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ACT WITH URGENCY IN BOTH
 PEACETIME AND WARTIME

WITH SORAYA CORREA, FORMER DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER 

02:28   Solutions start with our leaders at the top 
03:19   To create urgency, include ‘mission’ in all you talk about 
04:43   The most important facet of leadership? To be engaged 
05:31    First, figure out what the problem is and write a statement 
06:10    Case study: The Procurement Innovation lab 
07:55    If they succeed, they get accolades. If they fail, I own that  
08:13    We’re all afraid to fail, but success comes from failure   
08:40   Case study: Flash - Learning from ‘failure’ 
09:36   A leader’s ‘right’ way to own failure 
11:02    Successes that came out of the Flash failure 
14:33   Define a problem statement, using a common language 
15:43   Pull together a team of leaders that has passion
16:21   What can we achieve in 30, 60, & 90 days? 
16:57   When you bump into obstacles, course-correct 
19:44   The role of leadership is to build relationships 
20:04   Case study: Leader relations during Hurricane Maria
21:27    Our history of falling apart once urgency is over 
21:52    Get the right leaders in the room using 4-letter words
22:22   Take fear out of the equation
23:15    Our government, country, & citizens deserve this 
25:49   Diversity includes different ways of perceiving problems 
02:28   Solutions start with our leaders at the top 
03:19   To create urgency, include ‘mission’ in all you talk about 
04:43   The most important facet of leadership? To be engaged 
05:31   First, figure out what the problem is and write a statement 
06:10   Case study: The Procurement Innovation lab 
07:55   If they succeed, they get accolades. If they fail, I own that  
08:13   We’re all afraid to fail, but success comes from failure   
08:40   Case study: Flash - Learning from ‘failure’ 
09:36   A leader’s ‘right’ way to own failure 
11:02  Successes that came out of the Flash failure 
14:33  Define a problem statement, using a common language 
15:43  Pull together a team of leaders that has passion
16:21  What can we achieve in 30, 60, & 90 days? 
16:57  When you bump into obstacles, course-correct 
19:44  The role of leadership is to build relationships 
20:04  Case study: Leader relations during Hurricane Maria
21:27  Our history of falling apart once urgency is over 
21:52  Get the right leaders in the room using 4-letter words
22:22  Take fear out of the equation
23:15   Our government, country, & citizens deserve this 
25:49  Diversity includes different ways of perceiving problems 
02:37   Single largest threat to our nation? The ‘Silent War’ with China 
05:34   China knows how to pull together the 4 instruments of national power
06:44   There doesn’t have to be explosions for China to win the war
07:25   War is not all about military-on-military force
08:06   We’re glossing over China’s plan to manipulate governments 
09:00   We need to put our acquisition on a wartime footing  
09:50   Moving at a wartime pace is the best deterrent   
11:25    An enormous bureaucracy fuels itself 
13:35   Our acquisition system is archaic - created by Robert McNamara in 1961
14:52    An acquisition system that disallows management to make good choices
17:12    Accountability with no measure of effectiveness
17:41    Continuing resolution process fuels fraud, waste, and abuse 
19:12     Authority delegation—instead of micromanagement—produces results
20:26    We have proven in the past that we can move faster 
22:57     A business model with barriers to entry that are enormously high
26:04    Incentives to lose money on the front-end, earn it on the backend
27:16     Government-sponsored IP vendor lock inhibits competition
28:09    IP vendor lock model should change to a speed-to-market model
29:11     A system that continues to support IP vendor lock vs. speed to market 
30:59   Change the model so everyone is on a level playing field
32:57    Put profit in the right place to incentivize the right behaviors 
36:07    2 initiatives that produced results in the past 
36:55    Leaders who eliminate the recrimination culture succeed 
37:50    Our ‘why’ is not compliance, it’s to get the mission done
38:42    Eliminated 700 pages of bureaucracy 
40:49    Micromanaging leaders waste enormous resources by not delegating 
42:58    Changing the culture changes everything 
43:55    Knowing the system well will greatly help speed to contract and market 
48:37    My mission? Offer bold ideas that change everything in the system

Host Tim Templeton talks with Soraya Correa, former Department of Homeland Security Chief Procurement Officer, about several contracting dichotomies: that failure is necessary to succeed; that even though problem definition may be multi-dimensional, it’s essential for all to speak a common language; and most importantly, that it’s critical to act with a sense of urgency in both peacetime and wartime.  

BIOGRAPHY

Ms. Correa served as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Procurement Executive, whereby she was responsible for implementation of the acquisition policies, regulations, and standards of the agency. Her work included direct oversight of all procurement operations, including the work of more than 1500 procurement professionals assigned to the 10 heads of contracting activities that provided contracting services to DHS components, organizations, and offices. Under her watch, the DHS procurement portfolio exceeded $25 billion per year, and consisted of the acquisition of the necessary spectrum of services and products.

Ms. Correa is a recognized transformational leader who designed several groundbreaking programs, including the Procurement Innovation Lab at DHS which was adopted by other federal agencies to improve business processes.

Today, Ms. Correa runs an independent consulting firm, providing advice and assistance to professional associations, industry, and academia on procurement matters. Ms. Correa is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a senior advisor to the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory, and serves on the board of advisors of the National Contract Management Association.

Biography

Ms. Correa served as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Procurement Executive, whereby she was responsible for implementation of the acquisition policies, regulations, and standards of the agency. Her work included direct oversight of all procurement operations, including the work of more than 1500 procurement professionals assigned to the 10 heads of contracting activities that provided contracting services to DHS components, organizations, and offices. Under her watch, the DHS procurement portfolio exceeded $25 billion per year, and consisted of the acquisition of the necessary spectrum of services and products.

Ms. Correa is a recognized transformational leader who designed several groundbreaking programs, including the Procurement Innovation Lab at DHS which was adopted by other federal agencies to improve business processes.

 

Today, Ms. Correa runs an independent consulting firm, providing advice and assistance to professional associations, industry, and academia on procurement matters. Ms. Correa is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, a senior advisor to the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory, and serves on the board of advisors of the National Contract Management Association.

Biography

Major General Cameron Holt served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition. Currently, Mr. Holt is the president and founder of Holt Consulting Group. The focus of his work is to bring together the best of American industrialists, technologists, and capital investors with innovative problem solvers and government to tilt the scales in favor of America and our allies—and against the adversaries of freedom. 

Mr. Holt recently completed 32 years of military service, including his last four years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Air Force and Space Force. In that capacity, he oversaw a global contracting portfolio valued in excess of $825 billion, and over 8,000 contractors that executed the full range of operational enterprise sourcing in major weapons systems worldwide.

Mr. Holt serves on the board of directors of the National Contract Management Association and as a member of the P P B E Reform Task Force that's sponsored by the American Society of Military Controllers.

As a patriot, a husband, and a father of four great kids, he remains committed to leveraging his extensive leadership and national security experience to make positive, lasting improvements to our unnecessarily complex and antiquated Cold War-era national security resourcing and acquisition system. All with an end game to accelerate and optimize US combat capabilities and further secure our nation against adversaries.

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