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Acquisition Talk
by Eric Lofgren
Today: #189 in Government on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 10 | #189 | #190 |
About the show
A podcast on the management, technology, and political-economy of weapon systems acquisition.
Latest episodes
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Programmed to Fail - 10. Culture
February 19, 2023 · 50 minIn this final episode of Programmed to Fail, we explore the true importance of reforming the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution process in the Department of Defense. Some may say that it is only a poor craftsman who blames his…
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Programmed to Fail - 9. Cost
February 19, 2023 · 1 hr 9 minIn this episode of Programmed to Fail, we explore how accounting costs do not reveal the value being generated in the production process and cannot be used, on their own, as a guide for specific choices. Cost is not an objective reality…
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The state of Navy unmanned with Dorothy Engelhardt
February 19, 2023 · 56 minIn this episode of the Acquisition Talk podcast, Dorothy Engelhart joins me to discuss unmanned surface and underwater vessel development in the United States Navy. Dorothy is the Director of Unmanned Systems in the Deputy Assistant…
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Programmed to Fail - 8. Competition
February 18, 2023 · 1 hr 16 minIn this episode of Programmed to Fail, we discuss the integral role of rivalrous competition in the discovery of knowledge and the growth of technology. It finds that policy maker's dreams about single best plans and pre-coordinating…
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Programmed to Fail - 7. Complexity
February 16, 2023 · 1 hr 12 minWelcome to a special series on the acquisition talk podcast that gives you an audiobook tour of my research project titled, Programmed to Fail: The Rise of Central Planning in Defense Acquisition 1945 to 1975. I’m Eric Lofgren of the…
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Programmed to Fail - 6. Innovation
February 13, 2023 · 1 hr 25 minIn this episode, we take a look at the history of the the defense innovation process and compare it to processes in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. It also discusses the origins of the 5000-series regulations for acquisition and the…
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Programmed to Fail - 5. Contracting
February 12, 2023 · 47 minWelcome to a special series on the acquisition talk podcast that gives you an audiobook tour of my research project titled, Programmed to Fail: The Rise of Central Planning in Defense Acquisition 1945 to 1975. I’m Eric Lofgren of the…
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Programmed to Fail - 4. Planning-Programming-Budgeting
February 11, 2023 · 58 minIn this episode, we explore how the Department of Defense radically broke from liberal traditions and American values by installing a Soviet-style process called the Planning, Programming, Budgeting System, or PPBS. It is not a coincidence…