Bill McKenzie’s career in journalism has taken him from the backroads of Texas covering George W. Bush’s governatorial campaign to a Puliter Prize-winning series of editorials on economic disparity in Dallas. Now a senior fellow at the Bush Institute, Bill was in the newsroom on 9/11 — and shares that experience as we face another national emergency. 

Keith Hennessey was director of the U.S. National Economic Council and a key advisor to the president as the financial crisis hit the U.S. economy in 2008.  He’s been inside the White House during a major crisis — and has seen a recovery.  

We talk about how our government is structured to solve problems and how leaders can make the most of the information in front of them — while also making the best use of their voice.

Today, Mr. Hennessey teaches at Stanford and is a Fellow at the Bush Institute, instructing its leadership programs.

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