Trifecta of effectiveness

The Trifecta of Effectiveness: Overview (Part 1)

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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four turnings

The Four Turnings: Strategic Planning for Federal Acquisition in the Next Era

How often have you heard me say that the cool thing about getting older is that you’ve lived long enough to recognize certain longer-term patterns? That’s the advantage of age and experience—that you have a larger quantity of data, so you start to recognize recurring structures. Some patterns, I haven’t lived long enough yet to […]

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Other Transaction agreements

Same Old Other Transaction Question, Worse Answers

I’m tired. No. No, I’m weary—bone weary.  I will seriously, totally, completely lose it if one more person asks me if they should choose an Other Transaction agreement or a FAR-based contract.  No, I mean it. Part of me doesn’t want to be so negative, but I’m just at my wit’s end. Why does this […]

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