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Award-winning journalist Stan Grant explores this data-driven world with an all-star guest list – from a NASA astronaut tackling climate change, a fire chief battling increasingly destructive blazes to a Governor confronting a city in crisis. Also challenging guests to weigh in on a topic way out of their comfort zone, Stan unearths what makes them tick, their instincts under pressure, and the single thread that connects them all. From common leadership challenges to solving some of the biggest issues of our time – this is the podcast where leaders come to learn. Find out more at directionspodcast.com +++ This is a BGT Production created in partnership with Esri Australia. Esri Australia is the nation’s leading GIS technology and services provider and part of the BGT group.
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Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
We’re living through incredible times. Technology has given us new ways to live and work we never would have thought possible.
We’re using data, technology and science to innovate and solve problems on a global scale. And we’re being challenged to unravel the complexities of today’s connected environments.
Directions is the leadership podcast where you learn how those at the top of their fields steer operations forward during times of trial. They tell you how to find opportunity in crisis, clarity amongst confusion, and steely purpose when the scales are tipped against you.
Join author and award-winning journalist Stan Grant as he explores the leadership styles of those people faced with extraordinary responsibilities across the globe.
Challenging these leaders to weigh in on a topic way out of their comfort zone, Stan Grant also unpacks their instincts under pressure to see how they solve real problems in real-time.
Guests on Season One of Directions:
- Martin O’Malley, former Governor of Maryland, Mayor of Baltimore & presidential candidate
- Linda Peters, global data strategist
- Dr Amen Ra Mashariki, global director, World Resources Institute
- Dr Kathryn Sullivan, scientist, astronaut and explorer
- Mike King, criminal profiler and cold case investigator
- Chief Kim Zagaris, wildfire policy and technology advisor
- Brian Boulmay, global digital transformation leader