DOD Needs a Pilot Shortage

DOD Needs a Pilot Shortage

Disrupting Acquisition Blog DOD Needs a Pilot Shortage ​No, not the warriors who fly aircraft into combat, DoD needs many, many more of them. What I’m talking about is pilot programs where a set of programs experiment with a new approach. The DoD bureaucracy is...
New Acquisition Titles

New Acquisition Titles

Disrupting Acquisition Blog New Acquisition Titles In reading a recent CNAS article on AI, Paul Scharre referenced Will Roper as the former “Chief Acquisition Officer for the U.S. Air Force”. I immediately thought CAO has a much better ring to it than Air Force...
Leaders Intend but Workforce Interprets

Leaders Intend but Workforce Interprets

Disrupting Acquisition Blog Leaders Intend but Workforce Interprets No matter how many policies and acquisition tools come down from senior leaders — regardless of how creative, streamlined, or innovative — I almost always feel there is something missing...
Middle Tier of Acquisition and Cheeseburger Salad

Middle Tier of Acquisition and Cheeseburger Salad

Disrupting Acquisition Blog Middle Tier of Acquisition and Cheeseburger Salad “What the heck is that?” My colleague and I are having lunch on the patio of his favorite burger place so that we can talk about the Adaptive Acquisition Framework and how it is better than...