by m93718 | Sep 19, 2019 | News, Policy
Disrupting Acquisition Blog USD(A&S) Ellen Lord On Acquisition Reforms and Innovation On 26 Aug 2019, Ms. Ellen Lord, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment had a press briefing on Acquisition Reform and Innovation. Here are some highlights....
by m93718 | Sep 16, 2019 | Contracting
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Dr. Griffin Can Procure More of His Christmas List! The Department of Defense now has a new authority to rapidly acquire 5G, apps, cyber, phones, IoT, satellites, cloud, encryption, AR/VR, AI, robotics, and autonomy. Expansion of a...
by m93718 | 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 m93718 | 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 m93718 | 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 m93718 | Sep 3, 2019 | Contracting
Disrupting Acquisition Blog The Formula for Fast(er) Success While interviewing acquisition teams who’ve been successful at getting things done both fast and right, I spotted a trend. You might even call it the formula for fast success—or use it as a checklist for...
