Rapid Lorna – Agile Acquisition Blog
"I wasn't built for comfort—I was built for speed." — "Bad for Good"
Serialized from The Trifecta of Effectiveness: How a Badass Cubicle Dweller Optimizes Tools, Mindset, and Relationships, by Lorna E. Tedder The Trifecta of Effectiveness is a powerful conceptual framework applicable in all facets of life, not any particular professional discipline, although it fits the Acquisition career field perfectly. Envision it as a three-legged stool, with […]
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Multiple small businesses with recently terminated contracts are telling me today they’re getting stiffed by the U.S. Government for work these small businesses have already done. Smalls are being told they cannot get any relief—the usual final negotiated costs (for costs not yet invoiced, for example) or equitable adjustments, etc. A few months ago, I […]
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I’m hard-pressed to find anyone who thinks that “deferred resignations” or anything from the new OPM’s “Fork in the Road” initiative for civil servants is well-thought out—unless the plan was for utter chaos with a side of cruelty. I say this as a swing voter who was a public servant under 10 administrations and saw reductions […]
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