Consequences of Knowledge is Power, Growth & Evolution even in Federal Acquisition Artwork

Innovation in Government Business

Hosted by: Strategic Institute for Innovation in Government Contracting - Few subjects have been studied more than federal acquisition for the development and delivering of new capability and innovation. Since the 1980's the system has empirically and anecdotally demonstrated abysmal performance. The best and brightest have proffered solutions and Congress has followed with polices and mandates to encourage these. Leadership, specifically within the DoD has chosen to ignore these mandates. This is a rare case, where polices are far more advanced than practice, yet the stagnation continues and even gets worse. This podcast is for those interested in solving our Nation's critical technological challenges, by offering solutions, lessons learned, and highlighting the incredible potential of Other Transactions Agreements for fielding new advanced capability. If you are a federal acquisition professional or industry partner we invite you to explore the art of the possible.

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Innovation in Government Business

Consequences of Knowledge is Power, Growth & Evolution even in Federal Acquisition

July 09, 2025 • Strategic Institute for Innovation in Government Contracting • Season 3 • Episode 8

In this podcast episode, Strategic Institute, discusses what has been largely missing in the attempts to use mandated flexible authorities to improve federal acquisition for R&D and delivering new capabilities - KNOWLEDGE.

In the rush to use these authorities as a 'work-around' 'hack' 'easy button' or turn them into a process an important steps have been missed. Namely the acquisition of knowledge through education, exploration and experimentation. This has occurred for numerous reasons. However, if leadership and professionals are serious about earnestly improving outcomes it equipping themselves with knowledge, empowerment, is essential.

What do you think? Should Federal Acquisition pros just go along with whatever the rhetoric says, or should they seek to become knowledgeable and share it?