Bridging the Policy Gap

Bridging the Policy Gap

Accelerate Accelerate Home Accelerate Culture Accelerate Requirements Accelerate System Design Accelerate Execution Accelerate Contracting A First-Person Approach from Lorna Tedder The somewhat natural adversity between Acquisition policy makers/keepers and the...

Run With Scissors

Accelerate Accelerate Home Accelerate Culture Accelerate Requirements Accelerate System Design Accelerate Execution Accelerate Contracting Run With Scissors “Ironically, being risk averse may be the biggest risk of all.” –Authority, Autonomy and Accountability:...

Create a Culture of Experimentation

Accelerate Accelerate Home Accelerate Culture Accelerate Requirements Accelerate System Design Accelerate Execution Accelerate Contracting Create a Culture of Experimentation “Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” Albert Einstein Executing...

Communicate Why

Accelerate Accelerate Home Accelerate Culture Accelerate Requirements Accelerate System Design Accelerate Execution Accelerate Contracting Communicate Why If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work,...

Recognize Your People

Accelerate Accelerate Home Accelerate Culture Accelerate Requirements Accelerate System Design Accelerate Execution Accelerate Contracting Incentives, awards, and other forms of recognition contribute to shape a culture. Public recognition may be for individual...

Delegate Decision Authorities

Accelerate Accelerate Home Accelerate Culture Accelerate Requirements Accelerate System Design Accelerate Execution Accelerate Contracting SCO’s [DoD’s Strategic Capabilities Office] secret is fairly simple: empowering program managers with design tradespace,...