EPISODE 41- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Tech Bridges
Release Date: 10/13/2021
EPISODE 66- Season Wrap Up
NavalX Connecx
Today’s NavalX ConnecX episode is the season finale wrap up. Hosts Brad Goodrich, Liz Mildenstein, and Rodney Flowers reflect on the 30+ episodes they have hosted in the past few months and discuss their favorite insights, stories, lessons, and episodes. They also share their answers to our favorite question, what is your happy place and what are you eating there? Take a listen and say a quick see you later on the NavalX ConnecX Podcast.
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EPISODE 65- Hard Conversations with Janine Hamner
NavalX Connecx
The conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion has to start from the top down. That has been the crux of Janine Hamner’s philosophy and work for over 30 years. Janine is the CEO of the J and J Consulting Group. She's an internationally recognized speaker, author, and expert on conscious leadership development, organizational management, neurobiology and what it takes to attract and retain world class talent. Today on the Navalx ConnecX Podcast, host Rodney Flowers sits down with Janine Hamner and unpacks how to foster the often tricky conversation around diversity, equity, and...
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EPISODE 64- Self Mastery with Dr. Valerie Rene Sheppard
NavalX Connecx
Dr.Valerie Rene Sheppard is a self-mastery expert and a multi award winning best selling author. She helps executives, entrepreneurs and emerging adults overcome limiting beliefs, manage stress and complexity, and deliver high performance results. Today on the NavalX ConnecX podcast, she joins hosts Rodney Flowers, Liz Mildenstein, and Brad Goodrich to discuss all facets of self-mastery. Through storytelling, Dr. Sheppard unpacks the journey of self-mastery, leadership and success that she implements in her own life, her client's lives, and how individuals in the Navy can apply these tools to...
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EPISODE 63- Creating a Culture of Excellence with Captain Matthew Frey and Captain Kevin O'Brien
NavalX Connecx
NavalX is always working to change the culture of the Navy. Today on the show we have two subject matter experts who are actively working to improve the culture of the Navy. Captain Matthew Frey is the Culture of Excellence branch head at the 21st Century Sailor Office. Captain Kevin O'Brien, who serves as the deputy branch head for the culture of excellence at the 21st Century Sailor Office. Both of them join hosts Liz Mildenstein, Rodney Flowers, and Brad Goodrich to discuss how they are helping to give sailors the tools to be the best version of themselves. Join us today on the NavalX...
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EPISODE 62- Raising Junior Officer Voices with Deputy Director for NJOC Lieutenant Craig Veech and NJOC contributor Lieutenant Dan Conley, a Naval Medical Service Corps Radiation Health Officer
NavalX Connecx
The Naval Junior Officer Counsel, NJOC, was created to help strengthen the connection and communication between senior and junior officers in the Navy. Deputy Director for NJOC Lieutenant Craig Veech and NJOC contributor Lieutenant Dan Conley, a Naval Medical Service Corps Radiation Health Officer join NavalX ConnecX Podcast hosts Rodney Flowers, Liz Mildenstein, and Brad Goodrich to touch on all things NJOC. Craig Veech and Dan Connely highlight personal experiences, successes, challenges, and the path forward. NJOC is working tirelessly to create a collective voice for every junior officer...
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EPISODE 61- Kristen Alexander and Experimentation with Emerging Technologies
NavalX Connecx
Lieutenant Kristen Alexander has had a unique, yet fascinating, career in the Navy. Starting at a Navy Training boot camp right out of high school, she has since made her way up the ranks to become an experimentation lead with Surface Development Squadron ONE at US Navy who collaborates across the spectrum with services, industry, and academia and the larger Naval Research and Development enterprise. She comes on the show today and talks with Rodney Flowers, Liz Mildenstein, and Brad Goodrich. Together, they unpack the tests and limits of unmanned systems, robotics, and technology and what...
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EPISODE 60- Team Orlando with CarolAnn Dykes Logue, Diana Teel, and Emily Sherkow
NavalX Connecx
Team Orlando has 50 years of cross-service collaboration under their belt and they’re not slowing up anytime soon! Today on the show, we have three representatives from Team Orlando: Carol Ann Dykes Logue, the Central Florida Tech Grove’s Co-Founder and Principal Investigator from University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Diana Teel, our NavalX Central Florida Tech Bridge director, and Emily Sherkow, the Team Orlando STEM Outreach Program Manager. Hosts Rodney Flowers and Brad Goodrich have an in-depth conversation with all three guests about how Team Orlando has evolved in those...
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EPISODE 59- Small, Agile, and Many with Rear Admiral Lorin Selby
NavalX Connecx
Rear Admiral Lorin Selby’s career is nearly as vast as the ocean itself. Today he is the Chief of Naval Research but has been in nearly every sphere from acquisition to submarines, working on the Hill and as the Navy’s Chief Engineer. On this NavalX Connecx podcast, he sits down with hosts Liz Mildenstein, Brad Goodrich, and Rodney Flowers to unpack his biggest leadership lessons. The Admiral explains how he wants to reimagine naval power, envision the art of the possible, and how to get the Navy ahead not only in the next five years but the next 50. Join us today for an...
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EPISODE 58- Anniversary Celebration with Chris Wood, Frank Futcher, and Ben Van Buskirk
NavalX Connecx
This month celebrates the three year anniversary of NavalX and today on the show we have the three past NavalX Directors. Today on the NavalX Connecx Podcast, join Rodney Flowers, Brad Goodrich, and Liz Mildenstein to talk with the people who have and are still leading NavalX through the fire. Chris Wood, a Marine Corps officer who helped stand up NavalX; Frank Futcher, who took over as NavalX Director in July 2019; and lastly, Captain Ben Van Buskirk who formerly took over as the NavalX Director in late March of 2020. From biggest successes and challenges, these directors...
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EPISODE 57- Positive Intelligence with Emily Harman
NavalX Connecx
Emily Harman pushed herself too hard when she was working in the Navy. She spent her military career as the Director of the Office of Small Business Programs for the Department of Navy and wanted to get too many tasks done too quickly. Now in retirement, she sees how leaders can strike a healthier balance between work and self-care. Today, she is a successful coach helping people live their lives with less stress, more purpose, and deeper relationships. Emily Harman joins Rodney Flowers and Liz Mildenstein on the NavalX ConnecX Podcast to share more insights on positive intelligence, peace of...
info_outlineToday on the NavalX ConnecX podcast, we are joined by Johannes Schonberg, the Northwest Tech Bridge director. Schonberg helps break down the ins and outs of the Tech Bridge world, how it relates to the Navy, and the interconnected system based on local and regional tech bridges. Schonberg answers all of your questions around how entrepreneurs can collaborate with the government and share new technologies in order to be one step ahead for the warfighter. Join us for another informative and sometimes playful episode, hosted by Brad Goodrich and Rodney Flowers.