innovators
also referred to as: innovator
2 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Mar 31, 2022 by Dr. Mark Esper · across every show →
Everything said about innovators, oldest first
Mar 31, 2022 negative
Esper: Excessive Checklists and Requirements In Defense Acquisition Hurt Innovation
“They've been conditioned over years to follow, for example, long checklists of things they must do. They like to build long lists of requirements that, that tell an innovator everything he or she must do to make it To make the technology the way it is. And I t…”
Mar 31, 2022 positive
Esper: Pentagon innovation requires multi-million dollar bets and accepting frequent failure
“It can't be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. It needs to be in the millions, at least, because that's what you need to get going. And also be willing, again, to have a 20, 30, 40% success rate. It's not going to be a hundred percent. If it's a hundred …”