by m93718 | 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 m93718 | Aug 12, 2019 | Rapid Acquisition
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Reverse-Mapping the Acquisition Valley of Death What if we mapped our way across the Acquisition “Valley of Death” … backwards? In the past, I’ve advised small businesses to consider SBIRs as a first step in daisy-chaining their way across...
by m93718 | 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...
by m93718 | Aug 6, 2019 | Anonymous Innovator, Mindset
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Anonymous Innovator Series: Be Innovative or Get Promoted, Pick One. 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...
by m93718 | Jul 25, 2019 | Accelerate, Policy
Disrupting Acquisition Blog Authority, Autonomy, and Accountability Here’s the bad news: the US defense fielding enterprise—the combined efforts of Congress and the Executive Branch to field relevant defense capabilities—is not meeting our Nation’s needs. At a time...
by m93718 | Jul 24, 2019 | Mindset, Policy
Disrupting Acquisition Blog The Purpose of the Defense Acquisition System in a Four Word Mantra “The Defense Acquisition System exists to manage the nation’s investments in technologies, programs, and product support necessary to achieve the National Security...
