Should DoD spend half as much money twice as fast?
Here are a couple slices from a short interview with Palantir’s COO Shyam Sankar on Building the Base podcast with Hondo Geurts and Lauren Bedula. […]
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How to manage creative talent and lessons for DoD
Here’s an interesting conversation with Disney CEO Robert Iger on the a16z podcast: Alan Horn was the kind of studio executive that knew how to […]
The five big inventions of the SR-71
Here is a slice from the excellent Hermeus Podcast, with former Air Force pilot and general Robert Behler. He flew the SR-71 Blackbird, and provides […]
Does DoD not actually want startups to win programs of record?
Here’s the excellent Steve Blank on the Village’s Solarpunk podcast, Rebuilding the Department of Defense. Everyone’s talking about the PPBE — Planning, Programming, Budgeting, Execution. […]
Advanced material buys to accelerate missile production
Here’s a conversation with John Norman, VP at Raytheon of USAF airpower requirements and capability and former USAF major general, on the Aerospace Advantage podcast. […]
Intangible capital is important for the economy and defense acquisition
I think there’s a deep structural shift, which is really important. That is that intangible capital has become more and more important in our economy. The nature […]
Podcast: China’s military, EVE online, and the future of combat with Thomas Shugart
Thomas Shugart joined Jordan Schneider and I on another cross-over episode of the China Talk and Acquisition Talk podcasts. Thomas spent 25 years in the […]
Podcast: Navy shipyards and defense supply chains with Maiya Clark
Researcher Maiya Clark at the Heritage Foundation joined me on the Acquisition Talk podcast to discuss her recent paper on the Navy’s public shipyards as […]
Podcast with Victor Deal on contracting and innovation
Victor Deal talks with me on the role of contracting, how the price of a screw can be worth the tank it goes on, the […]