Nov 2, 2022
Captain Ryan Bernacchi, USN (Ret.) is a retired naval officer
who possesses a unique background in aviation, leadership, high
performance teamwork, and organizational culture. During
his distinguished 25-year career in the Navy his notable positions
include the Commanding Officer and Flight Leader of the Blue
Angels, command of a fleet Super Hornet squadron, and TOPGUN
Instructor, with worldwide deployments aboard aircraft carriers,
including major combat operations. In academia, Ryan has
complemented his operational expertise with the
study of strategy, cyber, culture, leadership and ethics. Ryan
served as the Director of Leadership and Character Development and
an ethics professor at the United States Naval Academy. He was
twice selected to serve in strategic roles as a Director Fellow for
the Chief of Naval Operations Strategic Studies Group, and as the
Navy’s Federal Executive Fellow at MIT. Ryan received a B.A. Degree
from the University of California in Cultural Anthropology and is a
Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Naval War College with a M.A. in
National Security and Strategic Studies. Ryan is a recognized
expert with compelling vision in high performance leadership,
character, teamwork, and organizational culture.
During his time at the Naval Academy, Ryan served as the Officer Representative to the Women's lacrosse team and Head Coach Cindy Timchal. In our podcast today we discuss Cindy and her amazing team, as well as vulnerability, team culture, confidence vs. ego, how people learn difficult tasks, and more. We also have a fascinating talk about visualization, and how the world's best pilots fly every flight in their head before they fly it in real life. This one will require many pages to take notes.
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