"I wasn't built for comfort—I was built for speed." — "Bad for Good"
I learned something new about myself today, which is always cool because learning about what makes ourselves—and others—tick helps us navigate our world better, whether in our personal lives or in our acquisition-related careers. A lot of Contracting Officers I’ve worked with, and especially Procurement Analysts in Policy, can’t seem to get enough data to […]
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If I were a supervisor or division chief again, one thing I’d do for my workforce is to push CliftonStrengths harder. I did give a similar concept a try around 10 years ago with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), which is a personality assessment tool based on Carl Jung’s theory of psychological types. It identifies […]
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That metric may not be what you think. How often do I see that with lead times, particularly where Contracting gets the blame for how long it takes to get from need to solution delivery? I got a parking ticket last week—in front of my house. I don’t have a driveway, so I have no […]
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For my Govvies, you’re probably not even aware of this bc people won’t say it out loud to you. Small businesses, consultants, board members, employees, etc, have to mind their tongues or maybe suffer financial consequences. That’s why I haven’t really talked much about this in the last 5 years–bc I might hurt organizations I […]
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