Join retired U.S. Navy Commander Guy "Bus" Snodgrass for an honest, behind-the-scenes account of America’s military in action.
Guy discusses innovation, technology and current events, along with their impact on America's national security and foreign affairs. Each week features new guests who provide an in-depth look at the topic at hand.
Episode 25 - What Can Silicon Valley Teach the Military?
What do you get when you take an incredibly large bureaucracy and combine it with a fast-paced environment and unrelenting technological change?
Join Ben Van Buskirk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-van-buskirk) as we explore innovation within large organizations, what he learned during a one-year fellowship with a Silicon Valley tech company (//www.vmware.com), and how we can all apply these lessons in our daily lives.
A career naval officer, U.S. Navy Captain Ben van Buskirk held command of a naval aviation squadron and is now taking the helm at NavalX (https://www.secnav.navy.mil/agility/Pages/default.aspx), the U.S. Navy's innovation lab charged with connecting experts and solutions to workforce needs and challenges.
26 Feb 2021
Episode 24 - Texas Power Outages and Resiliency
Living through last week's power outages, water shutoff, gasoline shortages, and 'run' on grocery stores brings to mind just how important it is to ensure resiliency for our nation's critical infrastructure, especially when we can forecast when and how challenges can occur. But what happens when a cyber-attack comes from nowhere to wreck havoc? Will we be prepared? What are the cascading societal effects of such actions?
A shortened episode, we'll resume with a full-length episode next week with Ben van Buskirk as we discuss career diversity and how broadening experiences across a wide variety of industries can turbocharge your innovative potential.
As mentioned in this episode, here are links to my latest book (TOPGUN's Top 10 (https://www.amazon.com/TOPGUNS-TOP-10-Leadership-Lessons/dp/1546059636)), as well as LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/guysnodgrass), Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/guy.snodgrass), and Twitter (https://twitter.com/GuySnodgrass) pages. Drop a line!
11 Feb 2021
Episode 23 - Broaden Your Horizons with Jim Stavridis
Few people have had the breadth of experience that Jim Stavridis (https://admiralstav.com) brings to the table. A retired U.S. Navy 4-star admiral, Jim is an operating executive with the Carlyle Group, a global investment firm, and Chair of the Board of Counselors for McLarty Associates, an international consulting firm. He previously served as Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, is the author of numerous books, and serves as chief international diplomacy and national security analyst for NBC News in New York. His latest book, a novel authored with Elliot Ackerman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Ackerman), is titled 2034 (https://www.amazon.com/2034-Novel-Next-World-War/dp/1984881256/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=).
Join us for a conversation about Jim's many lessons learned, what he views as key tools for finding success in life, and how he views opportunities in 2021 and beyond.
You can reach me at my website (https://guysnodgrass.com), via Twitter @guysnodgrass (https://twitter.com/GuySnodgrass), and can find my latest book, TOPGUN's Top 10: Leadership Lessons from the Cockpit, at your favorite bookseller (like Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/TOPGUNS-TOP-10-Leadership-Lessons/dp/1546059636) and Barnes and Noble (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/top-guns-top-10-guy-m-snodgrass/1136154547)).
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