:40.784297+00:00","year":2023,"month":10,"season":16,"episode":14,"episode_label":"s16e14","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s16e14-the-torment-nexus-section-rfps-man-rfps/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1815,"context":" … Nobody likes responding to <mark>RFPs</mark>, and I reckon <mark>RFPs</mark> are at least 80% bullshit jobs\n[6]\n. 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And ultimately, those constraints were imposed by state … ","reading_minutes":16},{"id":"0a571cf4-ca0f-4669-a780-f3d1105bc42e","slug":"s2e27-previously","subject":"s2e27: Previously","title":"Previously","publish_date":"2015-12-15T00:00:00+00:00","year":2015,"month":12,"season":2,"episode":27,"episode_label":"s02e27","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s2e27-previously/","is_premium":0,"word_count":765,"context":" … turn a giant, 1200+ page monolithic <mark>RFP</mark> for about $500m worth of new Child Welfare Service technology into a modular <mark>RFP</mark> that requires agile, iterative delivery and puts … ","reading_minutes":4},{"id":"0a363390-c6e7-4d10-b624-6febbc22154d","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-eighty-nine-ops-not-apps","subject":"Episode One Hundred and Eighty Nine: Ops, Not Apps; The Internet (Of Things); Reviewing Reviewing A Year In Review","title":"Ops, Not Apps; The Internet (Of Things); Reviewing Reviewing A Year In Review","publish_date":"2015-01-26T00:00:00+00:00","year":2015,"month":1,"season":null,"episode":189,"episode_label":"episode 189","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/episode-one-hundred-and-eighty-nine-ops-not-apps/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1924,"context":" … there is no <mark>RFP</mark> you can write for a vendor to bid on that will fix this process or make it markedly better. 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