Keeping It Real

Blending Work and Life — On Purpose

Earlier this month, I took my 17-year-old daughter with me on a work trip to Las Vegas.

It made me think back to how I grew up — living in Southeast Asia and South America in the '90s, where the lines between work and life didn’t just blur — they disappeared. In the expat community, my dad’s business trips were family vacations.

His “work mode” wasn’t some separate version of him — it was just life. Meetings, friendships, dinners, deals — all part of the same story.

I wanted my daughter to see that too. Not just to tag along, but to see what work really is — people, energy, conversations, relationships. Not just titles and tasks.

And honestly? It was one of the best decisions I’ve made in a long time.

She saw a side of me she never would’ve otherwise — and she met some truly great people along the way. People I spend a lot of time with.

If I hadn’t brought her, I know I would have regretted it.
Bringing her? I’ll never regret making that memory.

My takeaway:
When life gives you a chance to mix work and family, take it.

You’ll never regret making a memory.
You’ll only regret the ones you didn’t make.

Did You Catch This?

Your Talent Supply Chain Needs Optionality Too

Everyone’s rethinking their goods supply chain right now — moving from global to regional hubs, diversifying suppliers, building resilience against disruption.

But here’s the thing: your talent supply chain is no different.

If your entire contingent workforce strategy depends on one (or few) big staffing partners, one talent sourcing model, or one technology platform, you’re just as exposed as a supply chain that depends on one factory halfway across the world.

The future belongs to companies that build optionality into every part of their supply chain — talent included.

That means diversifying where your candidates come from.
It means building regional and specialized supplier ecosystems.
It means creating pathways for emerging suppliers, not just squeezing the same list harder.

At Murmur, we’re helping companies rethink their supplier ecosystems.

🔥 Here’s My Hot Take :

Optionality isn’t about having more suppliers.
It’s about having the right suppliers, ready at the right time, providing the right talent to the business. 

From the Murmur-verse

We spent some time at ProcureCon recently, and it was a great reminder:

Murmur isn’t trying to replace what you already have, we’re helping you build on it.

And I was so grateful for the feedback we received.

Programs love how modular Murmur is — whether you’re running fully self-managed, just starting to pull away from an MSP, or operating something in between.

✅ Murmur fits around your existing program goals, not the other way around.
✅ VMS in place? No problem.
✅ Still on spreadsheets? Also, no problem.

Gen 0 to Gen ♾️ — we work with whatever setup you’ve got, and help build a supplier ecosystem that actually grows with you.

Stop managing suppliers like it’s 2010.
Murmur gives you the tools (and the team) to evolve your supply chain for what’s next — without burning down what’s already working.

To learn more, reach out to me or [email protected]