Steve Montague flew F-14s in the Navy and spent 37 years at American Airlines, the last four as a check airman. Early in his airline career, after a month of flying with a captain who shut him down …
What Magicians Know About Recovering From Mistakes — with Michael Chaleff
Michael Chaleff spent a year working restaurants and bars as a magician before law school, in rooms where he knew things would go wrong, and walked in without a plan for what to do when they did. In …
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Why the Cheapest Supplier Is Rarely the Cheapest — with Carl Pradelli
Carl Pradelli spent 18 months building a co-branded skincare launch with the Home Shopping Network, then watched it unravel when the contract manufacturer he had chosen on a referral produced a …
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Twenty Years Inside Healthcare Didn’t Protect Her Husband: Tiffany Auvil on Caregiving and System Failure
Tiffany Auvil spent more than twenty years inside the U.S. healthcare system, starting as a volunteer firefighter and eventually serving as System Director of Outpatient Clinics for a three-hospital …
Why ESPN’s Founder Was Pushed Out of the Network He Built — with Historian Mike Soltys
ESPN founder Bill Rasmussen burned through his own money, his credit cards, and his family's money to get a 24-hour sports network to the brink of launch -- then signed the Getty Oil deal that funded …
Why Fighter Pilots Never Use the Word “Mistake” — with Boo Boucousis
Fighter pilots fly missions where a moment of ego or self-protection can get people killed -- so their debriefs are built to strip blame out entirely. Former Royal Australian Air Force pilot Christian …
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