Join Whitney Tallerico as she explains what the innovation pipeline is and how your job or role is a part of the pipeline and the innovation process. Whitney is the NavalX Tech Bridge Director and Office of Naval Research Liaison. Her and Mohawk Matt also discuss how anyone can be an innovator and there is not degree or permission required to have an idea and try it out.

Episode 15 - Be the Spark - Centers for Adaptive Warfighting by NavalX Connecx

Federal employees are gathering together to share ideas, success stories, learn from fails and more at the recently formed Federal Innovators Salon. Join David, Sabra and Trish as they talk about this community of practice they are building with representatives from agencies all across the Federal Government.

Isabel Anderson and Brad Goodrich talk about taking a non-traditional path through their careers in the U.S. Navy, their six college degrees between them! Both have lived all across the world and share with Mohawk Matt their recommendations on finding those unique opportunities and ways to keep those relationships that may result in future endeavours and trying different jobs. They also discuss FOOD, Family and Fun that helps them take care of themselves and prevent burnout.

Navy Lieutenant Peter Guo is a 1st generation Taiwanese-American who went from playing jazz saxophone in Philadelphia nightclubs at age 14, to leading Sailors and driving Navy Ships, and is now driving the Navy into DEVSECOPS through Black Pearl. Peter shares his path as a Naval Officer, lessons he has learned and the importance of leadership above and below you.

I was a PFC twice, a Lance Corporal twice and a Corporal twice.” Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Smart shares his journey as a Marine who went from being court martialed to founder of a movement that is changing the way thousands of Marines address daily work, to being the 1st enlisted Marine at NPS for a specific program. He also talks with Mohawk Matt about happiness as a metric, anything is possible, serving those around you, his family and much more.

Join Mohawk Matt as he talks about different ways you can communicate to reach your audience. He talks about Quick Chats with Mohawk Matt, Ask Me Anything events, User Centered Communication and how these can help you or leaders and organizations connect to your audience, listen to their needs, show them the human side of leadership and an organization.

- Join us as four teammates from different commands across the Navy talk about culture, innovation and what it’s like being a new NavalX teammate. They share where they come from across the Naval enterprise and their different backgrounds of expertise that make NavalX the melting pot that it is. Mohawk Matt is from Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake and is joined by Commander Jen Franco who is a Navy Reservist, Sondra Laughlin is from Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, Indiana and Chris Capuano is out of Naval Undersea Warfare Center Newport, Rhode Island. -

Sailors in the US Navy, tend to follow a tailored path based on their job type. Meet Petty Officer First Class Rich Walsh, a sailor who decided to take on the hardest challenges he could and become a household name in the innovation space across the Department of Defense. Rich currently works at the Navy’s N7 - Strategic Warfighter Innovation Cell, at the Pentagon.

Jonas Lazo and David Spencer have a Naval IT Cloud conversation. Learn the basics of what the IT Cloud is, how the Navy and Marine Corps are looking at the cloud and what is this new Cloud Playbook, as Jonas calls it, the mother of all cloud playbooks. Jonas is the Naval Tech Warrant and David is the Cloud Lead at the Enterprise Systems and Services PMW-250 program office.