by ltedder | Oct 8, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Middle Tier of Acquisition in 1991—and Why It Matters Today Everyone seems a little frantic to figure out Middle Tier of Acquisition (MTA) as well as non-FAR-based Other Transactions because we all know you can’t go fast with the FAR and...
by petemodi | Sep 12, 2019 | Agile, Digital, Mindset
Advanced Manufacturing Marketplace (AMM) Five Leading Business Strategies for Defense Innovation Thinkers50 is a leader in identifying, ranking, and sharing extraordinary management and business thinking. If you haven’t seen their site and annual awards,...
by ltedder | Sep 10, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Training in Caves, Not Silos As an acquisition professional, I wasn’t trained in a silo: I was trained in a cave. I got all the right certifications and then some, yet only now do I understand how much I missed—and how little I understood...
by Roger Thrasher | Sep 9, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Principles of War, Axioms of Acquisition Honed by hundreds of years of battlefield experiences, many militaries have developed “Principles of War” to represent leading truths in the conduct of warfare. Not surprisingly, there is overlap...
by ltedder | Aug 27, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog It Can’t Be Just You Making a Difference It can’t be just you. Ever. No matter how good you are at disrupting the status quo. It can’t be just you out there, creating and driving change. If it is just you, then as soon as you’re gone, then...
by ltedder | Aug 7, 2019 | Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Dear Acquisition Culture, Get Well Soon 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...
