Disrupting Acquisition Blog
It Can’t Be Just You Making a Difference
It’s not the hero who creates lasting change in an organization: it’s the fractals.
Reverse-Mapping the Acquisition Valley of Death
What if, rather than starting with today’s new tech and looking for a future home for it, we started with how we want to look in the future and worked our way backwards?
Dear Acquisition Culture, Get Well Soon
Some parts of Acquisition culture aren’t likely to improve, but we can learn to “tend” what won’t get better.
Anonymous Innovator Series: Be Innovative or Get Promoted, Pick One.
Would you rather choose traditional “success” or follow your passion? How far will you go to advance Innovation in your organization? Read more from a fellow Anonymous Innovator!
Authority, Autonomy, and Accountability
DoD must address these key principles to fundamentally improve defense fielding to enable future reforms.
The Purpose of the Defense Acquisition System in a Four Word Mantra
The purpose of the defense acquisition system can be summarized in a mantra as: Deliver better solutions faster.
PRO TIP: The 3 P’s of Making Change
Today’s blog post shares a few tips on how to introduce change within a bureaucracy – it can be done!
Hurry! Spread the Word! Rapid Acquisition is Speed with Discipline to Learn Fast, NOT Just Fail Fast!
Words have meaning. Establish a learn fast, learn often strategy to enable continual pivot point opportunities to reduce program risk, not a fail fast, fail often strategy that is too costly in both time and resources.
To Jump or Not to Jump, That is the Question…
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…
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