NavalX Connecx

Mark Steven Reardon is a culture expert. He is a speaker, facilitator, educator and author focused on empowering leaders to create a culture that elevates people to astounding levels. Reardon joins hosts Rodney Flowers, Brad Goodrich, and Liz Mildenstein to get into the minutiae about how to help improve the culture of the Navy for all parties involved. From words of affirmation to empowering facilitations, Mark provides the hosts and our listeners with some practical tools and advice on how leaders can be more empathetic, create a psychologically safe environment, and ensure that each team member feels purposeful and heard. Join us today on the NavalX ConnecX podcast.

Vice Admiral Francis D. Morley has had an expansive career in the Navy. Over his decades long career, he has risen the ranks and experienced numerous facets of military leadership, from flying fighter jets to program management. Today on the NavalX Connecx podcast, our hosts Julie Lemmon, Brad Goodrich, Rodney Flowers, and Liz Mildenstien sit down with VADM Morley to talk about his experiences, both in the air and on the ground, what kind of leader he continually aspires to be and how he works with others to create and harness their leadership style, as a mentor. Join us today for another thoughtful interview on the NavalX Connecx podcast.

Today on the episode, our hosts sit back, get cozy, and review the past year. Hosts Rodney Flowers, Julie Lemmon, Brad Goodrich, and Liz Mildenstien have a reflection round table about what went well this past year, what they are grateful for, and what personal and professional goals they are looking forward to in 2022.

Everyone on our NavalX Connecx team hopes that you, our listener, has a wonderful New Year.

Today's episode is a holiday roundtable with hosts Brad Goodrich, Rodney Flowers, Julie Lemmon and new host, Liz Mildenstein. Today, the team takes a pause from the innovative and inspiring conversations we've been having with guests all year. Instead, our hosts dive in conversations about self-care, reflection, and restoration. They discuss how to avoid burnout, be more productive and focused, and learn to make New Year's Resolutions any time throughout the year. They share their personal best practices for self-care and restoration, from meditation to journaling or just having good belly laughs with friends. We also welcome new host Liz Mildenstein to the show as she will be replacing our Public Affairs Officer and co-host, Julie Lemmon as rotates back to her home command. Lastly, the team divulges what is on their personal holiday menu–from Julie's famous meatballs to Rodney's cookie collection–and Brad and Liz ponder the proper way to eat latkes. We hope you all have a relaxing and invigorating holiday week, enjoy the show!

Today's episode is a continuation of our conversations on autonomous systems. This week, hosts Brad Goodrich and Rodney Flowers sit down with Mike Tall from NAVWAR and NIWC PAC. He's an SSTM, a Senior Scientific Technical Manager for Integrated Autonomy. Also joining us is Ms Holly Gardner from the NSWC Panama City, Gulf Coast Tech Bridge, representing some of the interests from her command and her tech bridge and how they're playing in unmanned systems. They discuss the larger picture of how autonomy and unmanned systems are assisting missions in the Navy. From collaborating with industry to exploring more innovative ways to use these technologies, Mike Tall and Holly Gardner not only unpack what they do in service of the Navy at large but why they do it and how unmanned systems and autonomy plays into that larger picture. Take a listen to the newest episode of the NavalX ConnecX podcast!

Today on the show, Brad Goodrich, Deputy Director of NavalX hosts a roundtable to discuss the Intelligent Autonomous Systems strategy, with Dr. Jason Stack, the technical director at ONR, Dr. Deji Coker, the ONR Autonomy Portfolio Manager, and Dr. Cara LaPointe, the co-director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Assured Autonomy. Stack, Coker, and LaPointe bring their expertise to discuss diverse evolving and emerging capability areas for unmanned systems and the intersection of AI autonomy and unmanned systems. From adaptability to ethics, machine learning, and emerging capabilities; these three experts unpack where AI and unmanned systems are pushing the envelope and how trust in the machines and the humans that make them has to be guaranteed. Learn all this and more on this NavalX ConnecX episode.

Today's episode on NavalX ConnecX is the second of our two-part miniseries on design thinking, featuring Karen Hold. Karen Hold is the Director of Seasons of Design and co-author of Experiencing Design - The Innovator's Journey. She joins our hosts Rodney Flowers, Brad Goodrich and Julie Lemmon on the show today to talk about different approaches and angles on the design thinking process. Karen Hold illuminates to listeners and hosts that everyone has a sphere of influence, and we need to use our network to start the culture change that we all seek. She provides us with more problem solving tools from experimentation, hypothesis, and the power of "yes and..." Join us today on NavalX ConnecX to start getting new ideas and approaches to tackling any kind of problem from any level.