Putting the Innovation in Policy: the LMI Way
Innovation at the Pace of Need®, Policy Planning & Operations, Rapid Prototyping, Academic PartnershipsPolicy. Innovation. These two concepts carry many misperceptions.
What do policy and innovation mean at LMI?
Policy implies gravitas. High level and strategic, policy sets the vision for the management and operations of an organization. Those who access and influence policymakers and implementers—are senior government officials, C-suite executives, and other strategic leaders. However, this definition limits policy’s relevance and reach to a narrow cohort with a need for involvement.
Changing policy is slow, measured, and difficult. Any revisions or modifications require deliberation, coordination, and time to implement and institutionalize.
Innovation carries the assumptions of being a history-changing discovery or a paradigm-shifting idea—something BIG. Associated with strategic thinking, innovation actualizes a grand vision. These assumptions about the scale and magnitude of innovation lead to the belief that only people like Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Kim Jones have the license to innovate while the rest of us merely consume the fruits of their genius.
Unfortunately, this lofty perception of innovation deters incubating and prototyping ideas instead of encouraging creative thinking. Under this assumption, innovation is never modest. The friction between policy’s gradual nature and innovation’s dramatic change seemingly puts these two concepts at odds.
While these ideas about policy and innovation have some truth to them, they’re just one facet of the design, intent, and potential of policy and innovation.
Policy and innovation are accessible, universal, inclusive, and incremental. Incremental steps build the bedrock to change and transformation for practices and processes. The world is full of policies. Policies guide how people operate—at work, school, or home. “No TV until you finish your homework” is a policy that guides how children spend their time at home after school. Classroom attendance policies establish the norms and parameters for behaving in a particular environment. These policies’ users, implementers, and audience are the public. Every day, people make, implement, and practice policies in their professional and personal lives.
With innovation, it’s not only the big ideas that improve how things are done. Small ideas matter as well: adjusting prototype designs through trial and error, learning from failure, turning weaknesses into development opportunities, and persisting to build the foundations for better solutions. Innovators create change through the incremental steps of designers, researchers, and engineers on a tactical level toward strategic objectives.
LMI empowers everyone to be policy innovators.
The LMI way of policy marries policy and innovation to drive improvements and change for government solutions. We use the friction between policy and innovation as the catalyst for new ideas and perspectives. Our policy strategists—analysts, consultants, and senior consultants—in the policy practice area offer years of policy experience in a myriad of topics, including health, defense and national security, intelligence, and the environment. LMI takes an engaged approach to solutioning policy challenges for the federal government.
We treat policy dynamically and cross-functionally. Policy specialists work alongside subject matter experts, data scientists, and developers to diagnose and address all aspects of the policy challenge and secondary and tertiary effects in our comprehensive solutions for our customers, such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Department of Veterans Affairs, and U.S. Postal Service.
LMI understands the importance of the policy-innovation partnership, encouraging and rewarding innovative thought and contributions from our employees. Through the Policy Community of Practice, employees share best practices in policy analysis, instill innovation in the workplace and at customer sites, sharpen their tradecraft, and incubate small ideas into realizable and actionable steps toward innovation. The policy practice area, along with LMI’s research and development experts, partner with academic institutions and research organizations to widen our network, deepen our expertise, accelerate the pace of change, and multiply our outcomes in policy.
LMI has proof points for delivering timely, perceptive solutions to our customers. In our upcoming blog series, policy practice area team members will share their perspectives on policy and innovation, the outlook for the policy challenges of government, and LMI’s solutions to these challenges.
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Ms. Cahill is an experienced resource management professional who served for 22 years as an Army Finance officer, contributing to the Planning, Programming, Budgeting & Execution (PPBE) process for Headquarters, Department of the Army, and several subordinate Army commands.
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Read more on 'Seven Key Steps to Creating an Accessible Workplace 'Insights
Seven Key Steps to Creating an Accessible Workplace
In a globally aging population, with greater demands for digitization and connectivity, accessibility has never been more critical to consider and integrate in our daily work.
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Read more on '‘Tis the Season of Lame Duck Appropriations 'Insights
‘Tis the Season of Lame Duck Appropriations
It’s no surprise the federal government is operating under a continuing resolution (CR)—timely passage of appropriation bills has been a rarity for decades. The burning question is, what will happen when the current CR ends during this lame-duck congressional session?
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Read more on 'LMI Selected to Support the Food and Drug Administration Business Operations, Optimization, and Modernization BPA 'Press Release
LMI Selected to Support the Food and Drug Administration Business Operations, Optimization, and Modernization BPA
LMI will support the FDA through the BOOM BPA, in optimizing and modernizing its business operations to align with strategic priorities and increase the effectiveness of FDA organizations.
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Read more on 'Christine Cocrane 'Our Leadership Team
Christine Cocrane
Christine (Chrissy) leads a diverse practice of human, programmatic, scientific, and technological management consulting professionals. She is responsible for driving innovative and digitally enabled capabilities in the areas of business modernization, organizational transformation, workforce evolution and strategic analytics and insights, all to support a broad federal mission space.
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Read more on 'Chris Badorrek, PhD 'Our Team
Chris Badorrek, PhD
Chris has deep expertise in the areas of process development and current goods manufacturing for vaccines and therapeutics; DNA, RNA, and protein chemistry and modeling; bacteriology; retrovirology; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and explosive sensor and device development; and novel materials for detection of chemical analytes at trace (parts per billion and trillion) levels.
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Read more on 'How Guided Conversations Can Help Leaders with Challenging Topics and Result in Positive Actions 'Insights
How Guided Conversations Can Help Leaders with Challenging Topics and Result in Positive Actions
During difficult times, leaders must be front and center and address issues head-on to build organizational resilience. Staff members look to their leaders to show them how to navigate times of uncertainty and change. Being there for your staff members in challenging times is one of the most important things you can do to build team resilience and cohesiveness.
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Read more on 'To Improve FEVS Scores, Take a Deeper Dive into the “eh” 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
To Improve FEVS Scores, Take a Deeper Dive into the “eh”
Whether you’re managing a small office or an entire organization, look for ways to improve your Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS) scores across the board — not just in the negative areas. Making incremental changes that are meaningful and measurable in all areas can help improve employee engagement and morale. However, to do so, you first have to uncover the underlying reasons for the scores.
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Read more on 'Human Capital Analytics & the Workforce of the Future 'What We Do
Human Capital Analytics & the Workforce of the Future
Leveraging technology, psychology, and organizational design to find, attract, and retain the right people for your missions.
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Read more on 'Policy Planning & Operations 'What We Do
Policy Planning & Operations
We excel at helping leaders leverage automated analytic solutions to expedite policy analysis and evaluation and quantify the effects of new regulations.
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Read more on 'Programmatic Efficiencies & Effectiveness 'What We Do
Programmatic Efficiencies & Effectiveness
Our team delivers the insights, tools, people, and processes for lifecycle program management, planning, and operations support as well as full-scope financial solutions.
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Read more on 'Predicting Failure: Is the Government Finally Ready for Predictive Fleet Maintenance? 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
Predicting Failure: Is the Government Finally Ready for Predictive Fleet Maintenance?
Our workshop brought together experts from government, industry, and academia to identify the past obstacles to progress and propose solutions.
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Read more on 'Business & Digital Transformation 'What We Do
Business & Digital Transformation
LMI takes customers on a tailored digital transformation journey, ranging from small digital enhancements to enterprise-wide transformations.
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Read more on 'Performance Optimization 'What We Do
Performance Optimization
Unlocking people’s full potential and using readily accessible data and technology to position organizations for long-term sustainability.
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Read more on 'How Value-Based Care Can Improve for Patients, Providers and Payers Post COVID-19 'Insights
How Value-Based Care Can Improve for Patients, Providers and Payers Post COVID-19
The federal government has focused on value-based care to increase efficiency in healthcare. Here’s what we must do to ensure the model’s success.
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Read more on 'Infrastructure Resilience 'What We Do
Infrastructure Resilience
LMI helps federal agencies strengthen infrastructure resiliency with data-driven strategies that respect natural resources and support sustainability.
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Read more on 'LMI Partners with the Inclusion Channel 'Company News
LMI Partners with the Inclusion Channel
The LMI–Inclusion Channel partnership delivers an end-to-end DEIA training solution.
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Read more on 'Technology Assessment Methodology and Tools for Federal Agencies 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
Technology Assessment Methodology and Tools for Federal Agencies
LMI’s Dawson Oslund discusses technology assessment methodology and tools for federal agency solutions.
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Read more on 'LMI’s DEIA Maturity Model Helps Organizations Build on Strengths, Improve Weaknesses 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
LMI’s DEIA Maturity Model Helps Organizations Build on Strengths, Improve Weaknesses
The DEIA Maturity Model is used to assess an organization's current state of DEIA according to representation, opportunity, and buy-in.
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Read more on 'Digital Twin 'What We Do
Digital Twin
LMI uses digital twin technology to help government agencies obtain visibility, achieve situational awareness, and improve enterprise-wide decisions.
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Read more on 'Managing the Return to Onsite Work: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution 'Insights
Managing the Return to Onsite Work: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution
Managing the Return to Onsite Work: There’s No One-Size-Fits-All Solution
To successfully return from remote to onsite work, managers will need to draw on all their leadership skills, including empathy, flexibility, and agility.
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Read more on 'Managing Up to Achieve Success for You, Your Supervisor, and Your Organization 'Insights
Managing Up to Achieve Success for You, Your Supervisor, and Your Organization
No matter your level, managing up is a soft skill that’s essential for getting things done, succeeding at your job, or getting promoted. Thousands of books have been written on this topic because our individual success not only depends on how well we do our jobs, or how we collaborate with our colleagues, or even how good we are at managing people under our own supervision, but also on how well we manage our relationships with the people above us. Easier said than done, right? That may be true, but there are several things you can do to help.
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Read more on 'Mission Engineering 'What We Do
Mission Engineering
Integrating modeling and simulation, supply chain engineering, wargaming, and more, LMI harnesses more than 60 years of cutting-edge innovation and experience to enhance capabilities and technologies in support of our customers’ most challenging mission requirements.
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Read more on 'LMI Migrating the Maintenance and Availability Data Warehouse to Advana 'Press Release
LMI Migrating the Maintenance and Availability Data Warehouse to Advana
LMI has been awarded a 1-year, $1.5 million contract for a one-time data migration from the LMI-created Maintenance and Availability Data Warehouse (MADW) to the Advana Data Warehouse for the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center.
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Read more on 'To Improve Federal Workplace Morale, Simple Civility Is Not Enough 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
To Improve Federal Workplace Morale, Simple Civility Is Not Enough
Building an inclusive, positive work environment that enables cohesion and collaboration requires not just civility, but “active” civility.
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Read more on 'The Top 3 Strategies Every Leader Needs for a Successful Digital Transformation 'Insights
The Top 3 Strategies Every Leader Needs for a Successful Digital Transformation
Successful organizational change depends on leaders who can inspire innovation, create digital strategies, understand and lead an agile team, and leverage the power of standing-up new technology solutions while managing risks.
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Read more on 'Operation Warp Speed 'What We Do
Operation Warp Speed
LMI provided expertise in planning, strategy development, tools, and techniques in coordination and support of Operation Warp Speed.
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Read more on 'LMI Increases Support to DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office 'Press Release
LMI Increases Support to DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office
LMI will provide CBRN subject matter expertise, program administration, interagency training exercises, medical operations, and information coordination services.
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Read more on 'Employee Spotlight: Meet Ray Compton 'Culture News
Employee Spotlight: Meet Ray Compton
Ray Compton, a retired U.S. Army colonel, joined LMI in 2019 and serves as a principal for National Security Science & Technology, supporting internal and external LMI stakeholders in the strategic development of integrated solutions for capability gaps in national defense.
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Read more on 'Employee Spotlight: Meet Katherine Coles 'Culture News
Employee Spotlight: Meet Katherine Coles
Katherine is passionate about helping leaders and teams build inclusive cultures and achieve organizational goals.
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Read more on 'Employee Spotlight: John Bogdan, Principal, Biology 'Culture News
Employee Spotlight: John Bogdan, Principal, Biology
John Bogdan, LMI biology principal, is a widely recognized leader and subject matter expert in vaccines and therapeutics for infectious disease. Discover how his love of science links his professional career of solving complex problems to his personal life and even as he mentors aspiring science students.
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Read more on 'Demystifying the Annual Budget Process 'Insights
Demystifying the Annual Budget Process
We assist our federal customers in drafting compelling budget justification material for the President’s Budget and thorough responses to congressional inquiries.
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Videos
Our videos highlight our mission-advancing solutions as well as our values of leadership, mission focus, and innovation in practice in our interactions with the community.
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Read more on 'Publications 'Insights
Publications
LMI invests in research to benefit the public sector. We consider the many facets of the most-pressing issues, evaluate options, then publish our results to help public-sector leaders make well-informed decisions for the best results.
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Read more on 'Blog 'Insights
Blog
Engage with LMI thought leaders as they present timely insights, research and innovation, company news, culture stories, and perspectives on a variety of issues and topics.
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Read more on 'Intelligence 'Who We Serve
Intelligence
Our strategic advisory services are coupled with innovative digital solutions to reduce the time to mission value for our customers.
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Read more on 'What We Do 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
What We Do
Supporting missions that have shaped the nation since 1961, we apply long-standing expertise to create sustainable solutions.
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Read more on 'News & Events 'Insights
News & Events
Explore our press releases and events to find out what’s new at LMI.
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Read more on 'Resources To Navigate the Age of COVID-19 'Pandemic Response Support
Resources To Navigate the Age of COVID-19
Visit our resource center for the latest information and insights to help our federal clients navigate the age of COVID-19.
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Read more on 'Newsroom 'Insights
Newsroom
Explore our Newsroom to access our press releases, blog, publications, and more.
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Read more on 'LMI History 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
LMI History
With a legacy of solving the government’s most complex challenges and an outcome-driven model to execute above expectation, LMI transforms missions with solutions that define the new speed of possible.
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Read more on 'LMI Quick Thoughts Series 'Video
LMI Quick Thoughts Series
Our experts share their insights on challenges faced by the federal government in these brief videos.
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Read more on 'Innovation Space 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
Innovation Space
From Big IoT Data Streaming to our Rapid Analysis and Prototyping Toolkit for Resiliency, LMI's innovation space showcases our ecosystem of solutions.
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Read more on 'Better Decisions Leveraging Existing Data: LMI’s Approach to Evidence Act Evaluations 'Insights
Better Decisions Leveraging Existing Data: LMI’s Approach to Evidence Act Evaluations
LMI established and implemented tools and approaches to assist evaluations officers in scoring and selecting evaluation topics, creating annual evaluation plans, and executing discrete evaluations.
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Read more on 'Press Releases 'Insights
Press Releases
Explore our press releases to find out what’s new at LMI.
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Read more on 'About LMI 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
About LMI
Combining a legacy of federal expertise with an innovation ecosystem, we minimize time to value and accelerate mission success. With an emphasis on agile development and human-centered design, we enable agencies to experience solutions faster and conquer their toughest challenges sooner.
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Read more on 'Cost Estimation Best Practices for Better Program Decisions and Outcomes 'Insights
Cost Estimation Best Practices for Better Program Decisions and Outcomes
Beyond accuracy, program managers and decision-makers must understand the major tradeoffs to right-size programs and budgets for the best outcome for the American taxpayer.
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Read more on 'Next-Level Program Management with Master Scheduling 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
Next-Level Program Management with Master Scheduling
Advanced programs have diverse milestones and end goals. Executives require an abstract, high-level summary of these elements while analysts need concrete, actionable details. A well-engineered and tailored schedule enables all stakeholders to access the appropriate information to achieve mission success.
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Read more on 'Data Analytics Can Address the U.S. Substance Abuse Crisis 'Insights
Data Analytics Can Address the U.S. Substance Abuse Crisis
Substance abuse is on the rise in America, but the federal government has an opportunity to leverage data analytics for an effective response.
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Read more on 'Calculating Your Water Footprint to Improve Resilience 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
Calculating Your Water Footprint to Improve Resilience
One way to calculate an organization’s water footprint is to literally measure the water used at a facility or series of facilities. But what happens when operations are far more complicated?
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Read more on 'Countering Threats through Innovative Synergies 'Perspective
Countering Threats through Innovative Synergies
As a project leader at LMI, Joe Cartelli supports two Joint Enterprise Omnibus Program Engineering and Technical Support contracts by managing client relations and five delivery orders.
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Read more on 'Accelerating Integrated Early Warning for DoD’s CBRN Defense 'Innovation at the Pace of Need®
Accelerating Integrated Early Warning for DoD’s CBRN Defense
LMI delivered a rapid capability prototype that emulates new CBRN detection technologies in operational environments.
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Read more on 'COVID-19: What Suppliers Can Do Now 'Perspective
COVID-19: What Suppliers Can Do Now
How to stay strategic as the pandemic’s ripple effect grows.
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Read more on 'Addressing Complex Problems 'Culture News
Addressing Complex Problems
During his 30-year tenure at LMI, Bruce Kaplan has used his expertise in defense logistics and research and development to help LMI and its clients succeed. With a strong commitment to innovation and exceeding customer expectations, Bruce has led efforts to modernize logistics through finding, developing, and pushing pioneering technologies. Learn about Bruce’s role as a logistics strategy and integration fellow and his plans to continue making a positive difference at LMI.