Ed Wilson is the former Senior Enterprise Architect at Southwest Airlines and the Assistant Professor of Mathematics at University of Texas at Arlington.

His lessons from leading and teaching covers:

- crucial conversations

- building high performing teams

- hiring for diversity of thought

- leadership lessons

and much more!

Connect with Ed Wilson on LinkedIn at  

 / ed-wilson-7933492  

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Podcast timestamps:

00:00 Intro

00:52 Guest Introduction Ed Wilson

01:53 Shifting from Academia to Corporate

04:43 Leadership Lessons you have learned

08:10 Conflict Conversation

09:12 Diversity

12:21 Building a Great Team

16:19 Mentoring your team.

17:23 Mentoring tips

18:21 CG Infinity

19:21 Going back to teaching

20:29 Common traits of new college students

23:58 Soft skills for college students

26:54 Advice for college students

30:29 What are your thoughts on AI?

35:12 The spark of discovery

37:29 What kind of legacy you want to leave behind?

39:28 Tech CXO Excellence Program

41:00 Outro