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Defense Acquisition Superheroes: Rise to the Challenge and Bring Home the Win
In this podcast, Strategic Institute highlights the opportunities, mandated by Congress (2018 & 2023) and now the President (2025), to use flexible acquisition authorities and create teams (Special Acquisition Forces) to explore,... READ MORE
The Battle of Innovation vs Convenience: Federal Acquisition and the Business of R&D
There is a battle between innovation and convenience, creativity versus compliance, expanding consciousness or constricting it. A front-line in improving federal acquisition is being fought over Other Transactions (OTs); flexible agreements intended to... READ MORE
It’s me. Hi! I’m the Problem… defense acquisition Anti-Heroes
In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute, discusses why defense acquisition, a well-known weakness in the process for R&D and delivering new advanced capabilities, stays the course despite urgent needs and mandates. A problem... READ MORE
More TEAMS Less BUREAUCRACY to Improve Defense Acquisition & What are OT Condominiums?
In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute highlights their long standing message of teaming for success. It is widely believed that family is the essential building block of society/civilization, just like a team is... READ MORE
What is the Purpose of Other Transactions & Why ‘so-called’ OT Consortia suck.
In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute gets back to basics, asking what is the purpose of Other Transactions, why were they created, what is their ‘mission’? The answer, while misunderstood by many,... READ MORE
Podcast: The DOGE Effect on Defense Acquisition – Opportunity or Nightmare?
In this podcast episode, we discuss the opportunity to make improvements in defense acquisition for R&D and new capabilities by recognizing and jettisoning systems and processes that have become institutionally corrupt, those which... READ MORE
Don’t be a JAG-off | How Government Lawyers can Enable Innovation
When it comes to innovating federal business practices for R&D and delivering new capabilities a frequently identified roadblock to bettering processes are government lawyers. Government lawyers tend to err on the side of... READ MORE
Getting the Changes in Government Business Right.
Change is coming for government, including the Department of Defense (DOD) and the defense industry. Improving government efficiency is a central initiative of the incoming Presidential administration. Change can be fast-tracked by... READ MORE