Incentivizing Workforce Innovation and Culture, Systemic Factors Influencing Risk Aversion: Piloting the Innovation Alliance Program , February 28 , 2025
Incentivizing Workforce Innovation and Culture, Systemic Factors Influencing Risk Aversion: Piloting the Innovation Alliance Program , February 28 , 2025
From the document: "In this phase of work, the research team partnered with the Army Contracting Command (ACC) – Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) to identify systemic pressures on the acquisition workforce that impede innovative behaviors.
The Ohio State University (OSU) team conducted a pilot of the novel Innovation Alliance Program (IAP), which is designed to foster a healthy innovation culture by enabling continuous monitoring to identify barriers and facilitators, providing tools for informed decision-making, and supporting a co-design process to refine and scale high-potential innovations.
The scope of this study was limited to the first step of the IAP (Identify): To diagnose behaviors using the Systemic Contributors and Adaptations Diagramming (SCAD) technique where the acquisition workforce deviates from typical practice and innovate to accommodate situational constraints. During this five-month study period, 12 SCAD interviews were conducted with a diverse group of acquisition professionals at ACC-APG, as well as program representatives from mission partners ACC-APG supports."
Authors - Girth, Amanda, Maguire, Laura, Rayo, Mike, Balkin, E. MiriamRelated Resources
