{"id":33354,"date":"2017-11-09T16:49:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T16:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/09\/lord-looks-to-foster-high-potential-talent-with-workforce-development-plan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:43:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:43:28","slug":"lord-looks-to-foster-high-potential-talent-with-workforce-development-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2017\/11\/09\/lord-looks-to-foster-high-potential-talent-with-workforce-development-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon&#8217;s Lord looks to foster \u2018high-potential talent\u2019 with workforce development plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The final undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics plans to prioritize development of the civilian workforce, including increasing movement opportunities inside the department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ellen Lord, speaking to reporters Nov. 7, also threw some cold water on the idea of standing up a new educational facility for defense security cooperation issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord, who has been in office for about two months, seems to have zoned in on a particular issue of workforce management \u2013 the lack of movement for civilian workers throughout the AT&amp;L systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea is based on her experiences in the defense industry, which she called \u201cextremely proactive with our high-potential talent.\u201d There, potential bright minds are given many opportunities to round off experiences and develop capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMove people around, move people in and out, and that just works, because perspective you don\u2019t gain overnight and perspective you don\u2019t gain from being in the same environment,\u201d Lord explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe military does an incredible job of taking their human capital and cycling people through different positions for different experiences, giving them perspective,\u201d Lord continued. \u201cThe department has not spent the same amount of time on the civilian workforce, and that\u2019s something we\u2019re looking at, everything from job assignments to how we structure\u201d the Defense Acquisition University, or DAU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is true the military moves individuals around with regularity, but while Lord views that as a plus, others have warned it hinders the growth of expertise in certain fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, the Defense Innovation Board, a group of technology experts brought together to advise the Pentagon, suggested that the department create a new career field for tech-heavy roles \u2014 specifically to combat the movement of people around the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2017\/10\/26\/the-pentagons-tech-advisers-want-special-career-track-innovation-elevator-for-big-thinkers\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-453176466.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Pentagon tech advisers want special career track, \u2018innovation elevator\u2019 for big thinkers<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">A group of tech industry heavyweights thinks it is past time for the Pentagon to create a specialized career track for high-tech jobs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eric Schmidt, the head of Google\u2019s parent company Alphabet, seemed particularly frustrated by the movement of expertise around: \u201cWhere is the logic where you take expertly trained cybersecurity people \u2014 we\u2019re short of them \u2014 and you transfer them into something that\u2019s not cybersecurity? That makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Lord believes there are ways to move folks around to spread the wealth of new ideas, particularly when it comes to new technologies. One idea she is considering is creating a path for a visiting fellowship of sorts, where outside experts from industry or academia could come into the Pentagon for two or three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf there is a cutting edge technical areas, it\u2019s very hard for someone who has been in the building for 30 years to be totally up to speed on that,\u201d Lord said. \u201cIf you bring someone in from outside, not only do they bring a technical expertise, but they bring a whole set of different experiences and ways of looking at things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The good news for Lord is she believes the department has the authorities to launch such programs already. DARPA, for instance, has a setup similar in concept, although Lord indicated she may look for something different for the broader AT&amp;L enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Security Cooperation University<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At last month\u2019s AUSA conference, Army Lt. Gen. Charles Hooper, the head of the head of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, said he was considering the creation of a security cooperation university, akin to DAU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal would be to create a \u201cgenuine university\u201d to \u201cnot only provide courses for people going to the field, but a genuine font of learning and knowledge, specifically focused on security cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But while Hooper said he had \u201ctaken steps\u201d towards creating such a school, Lord seemed cool to the idea of standing up a new group.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2017\/10\/18\/dsca-head-looking-at-creating-security-cooperation-university-among-other-ideas\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/824060.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DSCA head looking at creating security cooperation university, among other ideas<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The new head of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency is seriously considering the creation of a security cooperation university, as he looks for ways to speed the famously deliberate foreign military sales system.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lord was quick to note Hooper has \u201ca lot of fantastic ideas\u201d and indicated she fully supports the idea of increasing education and training for the security cooperation career field, an issue she had talked about a while in industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, \u201cI\u2019m not particularly interested in standing up big new organizations,\u201d she said. Instead, Lord appears to be focused on carving out a niche inside DAU to focus on security cooperation efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I\u2019m looking at is what we currently have as infrastructure, how do we rework that, realign it to give us more capability,\u201d she said. \u201cWe have incredible capability with the people we have right now. We haven\u2019t really modernized how we educate the work force on many different levels, and we\u2019ve used the same playbook \u2014 in large part, there have been updates \u2014 for a while. And I think there are a lot of opportunities there,\u201d Lord said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe staff at DAU is excited about talking about that, so we\u2019re all aligned, and it\u2019s part of the reorganization as I see it and its part of modernization,\u201d she added. \u201cWe have the bricks, the mortar, the workforce. 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