by Lorna Tedder | Aug 7, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog A friend of mine in my non-Acquisition life is chronically ill—organ failure—sick in a horrific way. Most of us can’t imagine forcing ourselves to get up every day and deal with that kind of pain for the next three or four decades. Every...
by jenchoi | Aug 6, 2019 | Anonymous Innovator, Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog In the fantasy lands of Disney and HBO, normal citizens regularly rise above their lowly positions to rule kingdoms and don regal crowns. In the real world known as the Department of Defense, this Ned Stark is truly more rare than...
by Peter Modigliani | Jul 24, 2019 | Mindset, Policy
Disrupting Acquisition Blog “The Defense Acquisition System exists to manage the nation’s investments in technologies, programs, and product support necessary to achieve the National Security Strategy and support the United States Armed Forces. The investment...
by Daniel Ward | Jul 23, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Introducing change inside a bureaucracy is always challenging, but it’s also an important part of the job for defense acquisition professionals. The DoD needs people to lead change and drive improvements into the system, and today’s blog...
by jenchoi | Jul 17, 2019 | Mindset, Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog When you’re “in the system,” especially when it’s a massive one like the DoDI 5000.02 Defense Acquisition System, it can feel like a never-ending uphill battle… an overwhelmingly long and confusing (even contradictory at times!) set...
