My guest today is Donald James. Donald joins me to speak about his 35 year career at NASA and how he applied the lessons he learned from his Mom to successd He used the knowledge from that experience to write a book titled, "Manners will take you where brains and money won't." We discuss leadership, management, family, and even aliens!

Show Note:
Intro
-NASA Career
-Leadership and Respect for other cultures
-STEM in education and replacing it
-Honesty versus politeness
-Interviewing and hiring for a team - authenticity
-Teamwork and collaboration
-Pink Suits and being uncomfortable
-NASA compared to surgery
-Power dynamic and race relations - police brutality
-Aliens


Speaker
Donald James
www.donaldgregoryjames.com
Author:
Manners will take you where brains and money won't
Ryan Shekell
www.ryanshekell.com