In a working session last week on why generic AI keeps failing at pricing precision, I landed on four words. In a working session last week on why generic AI keeps failing at pricing precision, I landed on four words: AI depreciates, context appreciates. I posted them...
How to protect pricing, preserve historical quote logic, and decide whether to renew, renegotiate, or migrate. If your CPQ vendor has been acquired, check your non-renewal deadline first. A CPQ vendor acquisition does not automatically rewrite your agreement....
The best CPQ for technology service providers is not the one with the most AI features. By the end of this year almost everyone will have those. The platforms that matter can govern what the AI decides, because that is where these projects fail. Five clear that bar....
In complex B2B deals, a fast first quote can be a vanity metric that quietly kills your margins. The real bleed happens in the revision loop: the messy, unmeasured middle mile where deals leak margin, consume scarce specialist hours, and stall in internal queues....
A 2026 CFO guide to pricing, margin, and AI quotes: where commercial authority should live, and how to prove the rule applied to a deal was the rule Finance intended. Executive summary A commercial control plane is the governed layer where an enterprise defines and...
