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The helicopter industry is known for sky-high complexity, but one company is proving that innovation doesn't have to be complicated. For too long, the industry has settled for slow, costly, and overly complex machines, pushed forward by legacy manufacturers who cater to large government contracts and niche elite buyers.  But there's a shift happening now, one that puts simplicity, reliability, and affordability at the center of innovation. At the forefront of this transformation is Robinson Helicopter, a company best known for its rugged, no-nonsense civilian aircraft.  Under the leadership of CEO David Smith, Robinson is entering a new era, one that's not only challenging the norms of vertical lift but redefining what modern utility helicopters can look like with the launch of the new R88. David isn't just an industry veteran, he's a rare blend of engineering insight, strategic leadership, and real-world pragmatism.  With roots at Bell Helicopter and MIT, and deep experience in clean-sheet design and simulation technology, he's now steering Robinson into ambitious territory, from launching new aircraft to manufacturing drones and reshaping workforce culture. In this episode, David gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the launch of the R88, his approach to leading a legacy brand into the future, and how Robinson is quietly disrupting both the manned and unmanned aircraft space. You'll also learn: Why helicopter designs have remained stagnant for so long How Robinson plans to compete on simplicity, reliability, and price What makes the R88 a game-changer for EMS, utility, and tourism missions Why vertical integration and in-house manufacturing are Robinson's biggest strengths How Robinson is entering the drone market (and what makes their design better than quadcopters) What it takes to build a high-performance, high-loyalty workforce in aerospace today   Guest Bio David Smith is the president and CEO of Robinson Helicopter Company. He leads employees as they develop and produce cost-effective, efficient, and safe helicopters for customers all over the world. David loves helping teams grow and improve performance in engineering and manufacturing companies, especially in the aerospace industry, where he has a proven track record of delivering results and driving innovation. Prior to joining Robinson Helicopter Company in March 2023, David held leadership positions at Bell Flight and TRU Simulation + Training, where he successfully executed cost restructuring measures, improved business performance, and helped to drive the next generation of manufacturing operations. Dave is passionate about supporting non-profits and charitable efforts to help our veterans, develop tomorrow's leaders, and grow the American manufacturing industrial base. Connect with David on LinkedIn.    About Your Host Craig Picken is an Executive Recruiter, writer, speaker and ICF Trained Executive Coach. He is focused on recruiting senior-level leadership, sales, and operations executives in the aviation and aerospace industry. His clients include premier OEMs, aircraft operators, leasing/financial organizations, and Maintenance/Repair/Overhaul (MRO) providers and since 2008, he has personally concluded more than 400 executive-level searches in a variety of disciplines. Craig is the ONLY industry executive recruiter who has professionally flown airplanes, sold airplanes, and successfully run a P&L in the aviation industry. His professional career started with a passion for airplanes. After eight years' experience as a decorated Naval Flight Officer – with more than 100 combat missions, 2,000 hours of flight time, and 325 aircraft carrier landings – Craig sought challenges in business aviation, where he spent more than 7 years in sales with both Gulfstream Aircraft and Bombardier Business Aircraft. Craig is also a sought-after industry speaker who has presented at Corporate Jet Investor, International Aviation Women's Association, and SOCAL Aviation Association.    For more aerospace industry news & commentary: https://craigpicken.com/insights/.  To learn more about Craig Picken, visit https://craigpicken.com/.    Check out this episode on our website, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify, and don't forget to leave a review if you like what you heard. Your review feeds the algorithm so our show reaches more people. Thank you! 

Todd Curtis and John Goglia discuss a fatal air tour helicopter crash near New York City that killed all six people on board, including a family of five from Spain. They examine several witness videos plus ADS-S data in their analysis.The crash happened on April 10, 2025, three days before this episode was recorded. The flight was apparently routine until the helicopter suddenly rotated and crashed. Pieces of the aircraft, including the tail boom and the rotor blades, separated from the aircraft before it crashed into the Hudson River.Air tour operators are allowed to operate flights under Part 91 regulations, although the leasing company operated under Part 135 regulations that have a higher standard for inspections and maintenance. The aircraft was over 20 years old and leased from a company in Louisiana. The NTSB will likely interview anyone from the two companies involved with maintaining the aircraft.Given the circumstances of the crash, maintenance issues may have caused the accident. In addition to live lives lost, leading to concerns about the mental health effects this may have on those who maintained the helicopter. John has experienced incidents where maintainers may have harmed themselves because of their role in maintenance-related accidents. Don't miss what's to come from the Flight Safety Detectives - subscribe to the Flight Safety Detectives YouTube channel, listen at your favorite podcast service and visit the Flight Safety Detectives website. Music: “Inspirational Sports” license ASLC-22B89B29-052322DDB8

In this episode, retired Senior Chief Engineer Carey Cannon shares his 38-year journey at Bell Helicopter, talking about the realities of developing and deploying vertical lift aircraft. He discusses why many eVTOL manufacturers underestimate the time and cost required, why getting in the air is the easy part, and the enduring principles of helicopter design. Carey reflects on key programs like the V280 and EagleEye, the technology gaps he encountered, and the biggest technical and commercial hurdles eVTOLs must overcome. He also explores why traditional helicopter OEMs are cautious about eVTOLs and why few startups will survive the transition to electrified passenger transport.

Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS.In This two-part series of the Hanger Z podcast Jack Schonely and Jon Gray welcome Randy Rowles onto the podcast.Randy shares his inspiring journey from dropping out of high school to becoming the owner and president of the Helicopter Institute. He discusses the pivotal moments in his life that shaped his passion for flying, the importance of mentorship, and the challenges he faced along the way. Randy's story is a testament to resilience, determination, and the power of community in achieving one's dreams. In this conversation, Randy Rowles shares his journey through the helicopter industry, emphasizing the importance of networking, career transitions, and the impact of relationships on professional growth.He discusses his experiences at Bell Helicopter, the challenges faced during his time at Silver State, and the founding of the Helicopter Institute, which has become a family business dedicated to high-quality training. Randy's story highlights determination, grit, and the significance of mentorship in shaping one's career.Thank you to our sponsors Metro Aviation, Robinson Helicopters and Spectrolab.

Welcome to The Hangar Z Podcast brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS.In This two-part series of the Hanger Z podcast Jack Schonely and Jon Gray welcome Randy Rowles onto the podcast.Randy shares his inspiring journey from dropping out of high school to becoming the owner and president of the Helicopter Institute. He discusses the pivotal moments in his life that shaped his passion for flying, the importance of mentorship, and the challenges he faced along the way. Randy's story is a testament to resilience, determination, and the power of community in achieving one's dreams. In this conversation, Randy Rowles shares his journey through the helicopter industry, emphasizing the importance of networking, career transitions, and the impact of relationships on professional growth.He discusses his experiences at Bell Helicopter, the challenges faced during his time at Silver State, and the founding of the Helicopter Institute, which has become a family business dedicated to high-quality training. Randy's story highlights determination, grit, and the significance of mentorship in shaping one's career.Thank you to our sponsors Bell, Summit Aviation and Spectrum Aeromed.

Welcome to the #ShareYourHotness Podcast episode 138! Mark and Stephanni Myers Bishop have emerged from vastly different backgrounds—Mark hails from Alberta, Canada, and Stephanni from Utah, USA. Both lost their spouses to cancer, then met in 2019, and quickly discovered remarkable harmony. Mark is a father, grandfather, avid cyclist, and successful entrepreneur running a business developing lubricants, additives, and fluid solutions for large commercial farms and industry giants such as Exxon, General Motors, and Bell Helicopter. After selling his business he had a brief retirement before plunging into franchising a successful property maintenance company. Stephanni is a mother, grandmother, cyclist, and hiker. A serial entrepreneur, she enjoyed various careers including artist, editor, and author, culminating in her successful marketing company. She also excelled as a community leader, speaker, and business mentor. Mark and Stephanni married in 2023, and after years of both being urged to write a book about their inspiring insights and lessons learned, they decided to collaborate on a new book, Be the Boss of Your Thinker. Despite experiencing numerous, serious hardships (a few shared in their book or as speakers), they love life and are deliriously happy. Support The #ShareYourHotness Podcast by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-syh-podcast Find out more at https://the-syh-podcast.pinecast.co

Send us a Text Message.Welcome to The Helicopter Podcast, brought to you by Vertical HeliCASTS!In this captivating episode of The Helicopter Podcast, host Halsey Schider interviews David Horton, CEO of Schweizer Helicopters, to explore the rich history and enduring legacy of this iconic helicopter brand.David walks us through Schweizer Helicopters' journey, beginning in the late 1950s as part of Hughes Tool Company, gaining prominence during the Vietnam War, and transitioning through ownership by Sikorsky to its current standing under Schweizer Aircraft Corporation. In 2018, David and his team acquired the company from Sikorsky. His passion for the Schweizer brand and dedication to filling the void left by previous ownership is evident throughout the discussion.David shares his extensive career in the helicopter industry, including pivotal roles at Bell Helicopter, Heli-Dyne Systems, and Schweizer Helicopters. He addresses the unique challenges of supporting the existing fleet and highlights the significance of the refurbishment program, which aims to restore grounded helicopters to operational status. Additionally, David touches on the available supplemental type certificates (STCs) for Schweizer aircraft, such as the crash-resistant fuel system, and the initiative to modernize the helicopters with advanced glass panel displays.Throughout the conversation, David emphasizes the passion and commitment of the Schweizer team in revitalizing the brand and supporting their customers. For an engaging discussion on the history, challenges, and future of Schweizer Helicopters, tune into this episode of The Helicopter Podcast!Thank you to our sponsors Vertical Aviation International, Precision Aviation Group and Sellacopter. 

 Welcome to episode 50 of the Inner Game of Change Podcast where I focus on exploring the multi layers of managing and enabling organisational change. Today my guest is Dr Lynn Kelley: distinguished author and thought leader whose career has spanned the diverse world of transformation, manufacturing, healthcare, finance and education. From operational roles to strategic executive leadership positions in Fortune 200 companies, Lynn has established expertise in areas such as continuous improvement, lean manufacturing, six sigma and more.Renowned for her insight in Change Management, Lynn's ability to demystify complex concepts and provide actionable Questions strategies will help any change maker translate change vision into real value. In this episode, Lynn and I talk about Lynn's book Change Questions, exploring the power of questions and dive deep into the details of questions, intentions, and motives.I am grateful to have Lynn chatting with me today.  Topics include: Change questions frameworkWhy questions are powerful tools?The 11 Change management questions. Ways to improve asking 'the right questions'.Dial up curiosity to hear the answers. Empathetic questioning to build trust. The questions 'catch ball' approach. Practice the 'right questions' skill. Who asks the questions must be the right person. 3 key Change Questions takeaways from Lynn. About D. Lynn KelleyChange Questions author Lynn Kelley is a Senior Advisor to Brown Brothers Harriman Capital Partners and is actively involved in sourcing, investment evaluation, and providing post-investment value-added oversight to their portfolio companies. She serves on the Board of Directors for Precision Transport Logistics.Dr. Kelley retired from Union Pacific Railroad in 2018 as senior vice president of Supply Chain and Continuous Improvement. In this role, Lynn was responsible for sourcing, logistics, warehouse operations, fuel and water infrastructure, and industrial engineering/continuous improvement. She was also the executive co-owner of the company's Innovation program. She reported to the chairman and CEO and was a member of the Senior Leadership Team.Before joining Union Pacific in 2011, Lynn was employed at Textron, where she was vice president of Operational Excellence and served as an officer and a member of the Executive Leadership Team. She was responsible for Engineering, Integrated Supply Chain, Procurement, and Corporate Six Sigma/Quality Councils across all business units, which included Cessna Aircraft and Bell Helicopter. During her Textron career, Lynn had several international assignments, where she was based in France and South Africa. She was responsible for activities at facilities in Australia, Switzerland, France, Germany, and South Africa. Lynn was previously a professor and department chair at Madonna University, where she taught undergraduate and graduate statistics and research courses in both the US and China. During this timeframe, she developed and launched a Master's Degree in Quality and Operations Management, which received national attention for being the first Quality/Lean degree in the US that targeted the service industries. Before becoming a professor, Lynn was executive vice president and chief operating officer of Doctors Hospital in Detroit.ContactLinkedInlinkedin.com/in/lynnkelleychangeWebsitechangequestions.net (Company)Ali Juma @The Inner Game of Change podcast

Meet John Novalis...He recently joined Victory Strategies after serving 32 years in leadership and executive level roles in the U.S. Army retiring as a Brigadier General. He's from Indiana, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in Keller, Texas. John works for Bell Helicopter as the Director of Advanced Programs and Weapon Systems Integration, leading sustainment, logistics, and digital enterprise initiatives for Bell's Future Vertical Lift programs.   Top tip for a successful life?Maintain mental, physical, and spiritual strength.Best piece of advice you ever received?Listen - Actively and with Empathy. Allows you to hear insights, new information, it is a display of humility and empathy, and finally it is a component of human intelligence.Advice you would give yourself 30 years ago? Never miss an opportunity to spend quality time with your family. I lost my parents and brother at young ages...I feel regret. My career became more important than life experiences with my family. Life is fleeting.Professional achievement you're most proud of:Leading, training, and deploying a unit of +3,000 personnel and +150 aircraft into Afghanistan. An experience that taught me team building, conflict resolution, logistics and sustainment, operations and crisis management, and the value of discipline and goal setting.What advice would you give someone now who is just starting their career?1. Be competent2. Be humble3. Be a person of character4. Maintain life balance/equilibriumWhat's next for you?I plan to write a number of leadership articles relying on my experiences in the Army which included four years in combat, Command of numerous units both in peace and war, Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Staff, and Director of Logistics and Sustainment for the 101st Airborne Division and for a period of time Iraq and Syria.Instagram: www.instagram.com/victory_podcast/ LinkedIn:  www.linkedin.com/company/thevictorypodcastThe Victory Podcast Youtube Playlist: https://bit.ly/3VxXMsgMP3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/958345/12702899Check out the Victory Strategies Leadership Library: www.victory-strategies.com/podcast#victorypodcast #victorystrategies #lifeleadershipjourney #accelerateleadership #WhatsNext

Bell Helicopter has won a major contract to supply the Pentagon with a new, multirole and speedy light attack aircraft. It's a tiltrotor, and it defeated a competing coaxial compound helicopter from a Lockheed/Boeing consortium. Tilt rotors aren't new, with V-22 Osprey variants operating in U.S. military service for years, but detractors of that program have pointed to high early accident rates and maintainability issues as evidence that tiltrotors can't replace pure helicopters for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) assault and light cargo applications. The new Textron Bell V-280 Valor is a smaller and lighter aircraft than the Osprey, and with modern technology, promises to address the shortcomings of the older platform. If it delivers reliability and safety in service, it will allow fixed wing speeds with helicopter-like vertical lift capability, a game changer for military aviation—and perhaps urban civilian aeronautics, too. Want to watch this podcast as a video? This Week in Engineering is available on engineering.com TV along with all of our other shows such as End of the Line, Designing the Future, and, Manufacturing the Future.

We have talked before about how marketing, sales, and customer experience should work together, rather than in silos... But we have never had a guest explain there is an actual framework and strategy around this called "Revenue Operations" (Rev Ops). Having alignment of sales, marketing, and customer success across the FULL customer lifecycle is a way to be more efficient across all departments, and Rev Ops helps you get there. We discuss how this might be a potential solution as we could be approaching a recession. It doesn't take more staff -- Rev Ops is based around using your staff smarter across the entire organization.  Community also comes into the chat, and so much more. Our guest... Lindsay Martin-Bilbrey, CMP A lover of ice sculptures and integrations, Lindsay aims to make revenue ops, events, and technology easier for you (and your participants) to use and participants to enjoy. She brings nearly 20 years experience helping brands create experiences that leave lasting emotional impressions, while solving real business problems using a thoughtful mix of strategy, creativity, and innovation. Lindsay is an accomplished speaker, event professional, and marketer, with work featured in the New York Times, EdWeek, Personify TV, and the Association Research Lab. Lindsay and her company have worked with brands including ICIMS, Hubspot, Ford Motor Company, Sirius XM, National Restaurant Association, Bell Helicopter, Harvard Business School, Event Marketer, and IMEX. ~._.*._.~ We are "Making a Marketer"... in all ways. Check out episode 115 - and please take a minute to follow, rate, & review us on your podcast platform of choice & get each ep. when it drops! https://bit.ly/mamITuneNEW ::: This episode is made possible by Powers of Marketing - emPOWERing amazing podcast experiences & online events ::: **Our editor Avri makes amazing music! Check out his music on Spotify!**

You know that Robinson Helicopters are some of those most cost-effective helicopters to buy - with low operating costs and high resale value. What gets tricky - with all helicopters - is the insurance. Call BWI Aviation Insurance (800-666-4359) today! Check them out at https://bwifly.com/aircraft-insurance/robinson-helicopter-insurance-guide

Robert Hazlehurst is a former employee at Bell Helicopter in Ft. Worth, Texas. During his time with Bell Helicopter, Roberts specialized as a Flight Test Engineer. Flight test Engineers generally have the overall responsibility for planning specific flight test, which includes preparing test plans in conjunction with other analytics. In addition, they oversee the buildup of the aircraft to proper configuration while working with flight test instruments and system engineers. Flight Test Engineers also work with Instrumentation Engineers to ensure the sensors and recording systems are installed for the required data paraments, while also preparing the maneuver by maneuver plan for each test flight. During his time at Bell Helicopter, Robert worked on projects that included the Bell AH-1 Cobra, the Huey Helicopter, and the V-22 Osprey. https://www.bellflight.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_test_engineer https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_AH-1_Cobra --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ryan-m-seely/support

When it comes to crazy and cool military technology, it is hard to think of something crazier than the Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. Is it a helicopter? Is it an airplane? NO! IT IS BOTH!!! WHAT?!? We investigated why the United States military decided that it needed something that flies like a plane yet can also act like a helicopter. The Osprey, a shared project of Bell Helicopter and Boeing, is a tiltrotor military aircraft unlike anything else, and the design process was as well. We can't share all of the details here or you won't listen, so press the listen button and enjoy.

Join us for Season 3, Episode 3 of Impact Stigma as we host Brandy Milhorn, Master Scheduler with Bell Helicopter. May is Foster Care Awareness Month so tune in as she shares her personal journey as a foster parent with all of our listeners. Her story is as informative as it is inspirational. You don't want to miss this moving episode and be sure to subscribe for more! Thank you to our sponsor, Food City!

Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Technician offered by CONFEDERATION COLLEGEGood day ladies and gentlemen, this is IRC news, and I am Joy Stephen, an authorized Canadian Immigration practitioner bringing out this Education release from the Polinsys studios in Cambridge, Ontario. Today is the 7th May, 2022. Education releases highlight opportunities for international students which a focus on course as well as resettlement opportunities for international students who is desirous of making Canada their future home. Today we are gong to talk about the Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Technician offered by CONFEDERATION COLLEGE located in the town of  Thunder Bay in the beautiful province of Ontario. Let us now discuss this course and its attributes. This is a Regular Diploma program of Two years for those students who has 12 years of Schooling (Higher Secondary or higher) in specific subjects. The requirement indicated here is the bare minimum. The student must also have earned a minimum score of 60. The IELTS or English language requirement for this program is 6.5 overall with minimum 6 in all bandsThis program is offered by CONFEDERATION COLLEGE at their Ontario location which happens to be a RNIP eligible location or close to it. Please visit the Canadian government Immigration website to learn more because it may be a little easier for Canadian Permanent Residence for students if they can target jobs in an RNIP program location.This is what the education institution offering this course has to say about the program they are offering: Developed in consultation with Canada's leading aerospace companies including Bombardier, Boeing and Magellan Aerospace.Learn and work in our state-of-the-art lab facilities located in the new Technology, Education and Collaboration Hub.Learn from experienced faculty who have worked in the industry.Transfer your skills to other industries including mass transit and car manufacturing.Graduates of Confederation College's Aerospace Manufacturing Engineering Technician Diploma program go on to work at aerospace manufacturing and design companies including Bombardier, Boeing, Bell Helicopter, Airbus and others.Therefore, if you have completed at least 12 years of Schooling (Higher Secondary or higher) and this course is to your liking, then, please contact edu@polinsys.ca for more information on admissions. Keep in mind that this course is for students who has specialized in the following majors, Maths,If you are keen on learning about Canadian Permanent Residence pathway after studying a course in Canada, especially if you have work experience in your home country,   Please attend the FREE On-Demand webinar at a time convenient for you by visiting https://polinsys.com/p/ and then if you have any more doubts, please attend my free live webinar held every Fridays at the time indicated on my screen, The credentials to attend the webinar is also provided in the image. This is education release is brought to you by IRC news from the Polinsys studios in Cambridge, Ontario. Adios!

The company had planned to “conquer” the U.S. market. In early 2019, a Swiss helicopter manufacturer held a press conference to tout its plans to “conquer” the U.S. market from its new factory in southern Louisiana. Three years later, things haven't exactly gone according to plan — in fact, it turns out the company has pulled the plug on the project altogether. Kopter, a maker of single-turbine helicopters for transportation services, utilities, and first responders, reportedly selected a location in Lafayette, Louisiana, ahead of dozens of potential sites. The company bought out the lease at a former Bell Helicopter facility at the city's airport and vowed to invest more than $4 million in the complex. The plant was reportedly in line to make a new helicopter for the company, creating more than 120 new jobs — and receiving millions in incentives from the state.Less than a year later, however, Kopter was acquired by Italian aerospace company Leonardo, whose primary U.S. operations are in Philadelphia and which operated a maintenance facility in nearby Broussard, Louisiana. Although Kopter continued to operate independently, by the following March, the fate of the Lafayette project was apparently already in jeopard

Channelled entities "The Nine" with Chris Ernst. Topics include Andrija Puharich, Dr. D.G. Vinod, "The Stargate Conspiracy" by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, Uri Geller, CIA and Mossad psychic programs, "Third Eye Spies", remote viewing, fakery and the paranormal, James "the Amazing" Randi, poltergeist activity and emotion, Peter Levenda and "Sinister Forces: The Nine", "The Only Planet of Choice: Essential Briefings From Deep Space" by Phyliss V. Schlemmer, The Round Table Foundation, Eileen Garrett, Arthur Young, Bell Helicopter, Alice Bouverie, Aldous Huxley, upper-crust/old money seances, the Dupont and Aster families, ancient Egyptian gods, Vice-President of the U.S. Henry Wallace, Masonic symbology on American paper money, possible technology from Nikola Tesla, Ingo Swan, SPECTRA, John Whitmore, "Tom from The Nine", the Bronfman family, Gene Roddenberry, Aaron Gulyas, Star Trek and Deep Space Nine, Jenny O'Connor, Esalen Institute, new age light work, Terence and Dennis McKenna, Dorothy Martin, The Seekers, "When Prophecy Fails", cognitive dissonance, Carla L. Rueckert, Don Elkins, the Sphinx, "Babylon Five", Secret Chiefs, Meher Baba, UFO Contactees vs. Channellers, "Hoova" and "Rombus 4D", archons, gnosticism, Nag Hommadi, mystics with connections to intel agencies, "Department of Truth" comic, Tim Renner,

Seriah discusses the channelled entities "The Nine" with Chris Ernst. Topics include Andrija Puharich, Dr. D.G. Vinod, "The Stargate Conspiracy" by Lynn Picknett and Clive Prince, Uri Geller, CIA and Mossad psychic programs, "Third Eye Spies", remote viewing, fakery and the paranormal, James "the Amazing" Randi, poltergeist activity and emotion, Peter Levenda and "Sinister Forces: The Nine", "The Only Planet of Choice: Essential Briefings From Deep Space" by Phyliss V. Schlemmer, The Round Table Foundation, Eileen Garrett, Arthur Young, Bell Helicopter, Alice Bouverie, Aldous Huxley, upper-crust/old money seances, the Dupont and Aster families, ancient Egyptian gods, Vice-President of the U.S. Henry Wallace, Masonic symbology on American paper money, possible technology from Nikola Tesla, Ingo Swan, SPECTRA, John Whitmore, "Tom from The Nine", the Bronfman family, Gene Roddenberry, Aaron Gulyas, Star Trek and Deep Space Nine, Jenny O'Connor, Esalen Institute, new age light work, Terence and Dennis McKenna, Dorothy Martin, The Seekers, "When Prophecy Fails", cognitive dissonance, Carla L. Rueckert, Don Elkins, the Sphinx, "Babylon Five", Secret Chiefs, Meher Baba, UFO Contactees vs. Channellers, "Hoova" and "Rombus 4D", archons, gnosticism, Nag Hommadi, mystics with connections to intel agencies, "Department of Truth" comic, Tim Renner, and much more! Absolutely fascinating discussion with a ton of references! - Recap by Vincent Treewell Outro Music is by BELLS≥ with The New Freedom Project Download

In this episode, Greg connects with Jordan Scales, Corporate Account Manager at JETEX. Jordan is an Auburn University grad, and has spent time at Textron, Bell Helicopter, Textron GSE, JetAVIVA, and now JETEX, where he supports business aircraft operators with international trip support and services. Jordan has a passion for bringing new faces into business aviation and discusses his views on the workforce and what he is doing to make a difference for the industry. You can find this episode of the Aviation Growth Podcast on Youtube, Vimeo, Spotify, Apple, and anywhere else you listen to podcasts. To connect with Jordan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanscales/ To learn more about JETEX, visit https://www.jetex.com/ To connect with Greg on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregpheine/

Ross Perot built two powerhouse companies and changed the way politicians communicate with their constituents. Perot was an Eagle Scout who went on to join the US Naval Academy in 1949, and served in the Navy until the late 1950s. He then joined the IBM sales organization and one year ended up meeting his quota in the second week of the year. He had all kinds of ideas for new things to do and sell, but no one was interested. So he left and formed a new company called Electronic Data Systems, or EDS, in 1962. You see, these IBM mainframes weren't being used for time sharing so most of the time they were just sitting idle. So he could sell the unused time from one company to another. Perot learned from the best. As with IBM he maintained a strict dress code. Suits, no facial hair, and a high and tight crew cut as you'd find him still sporting years after his Navy days. And over time they figured out many of these companies didn't have anyone capable of running these machines in the first place, so they could also step in and become a technology outsourcer, doing maintenance and servicing machines. Not only that, but they were perfectly situated to help process all the data from the new Medicare and Medicaid programs that were just starting up. States had a lot of new paperwork to process and that meant computers. He hired Morton Meyerson out at Bell Helicopter in 1966, who would become the president and effectively created the outsourcing concept in computing. Meyerson would become the president of EDS before leaving to take a series of executive roles at other organizations, including the CTO at General Motors in the 1980s before retiring. EDS went public in 1968. He'd taken $1,000 in seed money from his wife Margot to start the company, and his stake was now worth $350 million, which would rise sharply in the ensuing years as the company grew. By the 1970s they were practically printing cash. They were the biggest insurance data provider and added credit unions then financial markets and were perfectly positioned to help build the data networks that ATMs and point of sale systems would use. By the start of 1980 they were sitting on a quarter billion dollars in revenues and 8,000 employees. They continued to expand into new industries with more transactional needs, adding airlines and travel. He sold in 1984 to General Motors for $2.5 billion and Perot got $700 million personally. Meyerson stayed on to run the company and by 1990 their revenues topped $5 billion and neared 50,000 employees. Perot just couldn't be done in business. He was good at it. So in 1988 he started another firm, Perot Systems. The company grew quickly. Perot knew how to sell, how to build sales teams, and how to listen to customers and build services products they wanted. Perot again looked for an effective leader and tapped Meyerson yet again, who became the CEO of Perot Systems from 1992 to 1998. Perot's son Ross Jr took over the company. In 2008, EDS and their 170,000 employees was sold to Hewlett-Packard for $13.9 billion and in 2009 Perot Systems was sold to Dell for $3.9 billion. Keep in mind that Morton Meyerson was a mentor to Michael Dell. When they were sold, Perot Systems had 23,000 employees and $2.8 billion in revenues. That's roughly a 1.4x multiple of revenues, which isn't as good as the roughly 2x multiple Perot got off EDS - but none too shabby given that by then multiples were down for outsourcers. Based on his work and that of others, they'd built two companies worth nearly $20 billion - before 2010, employing nearly 200,000 people. Along the way, Perot had some interesting impacts other than just building so many jobs for so many humans. He passed on an opportunity to invest in this little company called Microsoft. So when Steve Jobs left Apple and looked for investors he jumped on board, pumping $20 million into NeXT Computer, and getting a nice exit when the company went to Apple for nearly half a billion. Perot was philanthropic. He helped a lot of people coming home from various armed services in his lifetime. He was good to those he loved. He gave $10 million to have his friend Morton Meyerson's name put on the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Symphony Center. And he was interested in no BS politics. Yet politics had been increasingly polarized since Nixon. So Perot also ran for president of the US in 1992, against George Bush and Bill Clinton. He didn't win but he flooded the airwaves with common sense arguments about government inefficiency and a declining market for doing business. He showed computer graphics with all the charts and graphs you can imagine. And while he didn't get even one vote in the electoral college did manage to get 19 percent of the vote. His message was one of populism. Take the country back, stop deficit spending just like he ran his companies, and that persists with various wings of especially the Republican Party to this day. Especially in Perot's home state of Texas. He didn't win, but he effectively helped define the Contract with America that that Newt Gingrich and the 90s era of oversized suit jacket Republicans used to as a strategy. He argued for things to help the common people - not politicians. Ironically, those that took much of his content actually did just the opposite, slowed down the political machine by polarizing the public. And allowed deficit spending to increase on their watch. He ran again in 1996 but this time got far less votes and didn't end up running for office again. He had a similar impact on IBM. Around 30 years after leaving the company, his success in services was one of the many inspirations for IBM pivoting into services as well. By then the services industry was big enough for plenty of companies to thrive and while sales could be competitive they all did well as personal computing put devices on desks across the world and those devices needed support. Perot died in 2019, one of the couple hundred richest people in the US. Navy Lieutenant. Founder. Philanthropist. Texan. Father. Husband. His impact on the technology industry was primarily around seeing waste. Wasted computing time. Wasted staffing where more efficient outsourcing paradigms were possible. He inspired massive shifts in the industry that persist to this day.

Susan Steinbrecher, an internationally acclaimed executive coach, speaker, and author, is president and CEO of Steinbrecher & Associates, Inc. a management consulting firm that provides professional development services in the areas of executive coaching, group facilitation, and leadership training. Susan works with senior executives and their organizations to develop and implement innovative and profit-building solutions to address the challenges of leadership, operations, human resources, and training. The company recently launched Meaningful Alignment -- a program committed to healing the social divide, one conversation at a time. Meaningful Alignment provides the tools and training to handle high-stakes interactions when emotions run high, and viewpoints differ. Susan's expertise has positively impacted companies worldwide, including Aaron's, ABC Companies, Bank of America, Bell Helicopter, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, BP, Capital One, Delta Airlines, Disney Worldwide Services, Hilton Worldwide, Marriott, and Starbucks Coffee Company, just to name a few. Susan is the co-author of Heart-Centered Leadership: Lead Well Live Well, and Roadmap to Success. She is also the author of Amazon best-seller, KENSHO: A Modern Awakening, Instigating Change in an Era of Global Renewal. Prior to founding Steinbrecher & Associates in 1992, Susan was a rising star with one of the country's best-known hotel chains for fourteen years. She went from entry-level to the chain's youngest General Manager in history to lead the strategic training and development initiatives. You can learn more about Susan and her company Steinbrecher & Associates at their website: https://steinbrecher.com/. You can purchase a copy of the book and learn more about Meaningful Alignment here: https://meaningfulalignment.com/. Susan's books are available from her website and also on Amazon. If you like this podcast, please consider supporting the effort. Every little bit helps. Thanks.

What jobs are out there, what jobs interest you and/or fit best with your desires, abilities, and preferences.  I talk about  eight (8) practices, over a dozen jobs, and 12 markets/industries, for listeners to learn about.  This talk came out of a 1:1 I had with an early professional at my company and I believe many listeners can benefit from this conversation.  Where do you want to take your cyber security career?  What's out there?  How do you find it?  What should you do?Reach out with questions, comments, or for assistance:  cybergreybeard@gmail.comExamples of "Practices"1)    Identity and Access Management2)    Infrastructure and/or Cloud Security (Tactical)3)    Offensive Testing4)    Threat Management5)    Cloud Security (Strategic)6)    Data Security7)    Application Security8)   Governance Examples of "Markets/Verticals"1)    Healthcare – hospitals, payers2)    Financial Services – Banks, credit unions, insurance companies, 3)    Governments – Local, city, state, Federal4)    Retail – Walmart, BBBY, Home Depot, Petsmart, etc.5)    Automotive – Honda, Toyota, BMW, Dodge, Chrysler, etc.6)    Airline – United, American, El Al, Lufthansa, etc.7)    O&G – Exxon, Shell, BP, etc.8)    Communications – Comcast, Centurylink9)    Technology – MSFT, GOOG, AAPL, FB, HP, IBM10)  Entertainment – Disney (ESPN, ABC, Pixar), Netflix, MGM, Caesars – is this a gaming subset of entertainment11)  Education – K-12, Universities, trade schools, conservatories12) Defense - Lockheed Martin, Bell Helicopter, CSC, Harris Corporation, SAIC, etc.

Jeffrey, in conversation with himself, reveals more about his relationship with Arthur M. Young, inventor of the Bell Helicopter and author of The Reflexive Universe. He shares Arthur’s vision for the future evolution of human beings. He suggests that, if humanity is to become a peer among other extra-terrestrial races, it will be necessary for … Continue reading "InPresence 0226: Future Human Evolution"

#1 bestselling leadership author Adrian Gostick provides real solutions on managing change, driving innovation, and leading high-performance teams. Gostick is a global workplace expert and thought leader in the fields of corporate culture, leadership, and engagement. He is founder of the training and consulting company The Culture Works and author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers All In, The Carrot Principle and The Best Team Wins. His books have been translated into 30 languages and have sold 1.5 million copies around the world.As a leadership expert, he has been called “fascinating,” by Fortune magazine and “creative and refreshing” by the New York Times. Gostick has appeared on NBC's Today Show and CNN, and is often quoted in The Economist, Newsweek, and Wall Street Journal. If you Google the 30 Top Leadership Gurus, he is ranked #3 in Leadership and #9 in Organizational Culture; and he is a member of Marshall Goldsmith's MG100 ‘Pay itForward' Coaching Cohort. His consulting clients include Danaher, Bank of America, Cisco, Rolls Royce, Procter & Gamble, Hewlett Packard, Bell Helicopter, and California Pizza Kitchen.Gostick is co-author of the New York Times and #1 BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling books All In, The Carrot Principle and The Best Team Wins. More than 1.5 million copies of his books have been sold in more than 50 countries.In 2020, Adrian released latest book and soon-to-be bestseller Leading with Gratitude which is now available everywhere.https://www.adriangostick.com​SHOW LESSSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/labanditchburn?fan_landing=true)

Salutare, Discutăm în acest episod al podcastului #AvNews​ despre intenția României de a cumpăra elicoptere militare și despre oferta ce a fost deja înaintată de către americanii de la Bell Helicopter.

We are back with a great interview with pharmacy student Haley. Haley did her undergraduate in materials in engineering and, after briefly pursuing medical school, found her passion for pharmacy. We talk about how she found and managed her work at Bell Helicopter and her hospital while still a student, the importance of professional organizations and tips for undergrad students looking to follow a similar path.Be sure to follow us @callherdoctor.podcast on Instagram and @sheengineered on instagramYou can also find engineering specific resources at sheengineered.com

Roberto C. Candelaria is the Founder of Sponsorship Boot Camp and the International Best-Selling author of “Relationships Raise Money: A Guide to Corporate Sponsorship” and “Sponsorship For Influencers: Profitable Partnerships in 5 Simple Steps” He’s also the creator of The Sponsorship Roadmap, Sponsorship Crash Course and Sponsorship 901 and his strategies have transformed the way global influencers and organizations increase their bottom line by getting sponsored and leveraging their platforms for profitability. Roberto has shared the stage as with speakers such as Dr. Barbara De Angelis, John Assaraf, Brendon Burchard, Greg S. Reid, Sharon Lechter, Bill Walsh, Lisa Nichols, Bob Proctor, Kevin Harrington and Les Brown. An in-demand Mentor, Strategist, and Consultant, Roberto has worked with companies such as American Airlines, BMW, DELL, Disney, Enterprise Car Rentals, Hilton Hotels, Southwest Airlines, State Farm Insurance, Wells Fargo, and Zappos – to name a few. His clients and students have been sponsored by Accelerant, Adobe, Bell Helicopter, Capital One, Disney Parks, Disney Animation Studios, Cadillac, Dove, Microsoft, US Bank, Vocus and the WWE – to name a few. A recognized industry leader, Roberto’s products and presentations have made him renowned, innovative expert. As one client recently said, “If you follow his plan, success is inevitable.” Grab Your Ticket to Learn from myself & Roberto at the Growth Now Summit a Virtual Experience: www.growthnowsummit.com 

In Episode 97, listeners learn about the future of aviation and vertical lift mobility with Chad Sparks, Director of Strategic Campaigns & Business Development at Bell Helicopter. Bell is the world's leading manafacturer of military and civilian rotorcraft, and the company rose to prominence when the Bell X-1 fighter jet was the first plane to break the sound barrier, and again when the company's famous "Huey" helicopter changed the nature of battle forever during the Vietnam War. In this fascinating episode, you'll learn about how Bell is developing cutting-edge vehicles that stand to change both the military and the business world, through novel designs and autonomous technology, including the V-280, which is a hybrid between an airplane and a helicopter (pictured on the cover). You will also learn how flight will make its way into mainstream mobility, and the challenges holding us back from hailing a helicopter air taxi on our phone. This conversation was incredibly intellectually stimulating, and Chad also provided some world-class career advice that was some of the best I've heard on the podcast. Check out Bell's insane roster of aircraft: https://www.bellflight.com/ Subscribe to Our Future Newsletter for career advice and industry insights at https://www.ourfuturehq.com/ Follow us on IG: https://www.instagram.com/ourfuturehq/ Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ourfuturehq

While the focus of the world has been on the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress has been busy preparing a war authorization for the incoming Joe Biden administration. In this episode, we examine the advice given to Congress in nine recent hearings to learn which countries are on the World Trade System naughty list, as Jen prepares to read the NDAA that's soon to become law. Please Support Congressional Dish – Quick Links Click here to contribute monthly or a lump sum via PayPal Click here to support Congressional Dish via Patreon (donations per episode) Send Zelle payments to: Donation@congressionaldish.com Send Venmo payments to: @Jennifer-Briney Send Cash App payments to: $CongressionalDish or Donation@congressionaldish.com Use your bank’s online bill pay function to mail contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North, Number 4576, Crestview, FL 32536 Please make checks payable to Congressional Dish Thank you for supporting truly independent media! 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Congress.gov Articles/Documents Article: Belarus Will Be an Early Challenge for Biden, By Gregory Feifer, Slate, December 18, 2020 Article: Expanded "America Crece" Initiative Launch Event, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, December 17, 2020 Article: Court Finds Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity in the Philippines, By Jason Gutierrez, The New York Times, December 15, 2020 Article: 2,596 Trades in One Term: Inside Senator Perdue’s Stock Portfolio, By Stephanie Saul, Kate Kelly and Michael LaForgia, The New York Times, December 2, 2020 Article: Africa: From caravan networks to investment projects, By Ahmet Kavas, Daily Sabah, November 25, 2020 Article: Ethiopia’s Problems Will Not End with a Military Victory, By Aly Verjee, United States Institute of Peace, November 24, 2020 Article: Tanzania: Repression Mars National Elections, Human Rights Watch, November 23, 2020 Article: DoD Policy Chief Quits As Leadership Vacuum Expands, By Paul McLeary, DefenseNews, November 10, 2020 Article: Biden landing team for Pentagon announced, By Aaron Mehta, DefenseNews, November 10, 2020 Article: Africa in the news: Unrest in Ethiopia, contentious elections results in Tanzania and Côte d’Ivoire, and a new UK-Kenya trade deal By Payce Madden, Brookings, November 7, 2020 Article: US doing its best to lock China out of Latin America By Vijay Prashad, Asia Times, November 4, 2020 Article: Ethiopia Proposes Holding Postponed Vote in May or June 2021: FANA By Addis Ababa, Reuters, October 30, 2020 Press Release: Crisis in Mali, By Alexis Arieff, Congressional Research Service, October 21, 2020 Article: América Crece: Washington's new investment push in Latin America By Jeff Abbott, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador, October 8, 2020 Article: Ethiopian Region Holds Local Elections in Defiance of Prime Minister By Simon Marks and Abdi Latif Dahir, The New York Times, September 10, 2020 Article: IRI Expert Discusses COVID-19, Protecting Democracy in Europe and Protests in Belarus in Testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee International Republican Institute, September 10, 2020 Article: Nile dam row: US cuts aid to Ethiopia, BBC News, September 3, 2020 Press Release: Belarus: An Overview, By Cory Welt, Congressional Research Service, August 24, 2020 Press Release: Rep. Omar Leads Letter to Condemn Trump Administration’s Plan to Invest in Controversial Projects in Honduras, Ilhan Omar, August 13, 2020 Article: China Dominates Bid for Africa’s Largest Dam in New Pact By Pauline Bax and Michael Kavanagh, Bloomberg Green, August 7, 2020 Article: Nile dam row: Egypt fumes as Ethiopia celebrates By Magdi Abdelhadi, BBC News, July 29, 2020 Article: Remarks by CEO Boehler at the América Crece Event With President Hernández of the Republic of Honduras U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, July 21, 2020 Article: Can Malian President Keita survive growing anti-gov’t protests? By Hamza Mohamed, Aljazeera, July 10, 2020 Article: Pundits with undisclosed funding from arms manufacturers urge ‘stronger force posture’ to counter China By Eli Clifton, Responsible Statecraft, May 14, 2020 Article: The Three Seas Initiative explained By David A. Wemer, Atlantic Council, February 11, 2020 Article: FORMER OBAMA OFFICIALS HELP SILICON VALLEY PITCH THE PENTAGON FOR LUCRATIVE DEFENSE CONTRACTS By Lee Fang, The Intercept, July 22, 2018 Article: Is John McCain's Pick to Lead the International Republican Institute a Strike Against Donald Trump? By Timothy J. Burger, Town & Country, August 10, 2017 Article: The River That Swallows All Dams By Charles Kenny and John Norris, Foreign Policy, May 8, 2015 Document: The Grand Inga Illusion By David Lunde, University of Denver, 2014 Article: Can DR Congo's Inga dam project power Africa? By Maud Jullien, BBC News, November 15, 2013 Article: A New Take on the 1961 Murder of Congo’s Leader By Slobodan Lekic, Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2006 Article: How Biden’s Foreign-Policy Team Got Rich By Jonathan Guyer, The American Prospect Article: Christopher Fomunyoh Grabs Man Of The Year Award By Bama Cham, Eden Newspaper Article: Reform in Ethiopia: Turning Promise into Progress, Yoseph Badwaza and Jon Temin, Freedom House Article: Beijing and Wall Street deepen ties despite geopolitical rivalry, Financial Times Article: THE HISTORY OF DR CONGO TIMELINE, Welcome to the Congo Reform Association Article: Business: The Big Dreamer, By LOUIS EDGAR DETWILER, TIME, August 01, 1960 Additional Resources About The Jamestown Foundation Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. African Union Alyssa Ayres Council on Foreign Relations DEREK MITCHELL National Democratic Institute Douglas Rutzen International Center for Not-For-Profit Law Daniel Serwer, LinkedIn Daniel Serwer, Middle East Institute Daniel Twining LinkedIn Dr. Daniel Twining International Republican Institute Elbridge Colby, LinkedIn Elbridge Colby, The Marathon Initiative Elbridge Colby, Senior Advisor, Westexec Advisors Employment Timeline: Albright, Madeleine K OpenSecrets.org Eric Farnsworth, LinkedIn Eric Farnsworth Americas Society Council of the Americas Flagship Projects of Agenda 2063 African Union History: IDEA TO REALITY: NED AT 30 National Endowment for Democracy Investing in Development U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Jamie Fly The German Marshall Fund of the United States Jamie Fly U.S. Agency For Global Media Janusz Bugajski, The Jamestown Foundation Jon Temin Freedom House Joshua Meservey, LinkedIn Lauren Blanchard, LinkedIn Michael Camilleri, The Dialogue Mission Statement, Growth in the Americas Monica de Bolle International Capital Strategies Our Experienced Team McLarty Associates Philip Reeker, LinkedIn Summary: Albright Stonebridge Group OpenSecrets.org Susan Stigant, United States Institute of Peace Team, The Beacon Project, October 2020 Team ALBRIGHT STONEBRIDGE GROUP Therese Pearce Laanela, Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Yoseph Badwaza, Freedom House Sound Clip Sources Hearing: THE BALKANS: POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION, Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 8, 2020 Watch on C-SPAN Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Madeleine Albright Chairman of the National Democratic Institute Chairman of the Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm Chairman of Albright Capital Management , an investment advisory firm Member of the Council on Foreign Relations 2003-2005: Member of the Board of Directors of the NYSE 1997-2001: Secretary of State 1978-1981: National Security Council Staff Daniel Serwer Director of American Foreign Policy and Conflict Management at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University Former Vice President at the US Institute of Peace Former Minister Counselor at the State Department during the Clinton years Janusz Bugajski Senior Fellow at the Jamestown Foundation Former Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) Hosts a tv show in the Balkans Transcript: 40:03 Rep. Eliot Engel (NY): Serbia has been importing Russian fighters and tanks and conducting military exercises with the Russian Army. A US Defense Department report told us that Belgrade's drift towards Moscow has mostly occurred since President Vučić took power. The same time democratic space in Serbia has shrunk in recent years. Freedom House describes Serbia as a, 'hybrid regime', not a democracy because of declining standards in governance, justice, elections and media freedom. If Serbia wants to become part of the European Union, and the North Atlantic family of nations, it needs to get off the fence and embrace a Western path. 56:17 Madeleine Albright: As you know, Mr. Chairman, the President Elect has been personally engaged in the Balkans since his time in the Senate. And he was one of the most outspoken leaders in Congress calling for the United States to help end the complex and I was honored to work closely with him throughout my time in office. And I know that he understands the region and its importance for the United States. The national security team that President Elect Biden is putting in place is deeply knowledgeable and committed to helping all the countries of the region move forward as part of a Europe that is whole free and at peace. And that's important, because today this vision is in peril. The nations of the Western Balkans are suffering deeply from the health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. Corruption remains a serious problem, and nationalist leaders continue to stoke and exploit ethnic tensions. China and Russia are also exerting new influence in the region, with Serbia in particular the target of much anti Western propaganda. As the pandemic eases there will be an opportunity for the United States and Europe to help the region build back better, particularly as Western European countries seek to bring supply chains closer to home. And as new funds become available to invest in energy diversification and environmental protection. 59:36 Madeleine Albright: The answer is for the United States and the EU to work together to champion initiatives that help custom Bosnia and others build economic ties to Europe and the neighborhood while also pushing for needed political reforms. 1:00:00 Madeleine Albright: On Bosnia, the Dayton accords stopped a war and continue to keep the peace. But the governing arrangements are not captured by leaders among the three groups that negotiated the peace. They want to hold on to power even if it means holding their society back. While Bosnia is neighbors move toward EU membership, the United States and the European Union must focus their efforts in Bosnia on the abuse of government and state owned enterprises. Taking away the levers of power that keep the current system in place. 1:05:30 Daniel Serwer: Europe and the United States want a post state in Bosnia, they can qualify for EU membership. That Bosnia will be based not on ethnic power sharing, but rather on majorities of citizens electing their representatives. [?] entities as well as ethnic vetoes and restrictions we'll need to fade. the Americans and Europeans should welcome the prospect of a new Civic constitution. But no one outside Boston Herzegovina can reform its constitution, a popular movement is needed. The United States along with the Europeans needs to shield any popular movement from repression while starting the entities with funding and redirecting it to the central government and municipalities. 1:12:07 Janusz Bugajski: Moscow views Serbia in particular, and the Republic of Srpska in Bosnia as useful tools to subvert regional security and limit Western integration. 1:12:40 Janusz Bugajski: Western Balkan inclusion in the Three Seas Initiative and its North South transportation corridor will enhance economic performance and help provide alternatives to dependence on Russian energy and Chinese loans. 2:00:41: Rep. Gerry Connolly (VA): Why do you think longer term in the Balkans its Chinese influence we need to be focused on? Janusz Bugajski:Thank you very much for that question. Let me begin with why Russia is not a longer term danger. Russia is a country in serious decline, economic decline. Its economies size of a medium sized European state. China has the second largest economy in the world. Russia has internal problems with its nationalities with its regions, with increasing public unrest with increasing opposition to put in them even be power struggles during the succession period over the next four years, Russia faces major internal problems. China, on the other hand, unless of course, there is opposition to the Chinese Communist Party from within, is in a different stage. It continues to be a very dynamic country in terms of its economic growth. It doesn't face the sort of internal contradictions and conflicts that Russia does. And it's increasingly.. China's always looked at the longer term. In other words, they don't even have to look at succession cycles, because of the dominance of the Communist Party. They are looking eventually to replace Russia as the major rival of the United States. And the best way to do that is to increase their influence not only militarily in East Asia, South Asia and other parts of the world, but economically, politically, diplomatically, culturally, and through the media and that's precisely what they're doing, not only in Europe, but in other continents. 2:18:38 Madeleine Albright: I think that democracy and economic development go together also. Because as I put it, people want to vote and eat. Hearing: THE UNFOLDING CONFLICT IN ETHIOPIA, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, December 3, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Yoseph Badwaza Senior Advisor for Africa at Freedom House Former Secretary General of Ethiopian Human Rights Council Susan Stigant Director of the Africa Program at the United States Institute of Peace Former program director at the National Democratic Institute, focused on South Sudan Tsedale Lemma Editor in Chief and Founder of Addis Standard Magazine Lauren Ploch Blanchard Specialist in African Affairs at the Congressional Research Service Former East Africa Program Manager at the International Republican Institute Transcript: 35:32 Yoseph Badwaza: The devastating developments of the past four weeks have brought inmeasurable human suffering and the destruction of livelihoods and appear to have returned to yet another protracted civil war and nearly 30 years after it emerged from its last. These tragic events have also dealt a deadly blow to what would have been one of the most consequential democratic transitions on the African continent. 37:09 Yoseph Badwaza: A series of missed opportunities in the last two and a half years led to the tragic derailment of a promising democratic experiment. A half hearted effort at implementing reforms by a ruling party establishment reluctant to shape its deeply authoritarian roots. Roots stands in the way of a genuine inclusive political process. Hearing: U.S. DEFENSE POSTURE CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER, Committee on Armed Services, September 30, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Dr. James Anderson Former Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Department of Defense (resigned the day after Trump fired DoD Secretary Mark Esper) 2006-2009: Director of Middle East Policy for the Secretary of Defense 2001-2006 - Gap in LinkedIn resume 2000-2001: Associate at DFI International, a multinational consulting firm 1997-1999: Research Fellow at the Heritage Foundation Lt. Gen David Allen: Director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff Transcript: 17:14 Dr. James Anderson: As we continue to implement the NDS or efforts at enhancing our European posture beyond Eucom Combat Command Review, have shown recent successes, including the signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement with Poland in August that will enable an increased enduring US rotational presence in that country of about 1000 US military personnel. Hearing: DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, September 30, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Christopher Fomunyoh Senior Associate for Africa at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs Has been at NDI since 1993 Has worked for the Cameroon Water Corporation and Cameroon Airlines Corporation Dorina A. Bekoe, PhD Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses Jon Temin Director of the Africa Program at Freedom House Freedom House gets most of its funding from the National Endowment for Democracy 2014-2017: U.S. Department of State’s Policy Planning Staff Director of the U.S. Institute of Peace’s Africa Program Member of the Council on Foreign Relations Non-resident Senior Associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies Joshua Meservey Senior Policy Analyst for Africa and the Middle East at the Heritage Foundation since 2015 Former Associate Director of the Atlantic Council Former Field Team Manager for the Church World Service Resettlement Support Center Former Volunteer with the US Peace Corps Former intern for the US Army Special Operations Command Former Loss Prevention Coordinator for Dollar Financial Corporation Transcript: 7:13 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): I fear that 2020 may see an even greater decrease in democracy on the continent. Today's hearing is also timely, as elections are approaching next month in Tanzania and the Ivory Coast, both countries which appear to be on a downward trajectory in terms of governance and respect for civil and political rights. And I want to note that Chairwoman bass has introduced legislation with respect to Tanzania, and I'm very proud to be a co sponsor of it and I thank you for that leadership. 8:37 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): For example, was quite obvious to outside observers in the DRC that the declared winner of the latest presidential election held in late 2018. Felix Tshisekedi received less votes than Martin Fayulu low because of a corrupt bargain between the outgoing strongman Joseph Kabila Tshisekedi. The Constitutional Court packed by Kabila declared him to be the winner. What happened next was troubling, as our State Department issued a statement that said and I quote, 'the United States welcomes the Congolese Constitutional Court certification of Felix Tshisekedi as the next president of the DRC,' which was apparently driven by a handful of diplomats, including our ambassador. 9:26 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): Elections in Nigeria were first postponed by sitting President Buhari and marred by irregularities in advance of the election date, quitting arson attacks on the independent national Electoral Commission offices in opposition strongholds in Buhari's his removal of Supreme Court Justice Walter Onnoghen. 10:40 Rep. Chris Smith (NJ): Before Sudan is delisted as a state sponsor of terrorism, I also believe there must be justice for all victims of its past bad acts including the victims of 911, many of whom live in my home state of New Jersey and in my district. 14:44 Rep. Karen Bass (CA): Most concerning is the situation in Tanzania, which I recently addressed in House Resolution 1120 where current leadership is repressing the opposition and basic freedoms of expression and assembly in a blatant attempt to retain power. 15:00 Rep. Karen Bass (CA): We see similar patterns in Cote d'Ivoire as the executive branch legalizes the deviation in democratic institutions to codify non democratic actions. We have similar concerns about Guinea and are going to be very watchful of upcoming elections there. And in Burkina Faso, the Central African Republic, Chad, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria and Somalia. 15:57 Rep. Karen Bass (CA): What concerns me most is the democratic backsliding is not limited to Africa and we seem to be in a place of retreat from democracy that I only hope is an anomaly. In Europe, we see the egregious behavior of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, who claimed success in a disputed August 9 election and sought support from extra national resources such as Russia to justify his claim to power. 17:28 Rep. Karen Bass (CA): President Duterte of the Philippines is accused of lawfare, or weaponizing the law to deter or defeat freedoms, personalities and establishments that promote human rights, press freedoms and the rule of law while also cracking down on individual freedoms. 24:39 Christopher Fomunyoh: NDI has over three decades of technical assistance to and support for democratic institutions and processes in Africa and currently runs active programs in 20 countries. 26:09 Christopher Fomunyoh: Notably, West Africa, previously commanded as a trailblazer region has seen serious backsliding, as Mali experienced a military coup, and major controversies have arisen about candidacies of incumbent presidents in Guinea, Conakry and Cote d'Ivoire. The Central Africa region remains stocked with the three with the highest concentration of autocratic regimes with the three longest serving presidents in the world. In that sub region, notably Equatorial Guinea forty one years, Cameroon 38 years, and Congo Brazzaville 38 years. 26:50 Christopher Fomunyoh: In southern and East Africa, continued persecution of political opposition and civil society activists in Zimbabwe and similar worrying signs or patterns in Tanzania since 2016 seriously diminished citizen participation in politics and governance and also stand my prospects for much needed reforms. 31:31 Dorina A. Bekoe: Mali's 2012 coup took place even though there was a regularly scheduled election just one month away. And the coup in August of this year took place despite the fact that in 2018 there was a presidential election and last year there were legislative elections. 38:44 Jon Temin: The United States should consider changes to term and age limits that allow incumbent leaders to extend their time in office as essentially a coup against the constitution and respond accordingly. These moves by leaders who have already served two terms are an usurpation of power, that deny the country and its citizens the many benefits of leadership rotation. 40:07 Jon Temin: In Sudan the long overdue process of removing the country from the list of state sponsors of terrorism may soon conclude, but that is not enough. The United States needs to support the civilian component of Sudan's transitional government at every step of the long road toward democracy and do all that it can to revive Sudan's economy. 40:25 Jon Temin: In Ethiopia, there are deeply concerning signs that the government is reaching for tools of repression that many hoped were relegated to history. Nonetheless, Ethiopia remains on a tentative path to democratic elections that can be transformative. In this context, the decision by the United States to withhold development assistance from Ethiopia in a quixotic and counterproductive effort to influence Ethiopia's negotiating position concerning the grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is bad policy that should be reversed. 41:00 Jon Temin: Nascent democratic transitions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Gambia and Angola also call for strong US support. 1:10:21 Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN): I want to start with Dr. Fomunyoh. In your testimony you discuss the massacres committed in the Anglophone region of Cameroon. Did the United States provide training funding or arms to the Cameroonian security forces who committed those massacres? 1:12:20 Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN): Did the Millennium military officers who led the recent coup [??] receive US military training? And if you can just say yes or no, because I have a few more questions and we have limited time. 1:29:23 Jon Temin: Freedom in the world, which we do every year rates every country in the world that includes the United States, the United States score was decreasing before this administration, we have seen a slow slippage of democracy in America for some time, rating based on our scores. That decrease has accelerated under this administration. 1:30:00 Jon Temin: I think part of it has to do with freedom for journalists. I believe there's been some concern there. Part of it has to do with corruption and some of the indications that we've seen of corrupt activity within government. I'll leave it there. We're happy to go dig into that and provide you more detail. And I'm sure that when we look at the scores again later this year, there will be a robust conversation on the United States. Hearing: THE ROLE OF ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN U.S. MILITARY STRATEGY AND OPERATIONS, Committee on Armed Services, September 23, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Christine Wormuth On Joe Biden's presidential transition team 2018- present: Director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation 2017-2018: Founding Director of the Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience at the Atlantic Council 2017-2018: Senior Advisor for the Center for Strategic and International Studies 2010-2014: Various DoD positions, rising to Under Secretary of Defense for Policy 2004-2009: Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies 2002-2004: Principal at DFI Government Services, an international defense consulting firm Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges Center for European Policy Analysis Board of Advisors for the Spirit of America (not listed on hearing bio) Board of Directors is made up of CEOs of mulitnational corporations Board of Advisors is full of corporate titans and big names, including Michelle Flournoy, Jeh Johnson, Kimberly Kagan, Jack Keane, James Mattis, Stanley McChrystal, H.R. McMaster, & George Shultz 2014-2017: Commanding General of the US Army in Europe Elbridge Colby Principal and co-Founder of the Marathon Initiative Formed in May 2020 Senior Advisor to WestExec Advisors (not listed on hearing bio) Co-Founded by incoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Michelle Flournoy, who told the Intercept in 2018, "we help tech firms who are trying to figure out how to sell in the public sector space, to navigate the DOD, the intel community, law enforcement." 2018-2019: Director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security Northrup Grumman is one of its biggest donors, also gets funding from Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Bell Helicopter, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Boeing, and DynCorp. 2017-2018: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development Lead official in the creation of the 2018 National Defense Strategy 2010-2017: Center for a New American Security GWB administration (not listed on his LinkedIn) 2005-2006: worked with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence 2004-2005: President GWB's WMD Commission 2003: worked with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq Transcript: 17:14 20:08 Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges: Second point of emphasis requires us to place importance on the greater Black Sea where. I believe the great power competition prevents great power conflict, failure to compete and to demonstrate interest and willingness to protect those interests in all domains, power vacuums and miscalculations which can lead to escalation and to actual conflict. This is particularly true in the greater Black Sea region, where Russia is attempting to maximize its sphere of influence. The Black Sea region should be the place where the United States and our NATO allies and partners hold the line. The Black Sea should matter to the west in part because it [was to the Kremlin.] taking the initiative away from the Kremlin denies the ability to support the Assad regime in Syria and then to live will reduce the flow of rich into Europe, or General Breedlove called the weaponization of refugee. Limit the Kremlin's ability to spread his thoughts of influence in the Balkans which is the Middle East and North Africa. 21:28 Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges: We must repair the relationship between Turkey and the United States. And see Turkey [?] as an exposed ally at the crossroads of several regions and challenges. Turkey is essential for deterrence of the Kremlin in the Black Sea region. And it is a critical both against ISIS and Iran we need to consider this relationship to be a priority, [but] condone or excuse several mistakes or bad choices about the Turkish Government. There are times are very quiet, but we think long term. The current Turkish administration will eventually change. But the strategically important geography of Turkey will never change. 23:31 Elbridge Colby: Allies and partners are absolutely essential for the United States in a world increasingly defined by great power competition, above all with China. Indeed, they lie at the very heart of the right US strategy for this era, which I believe the Department of Defense's 2018 National Defense Strategy lays out. The importance to the United States of allies and partners is not a platitude, but the contrary. For the first time since the 19th century, the United States is not far and away the world's largest economy. More than anything else, this is due to the rise of China. And that has become very evident. Beijing is increasingly using its growing power for coercive purposes. 24:08 Elbridge Colby: United States faces a range of other potential threats, including primarily from Russia against NATO, as well as from transnational terrorists, Iran and North Korea. In other words, there exists multiple challenges to US national security interests. Given their breadth and scope, America can no longer expect to take care of them essentially alone. Accordingly, we must address this widening shortfall between the threats we face and the resources we have to deal with them by a much greater role for allies and partners. 24:59 Elbridge Colby: Because of China's power and wealth, the United States simply must play a leading role in blocking Beijing's pursuit of hegemony in Asia. This means that the US defense establishment must prioritize dealing with China and Asia and particularly vulnerable allies and partners such as Taiwan and the Philippines. 25:24 Elbridge Colby: In particular, we will not be able to dedicate the level of resources and effort to the Middle East and Europe that we have in the past. We will therefore need allied partners to do their part not just to help defend our interests and enable a concentration on Asia but to defend themselves and their interests. 26:00 Elbridge Colby: The contemporary threats to us interest stem from China across Asia. Transnational terrorists largely in the Middle East, Russia and Eastern Europe, Persian Gulf area and North Korea in Asia. 26:11 Elbridge Colby: Yet the United States is traditional, closest and most significant allies are largely clustered in Western Europe in Northeast Asia. Many of these countries, especially Europe feel quite secure and are little motivated to contribute to more distant threats. This leaves wide areas such as South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East, for which long standing US alliances are of minimal help. The natural way to rectify this is for the United States to add partners and form necessary alliances to help address these gaps. 35:13 Elbridge Colby: In this effort, though, we should be very careful to distinguish between expanding our formal alliances or [?] alliances from expanding our partnerships, the former should be approached derivatively while the latter can be approached more liberally, when we extend an alliance commitment or something tantamount to it as in the case of Taiwan, we tie our credibility to that nation's fate. We should therefore be [cheery] about doings. In light of this, we should seek to expand our partnerships wherever possible. In particular, we should focus on increasing them in South and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands, where China otherwise might have an open field to [subordances] and add them to its pro hegemonium coalition. 27:41 Elbridge Colby: I do not see a near term need to add any allies to the US roster. But I do think we will increasingly need to consider this as the shadow of Chinese power darkens over the region. 27:53 Elbridge Colby: Our effort to expand our network of allies and partners should really be focused on states with shared threat perceptions. It has become something of a common place that shared values form the bedrock of our alliances. It is true that such values help allies, but the most useful alliances generally proceed from shared fears. The best motivator to fight is self defense. The states that have a shared interest in preventing Chinese or Russian or Iranian hegemony selves have a natural alignment with our own. This is true whether or not they are democracies. 29:00 Elbridge Colby: In Asia, given the scale proposed by Beijing, we should concentrate most of our allies like Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Taiwan on readying to defend themselves alongside US Armed Forces and provide access to US forces in the event of a contingency. 29:16 Elbridge Colby: Meanwhile, we should assist partners like Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, with whatever means available to enable their defense against an ever more powerful China while concurrently seeking greater access and logistics support for US and other allied forces. 29:39 Elbridge Colby: Europe Finally, the overall us goal should be while preserving the fundamental us commitment to NATO's defense to have Europeans especially in northern and eastern Europe shoulder more of the burden of defending the Alliance from Russia assault. The reality is that given the stakes and consequences, the United States must prioritize Asia. United States must therefore economize in its second theater Europe. 35:13 Elbridge Colby: And move away from using these tools as leverage for key partners for domestic political reform or secondary geopolitical objectives. United States should always of course, stand proudly for free government that treats its people with dignity. We must keep our eye on the prize though China is the primary challenge to our interest in the world, including our government, both at home and abroad. Our top priority must therefore be to block its gaining predominance in Asia, which is a very real prospect. This means strengthening states in the region against Chinese power, whether or not they are model democracies. 35:15 Rep. Adam Smith (WA): When we should we just say, look, we're not going to worry about your domestic politics. We want to build the Alliance, however possible. How would we deal with extreme human rights abuses, as are alleged in the Philippines in terms of extra judicial killings, or in the case of India, and of course, we're dealing with this with Turkey and Europe as well, as you know, doing the arm sales with Russia, should we significantly back off on our sort of sanctions policy for those things? And if so, how do we signal that without without undermining our credibility? 40:55 Elbridge Colby: In a sense, what we're going to need to do to leverage this greater power of this network, you know, allies, partners, whatever their role is going to be interoperability, the ability to work to different standards to communicate with each other. That's partially a technical problem and an equipment problem, but a lot of it is human training and an organizational issue. And Taiwan, I think I'm very enthusiastic about the arms sales to Taiwan. And I know that one was recently reported, I hope it goes through because it's the kind of equipment that we want to see this kind of A2AD denial kind of capabilities to Taiwan, but actually, where I think would be really valuable to move forward with. And that's a sensitive issue, but I think this would be within the context of our trade policy would personally be on training, you know, and that's something we could think about with Vietnam as well. Obviously, the Indians have a very sophisticated military, but they're maybe we can offer there too. So I think that's a real sort of force multiplier. 42:00 Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX): Turkeys geography, history, critical role is always going to be important is certainly valid. And yet, not only are there human rights and governance issues, the current leader of Turkey has policies that contradict the, in many ways the best interests of the United States. So, take that specific example. We don't want to make enemies of Turkey forever. But yet, what do we do now? To to preserve that future when there's a different government, but yet make clear or in some way help guide them on a better policy path? 57:50 Christine Wormuth: We need to make adjustments to our posture in the region to be able to better deal with China. And so the announcement by Palau, for example, that it's willing to host US airfields and bases could be quite helpful to us. Even though they're relatively small. We do need to diversify our footprint. 1:24:52 Christine Wormuth: The challenge is that the many of the countries in the indo Pacific don't want to have to choose between the United States and China. They want to engage with China for very clear economic interests, while most of them lean towards the United States for security interests, and I think they're trying to sort of thread that needle. 1:32:07 Christine Wormuth: Turkey is a very challenging geostrategic problem. I was in the Obama administration when we were fighting ISIS, and we knew there was tension between the necessity to have partners on the ground and the Syrian Democratic Forces were what we had. We knew Turkey had issues with that. In my experience, however, the United States worked very hard and very closely with Turkey to try to assuage their concerns and nothing was ever enough for them. So we do have a challenge, they are very important in terms of where they are located, but the authoritarianism that Erdogan has turned to is concerning. So I think we have to keep the dialogue open and continue to try to keep turkey inside the fold, but at the same time, communicate that doing whatever they want is not acceptable. And the the S400 for example, is a key example of that. 1:34:07 Christine Wormuth: AFRICOM’s Zero Based review, I hope will shed light on which kinds of activities are helping us and helping our African partners. 1:35:36 Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges: The UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain all have extensive efforts going on in Africa. So this is an opportunity once again, where we can work with allies to achieve what our objectives are. 1:40:00 Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges: What for sure brings a lot of military capability air landed forces to the a lot and that if for some reason, you know that it would have to be filled by us or the state or other allied to then that's a problem right? Sorry. But more importantly is control the strokes that can help the blacks in the Mediterranean. And so having a NATO ally has control and sovereignty over the strait we have the mantra. Hearing: Stemming a Receding Tide: Human Rights and Democratic Values in Asia, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation, September 22, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Derek Mitchell President of the National Democratic Institute Returned to NDI in September 2018 after leaving in 1997 2012-2016: Former US Ambassador to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Burma) 2011-2012: U.S. Department of State’s first Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma 2009-2011: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Asian and Pacific Security Affairs (APSA) 2001-2009: Senior Fellow and Director of the Asia Division of the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) 1997-2001: Special Assistant for Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense 1993-1997: Senior Program Officer for Asia and the former Soviet Union at the National Democratic Institute 1986-1988: Foreign policy assistant for Sen. Ted Kennedy Dr. Alyssa Ayres Senior Fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations Consultant for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation Senior Advisor for McLarty Associates A global consultant firm "at home in corporate board rooms & government cabinet rooms, anywhere in the world" Member of the United States Institute of Peace 2010-2013: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia 2008-2010: Founding director of the India and South Asia practice at McLarty Asssociates 2007-2008: Special Assistant to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Daniel Twining President of the International Republican Institute since 2017 Picked by outgoing President, Sen. John McCain 2009-2016: Former director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund 2007-2009: GWB State Department Policy Planning staffer 2001-2004: Foreign Policy Advisor to Sen. John McCain Transcript: 16:12 Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges: Last year I introduced the bipartisan Cambodia democracy act which passed the House overwhelmingly, it would impose sanctions on those in Cambodia responsible for undermining democratic rule of law in the country. We must be especially cognizant of democracies in Asia in danger of backsliding into autocracy, with China's help with their alternative to Western democracies, and that is Chinese socialism with Chinese characteristics that is communism, regardless of how they paint it and try to rename it. 21:10 Derek Mitchell: For nearly four decades, my organization, the National Democratic Institute, working alongside our partners at the International Republican Institute, and the National Endowment for Democracy has assisted the spread and institutionalization of democracy around the world. Let me say at the start that we can only do this work thanks to the sustained bipartisan support of Congress, including from this subcommittee. So for that we are truly grateful. 21:50 Derek Mitchell: Today NDI maintains nearly a dozen offices in the Indo-Pacific region. And last week we just received clearance from the Taiwan government to open an office in Taipei, which we will do soon. 30:07 Dr. Alyssa Ayres: Sri Lanka after a five year period of improvement is now moving in the other direction with the return of the Rajapaksa government. The new political configuration will not pursue progress on reconciliation and accountability for the end of the Civil War, and the newly elected parliament is already hard at work, the constitutional amendment to expand presidential powers. 34:21 Daniel Twining: Beyond China the past year has seen countries once viewed as bright spots for democracy like Malaysia and Sri Lanka, regress due to political infighting, personality politics and failure to deliver promised reforms. 1:48:50 Dr. Alyssa Ayres: I do believe that the creation of the DFC is important. It is my understanding that it is not quite up and running 100%. So we have yet to really see what it can do as a potential alternate to these kinds of infrastructure under writings. The other piece of the DFC is that is it in part designed to help crowd in private sector engagement and private sector investments. So that's another part of the story. I think we may need more time before we're able to see how effective this mechanism can be. 1:49:22 Dr. Alyssa Ayres: I would note that we also had another very effective source of US government assistance that depends on, his premise on good governance indicators. And that's the Millennium Challenge Corporation. And I would just caution that in the South Asia region, we have now seen two examples in Nepal and in Sri Lanka, were the long process of engaging toward a Millennium Challenge compact agreement, large investments, about 500 million in each case towards transportation and power infrastructure. These have actually been held up in both of those countries because of political concerns. The Nepali government doesn't want to be part of the US-Indo Pacific strategy or feel that it is somehow being brought into the Indo-Pacific strategy. The Rajapaksa government is suspicious of the US MCC. So I would just offer those two examples of cases where we've got a terrific tool, but it's run into some challenges for political reasons and the countries of concern. 1:50:29 Daniel Twining: Thank you, Congressman, you've been such a leader, including with your Cambodia democracy act. And you know, that's a reminder that we do have the tools and, and leverage. The Europeans in Cambodia have suspended trading privileges that they had offered to Cambodia. Cambodia is very reliant on our GSP still. So some of these economic instruments matter in both a negative sense, but also in a positive sense. When countries do well, we should be working with them on new trade and financial arrangements, the Chinese do come in and do this in their own way. And we should get back to that as a country. Sir, you mentioned, do we withdraw support when a country backslides, on democracy? You know, I would argue that most of our support for country should not go directly to their governments, should go to independent civil society, free media, independent institutions and not just go into a central coffer that disappears. In the past, we've gotten a lot smarter about this as a country, but in the past, a lot of us development assistance disappeared because we were giving it to friendly autocracies in some cases, who did not have any means of accounting for it. So let's make sure that we invest in these democracy and governance instruments because we want to make sure that US taxpayer money is being used well. Hearing: U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN THE INDO-PACIFIC AND BEYOND, Committee on Foreign Relations, September 17, 2017 Watch on C-SPAN Read Transcript Witnesses: Julie Chung Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the State Department Philip T. Reeker 2019 to present: Acting Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs 2017-2019: Civilian Deputy to the Commander of the US European Command 2014-2017:Principal Officer and Consul General at the US Consulate General in Milan, Italy 2011-2014: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State fo rEuropean and Eurasian Affairs 2008-2011: US Ambassador to Macedonia 2007-2008: Counselor of Public Affairs at the US Embassy in Iraq 2004-2007: Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Hungary 1999-2004: Spokesman for the US State Dept David R. Stilwell Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the State Department Transcript: 17:44 David R. Stilwell: For years, we in the international community credited Beijing's commitments that facilitating China's entry into the rules based international order would lead to increasing domestic reform and opening. Beijing's persistent flouting of these commitments has shattered those illusions. It is now clear to us and to more and more countries around the world that PRC foreign and security policy seeks to reshape the international environment around the narrow interests and authoritarian values of a single beneficiary. That is the Chinese Communist Party. 22:19 David R. Stilwell: We sincerely appreciate congressional leadership in establishing the new counter China influence fund in fiscal year 2020 Appropriations Bill. This very important provision provides the department with a flexible mechanism that will bolster our efforts to strengthen our partners resiliency to Chinese malign influence worldwide. The initial round of CCIF funding solicitation resulted in over 400 project submissions from around the globe, with demand far outstripping the appropriate funding. 29:57 Philip T. Reeker: By using platforms like the One Belt One Road initiative, the Chinese Communist Party endeavors to create dependencies and cultivate client state relationships through the 17 Plus One initiative which involves 12 countries that are both NATO and EU members primarily in Central and Eastern Europe, China aims to achieve access and ownership over valuable transportation hubs, critical infrastructure, ports and industries. 31:09 Philip T. Reeker: Using authorities granted by legislation members of this committee introduced, as mentioned the bipartisan Build Act and the European Energy Security and Diversification Act, we've been able to begin leveraging the New Development Finance Corporation to try to catalyze key investments in strategic projects. Most notable I'd point to Secretary Pompeo. His pledge at the Munich Security Conference earlier this year of $1 billion, a commitment to the Three Seas Initiative in the Czech Republic which Secretary Pompeo visited just last month, they have transformed from a target of Chinese influence to a leader in the European awakening. 33:29 Philip T. Reeker: Although China's GDP is about eight times the size of Russia's, Russia remains the primary military threat to Europe and the strategic priority for most of our allies and partners, particularly those in Central and Eastern Europe. Russia and China are more closely aligned strategically than at any point since the 1950s. And we see growing cooperation across a range of diplomatic, military, economic and information activities. 46:15 Julie Chung: In terms of [cepheus], and investment screening, we have extensive engagements in the region. We have been sending technical delegations to countries in the region to explain how public procurement processes and transparent processes work. We have helped governments build that capacity through the America Crece initiative. We have 10 mo use now signed with countries throughout the region. And that's part of the the tool to use in addressing the corruption issues that China is bringing to the region. How do we ensure the countries have the right tools in place, the practices in place, the procurement practices and regulatory framework to the private sector companies want to come and invest in those countries and ensure they have a level playing field to be working through the America Crece initiative. 47:17 Julie Chung: DFC has been a wonderful tool and resource that we've been able to now utilize more than ever, in from the former OPEX utilities, not expanding that broader base in Latin America and the Caribbean. So DFC in our region has already invested and has pledged to invest $12 billion in just the Western Hemisphere alone, and in Central America, $3 billion. So it's already invested in Central America, in El Salvador, for instance, on an LNG project, and other projects that are forthcoming. 1:17:16 Philip T. Reeker: Three Seas Initiative was developed by countries dozen countries in the Central and Eastern European region to provide alternatives particularly in a north-south direction for trade and infrastructure, and we have stepped in to support the Three Seas not as a member, but as an interested partner. And Secretary Pompeo outlined, as I mentioned, that the development Finance Corporation is offering up to a billion dollars in matching investment funds for opportunities throughout that region. 1:35:00 Julie Chung: Taiwan and the United States are working together in Latin America. So they announced financing to provide SME loan support for Latin American Central American region through the kabe. The Central American Bank of Government Integration. So that's one example of where we're providing that funding into the region. There's also a $26 million loan that DFCS provided to provide telecom towers in Peru and Ecuador 500 telecom towers, and this addresses both our strategic interest as well as a 5G telecommunications interest that where China is trying to take over and really control that that sector. 1:50:29 Julie Chung: In terms of DFC and working on digital authoritarianism, there's no better example in the region then in Maduro's regime, the authoritarian regime of Maduro and working in close concert with China, and China's ZTE has long had a relationship with the Maduro regime and providing the carnet de patria which spies on civil society and opposition leaders and determines how who gets what food allocations within that country. And so right now, of course, we are not engaging in DFC in Venezuela. But in a democratic future. When we have a democratic transition in that country. We would love to bring DFC into it and help rebuild. Hearing: THE HEALTH, ECONOMIC, AND POLITICAL CHALLENGES FACING LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, and Trade, September 15, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Monica de Bolle, PhD Professor of Latin American Studies at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics Senior Advisor with International Capital Strategies (not listed on her hearing bio) Former professor of macroeconomics at the Pontifical Catholic Universtiy of Rio de Janeiro Managing partner of Galanto MBB Consultants, a macroeconomic consultancy firm based in Brazil Former economist at the International Monetary Fund Michael Camilleri Director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program for Inter-American Dialogue Senior Advisor at WestExec Advisors since February 2018 (not listed on his hearing bio) The firm founded by the incoming Secretary of State, Antony Blinken Former Western Hemisphere adviser on Obama's Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff and Director for Andean Affairs at the National Security Council from 2012-2017 Former human rights specialist at the Organization of American States Former senior staff attorney at the Center for Justice and International Law Member of the Council on Foreign Relations Eric Farnsworth Vice President of the Council of the Americas since 2003 Former Managing Director of ManattJones Global Strategies, a consulting firm from 1998-2005 Former member of the global public policy division of Bristol-Meyers Squibb, a multinational pharmaceutical company Former Senior Policy Advisor to President Bill Clinton from 1995-1998 Former Foreign Affairs Officer at the State Department from 1990-1995 Former Services and Investment Industry Analyst at the Office of the US Trade Representatives in 1992 Transcript: 25:10 Rep. Francis Rooney (FL): US international development Finance Corporation will play a crucial role in investments in the region, which I believe can help the recovery and also as long term economic well being 2:08:13 Eric Farnsworth: Notably, Washington is taking actions to build a forward looking economic recovery agenda. Among them the Americas Crece, a program announced at the end of 2019 and enhanced financing facilities through the newly minted Development Finance Corporation. 2:09:21 Eric Farnsworth: Economic Recovery must be at the forefront of the pending summit of the Americas. Latin America already suffers from one of the lowest levels of intra regional trade worldwide, for example. The gains from expanded intra regional trade would establish sounder economic footing while helping to moderate the cyclical nature of commodities markets, as well. Nations across Latin America and the Caribbean can focus more attention on improving their respective investment climates. Mr. Rooney, the ranking minority member has made this case effectively many, many times. For its part, the United States should come to the 2021 summit with a robust economic expansion initiative. Absent a massive economic financial package of debt relief and new lending, renewal of a hemispheric trade and investment agenda will be the best way to promote regional recovery, support US and regional economic interests and renew a regional strategic posture that China has begun to challenge. 2:11:03 Julie Chung: So how does the United States continue to advocate democracy in Venezuela? I say sham of legislative election and the end of Guaido's mandate are rapidly approaching. How do we do that? Well, I don't if know if [inaudible] wanted this question. 2:13:03 Eric Farnsworth: There are huge amounts of illicit money being made and moved in Venezuela through illegal activities, illegal gold mining, drug trafficking and the like. And one of the best ways I think to get at the regime is to stanch the flow of those financial resources. And frankly, to identify and to freeze those funds and then also to begin to seize them and take them back at once the economic incentives for illegal behavior are removed or at least reduced, perhaps the political dynamic in Venezuela will change that people will begin to see that they really have to find a way out from this mess frankly, that Nicolas Maduro has created. 2:14:14 Monica de Bolle, PhD: It will be very hard to get other Latin American countries to focus on the issues in Venezuela given that they have runaway epidemics in their own countries. And we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that amongst the 10 countries that have the largest or the highest per capita death rate in the world right now are all in Latin America. 2:16:00 Michael Camilleri: Unfortunately, the Guaido interim government, the the National Assembly, the G4 are not in the same position they were in a year or your half ago, the balance of forces on the ground in Venezuela has tilted in favor of the Maduro regime. And so that will that will require us to calibrate our own efforts and invite view we need to be realistic about the fact that some sort of negotiated pathway to free and fair elections ultimately is the most realistic and the most peaceful, frankly, path out of the the awful situation that the country finds itself in. 2:23:21 Monica de Bolle, PhD: Apart from corruption, which is certainly a problem in the oil sector as well as in other parts of the Venezuelan economy, there's also been dramatic underinvestment in the oil industry, which has now led the country to this situation where, rather than being a very big net oil exporter, as they used to be in the 1980s in the 1990s, they've now become a net oil importer, which shows exactly how much you can squander your country's resources and just basically run an economy to the ground. 2:33:58 Eric Farnsworth: And what we're seeing is some concern in the investor community about actions that have been taken perhaps on the backtracking on the reform agenda around energy in particular, but in other sectors as well, canceling contracts that have been previously agreed, and some other actions like that and the investment community is very cautious. Hearing: PROTECTING DEMOCRACY DURING COVID–19 IN EUROPE AND EURASIA AND THE DEMOCRATIC AWAKENING IN BELARUS, Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment, September 10, 2020 Watch on Youtube Witnesses: Douglas Rutzen President and CEO of the International Center for Not-for-Profit Law Professor at Georgetown University Law Center Advisory Board member of the United Nations Democracy Fund Therese Pearce Laanela Head of Electoral Processes at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance Joanna Rohozinska Resident Program Director for Europe at the Beacon Project at the International Republican Institute Senior program officer for Europe at the National Endowment for Democracy at least as of 2019. She has worked there for about a decade Jamie Fly Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and Co-Director of the Alliance for Security Democracy Senior Advisor to WestExec Advisors Co-founded by incoming Secretary of State, Antony Blinken Former President and CEO of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in 2019 & 2020 Former counselor for foreign and national security affairs for Sen. Marco Rubio from 2013-2017 Former Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Initiative from 2009-2013 Former member of GWB's National Security Council from 2008-2009 Former member of GWB's Office of the Secretary of Defense from 2005-2008 Transcript: 53:30 Joanna Rohozinska: Lukshenko must be held responsible for his choices and actions. Word mating strategies with transatlantic allies should be priority and to call for dialogue, immediate release of political prisoners and support for the political opposition's demands for holding elections under international supervision and beginning negotiations on a Lukshenko transition. 53:56 Joanna Rohozinska: Support for democracy requires patience as well as long term commitment and vision. This has been made possible with the support of Congress to IRI and the family. Thank you and I look forward to your questions. 1:03:05 Therese Pearce Laanela: Institutions that are as strong...What we are seeing... those that are able to safeguard and against disinformation for example, they are working in innovative ways because this isn't a challenge that existed really as much before social media and one of the things that we're seeing is a kind of interagency cooperation, a partnership between private and public. That's really hasn't been seen before. Let me just take Australia as a case, but the working together with social media companies and government agencies and security agencies and election officials for rapid reaction to anything that comes in and that kind of seamless communication between agencies, that is one of the ways in which we can protect. 1:04:15 Jamie Fly: We have tools. Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty has a Bella Russian language service Radio Svoboda which has significant of followers inside Belarus. The problem is that Lukashenko like many other authoritarians have realized that when they face significant pressure, they should take the country offline. And Belarusian authorities have done that on a regular basis, which makes it much more difficult to communicate and allow information to spread freely. So what they really need outlets like Svoboda and other independent media are access to internet circumvention tools, which are also funded by the State Department and the US Agency for Global Media. 1:09:57 Douglas Rutzen: China is providing surveillance technology to countries including Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Serbia. They also provided a $2 billion dollar loan to Hungry to construct a railway which Hungry then classified as a state secret in terms of the construction. 1:19:28 Brian Fitzpatrick: In 2013, in 2000, and he saw large scale protests in Ukraine, following what many believed to be a falsification of elections by their federal officials. So my first question for the entire panel, do you believe that Belarus protests could lead to a revolution similar to the one we saw in Ukraine and secondarily, on Tuesday, President Lukashenko, refused to rule out the idea of holding new elections, and acknowledge that he may have overstayed his time at office, whether or not you see revolutions similar to Ukraine, do you think that these protests could lead to an actual change in leadership? Joanna Rohozinska: So I take it as a question to me. I mean, I think that things have been building up and I would say that with this similarity to Ukraine was that there was also a deep seated frustration with corruption. Here, it's less about corruption. But it's still meets, where you have the accountability and transparency aspect of it that I was mentioning in my testimony. And I think that the frustration with the lack of responsive government and being treated like animals, frankly, is what they say, is what finally boiled over, but there's been, there's been an uptick in protests in Belarus, if you watch these kinds of things over the past two years, over the parasite tax, for example, which was also was a special tax that was put on unemployment, and on to penalize people who are unemployed, is trying to target civic activists, but it ended up reaching far farther than that. So you can see things percolating below the surface for quite a long time. Now. You never know when it's going to blow. Here, I think that there was just the COVID, underlay everything and it mobilized such a broad swath of society, that the trigger event was finally the elections, which again, demonstrating a degree of hubris they decided not to put off right, they figured that holding the elections at the beginning of August was the best thing to do, because there is always a low torque turnout and all this, frankly, because people tend to go out to the countryside. So they simply miscalculated. They did not understand how the people were feeling

So today’s story isn’t about serial killers or gruesome details of murders, No, no.. but... instead it is a terrifying true story that involves miscommunication, faulty equipment, calmness in chaos, a diploma award for Outstanding Airmanship, and the effectiveness of teamwork. Would you agree a passenger's greatest fear is being onboard an aircraft whose engines suddenly lose power? Well... This is the story of Air Canada Flight 143 aka “The Gimli Glider”Resources:- Smithsonian Channel Documentaries of Air Disasters Season 1, episode 2 “The Gimli Glider” https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/air-disasters/episode-2-season-1/gimli-glider/405552/- The Legend Of The Gimli Glider | Air Canada Flight 143 - YouTubehttps://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1281360451571/- News clipping ar-gimli-glider_2500kbps_852x480_1281834563825- Wikipedia/Metrication in the US https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States#Aviation- CBC's Barbara Frum, interviews passenger Bryce Bell two days after the incident https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2395832030/- Author - Bruce FrazerAOPA, of Arlington, Virginia, is a former Army aviator and demo pilot for Bell Helicopter wrote a book about outstanding airmanship. The "Gimli Glider" story will appear in his book.

Roberto C. Candelaria is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ready to Propel, LLC, a purpose-driven marketing and talent agency. He is the best-selling author of "Sponsorship for Influencers" and host of “The Connected Community Leader” Podcast. As a business profit strategist and sponsorship consultant working with over $25-million in funding, his strategies have changed the way brands build their platforms, connect with partners and sponsors and generate even more profits through sponsorships and partnerships. Roberto has worked with companies such as American Airlines, BMW, DELL, Disney, Enterprise Car Rentals, Hilton Hotels, Southwest Airlines, State Farm Insurance, Wells Fargo, and Zappos – to name a few. His clients and students have been sponsored by brands such as Accelerant, Adobe, Bell Helicopter, Black Enterprise, B.E.T., Capital One, Disney Parks, Disney Animation Studios, Cadillac, Dove, Microsoft, US Bank, Vocus and the WWE. A recognized industry leader, Roberto’s products and presentations have made him a renowned, innovative expert. As one client recently said, “If you follow his plan, success is inevitable.” Our conversation included: How to use sponsorships to sit at the table with your affluent clientele at high end events. What you need to have in place to not lose your new ideal affluent clientele. The biggest mistake entrepreneurs make when trying to reach affluent clients through sponsorships and how to avoid it. How sponsorships could be your most profitable and reliable marketing strategy to affluent clientele. Top three profit-inducing tips for sponsorships done right. Sponsorships are a great way to work with your affluent clientele. Enjoy the show! Claim these special bonus / gifts from our Summit Expert by joining the Marketing to Millionaires Sucess Circle on Facebook Sponsorship for Influencers: Profitable Partnerships in 5 Simple Steps (Value: $299 - Use Code: KELLY) Sponsorship Sales Overview Checklist (Value: $299) Connect with Roberto Instagram: http://instagram.com/robertocandelaria  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/propelyourprofits/  Website: https://www.facebook.com/robertoteaches  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertoccandelaria Connect with Kelly Website www.MarketingToMillionairesPodcast.com Facebook www.facebook.com/officialkellyoneil Instagram www.instagram.com/officialkellyoneil/ Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/officialkellyoneil/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/KellyONeil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Roberto C. Candelaria is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ready to Propel, LLC, a purpose-driven marketing and talent agency. He is the best-selling author of "Sponsorship for Influencers" and host of “The Connected Community Leader” Podcast. As a business profit strategist and sponsorship consultant working with over $25-million in funding, his strategies have changed the way brands build their platforms, connect with partners and sponsors and generate even more profits through sponsorships and partnerships. Roberto has worked with companies such as American Airlines, BMW, DELL, Disney, Enterprise Car Rentals, Hilton Hotels, Southwest Airlines, State Farm Insurance, Wells Fargo, and Zappos – to name a few. His clients and students have been sponsored by brands such as Accelerant, Adobe, Bell Helicopter, Black Enterprise, B.E.T., Capital One, Disney Parks, Disney Animation Studios, Cadillac, Dove, Microsoft, US Bank, Vocus and the WWE. A recognized industry leader, Roberto's products and presentations have made him a renowned, innovative expert. As one client recently said, “If you follow his plan, success is inevitable.” Our conversation included: How to use sponsorships to sit at the table with your affluent clientele at high end events. What you need to have in place to not lose your new ideal affluent clientele. The biggest mistake entrepreneurs make when trying to reach affluent clients through sponsorships and how to avoid it. How sponsorships could be your most profitable and reliable marketing strategy to affluent clientele. Top three profit-inducing tips for sponsorships done right. Sponsorships are a great way to work with your affluent clientele. Enjoy the show! Claim these special bonus / gifts from our Summit Expert by joining the Marketing to Millionaires Sucess Circle on Facebook Sponsorship for Influencers: Profitable Partnerships in 5 Simple Steps (Value: $299 - Use Code: KELLY) Sponsorship Sales Overview Checklist (Value: $299) Connect with Roberto Instagram: http://instagram.com/robertocandelaria Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/propelyourprofits/ Website: https://www.facebook.com/robertoteaches LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertoccandelaria Connect with Kelly Website www.MarketingToMillionairesPodcast.com Facebook www.facebook.com/officialkellyoneil Instagram www.instagram.com/officialkellyoneil/ Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/officialkellyoneil/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/KellyONeil Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeffrey Mishlove shares a memory of the time when his mentor, Arthur M. Young (inventor of the Bell Helicopter), told him that, if he could live his life over again, he would like to build a UFO. Today such a prospect does not seem entirely far-fetched. Jeffrey shares details regarding “meta-material” that ostensibly came from … Continue reading "InPresence 0189: Can We Build UFOs?"

3 reasons why you should listen to this episode! Learn about the different ways of doing testing on the web.Know the importance of creating tests and variants of your designs.Understand how conducting research can create better user experiences. Meet Eric Vincent After a brief professional volleyball career, Eric Vincent began his Design career in 2011, working at a marketing agency with a focus on the housing industry. After a move to Dallas, he began freelancing, producing contract work for companies such as Hilton Hotels, Bell Helicopter, Habitat for Humanity, Keller Williams Realty, and Purina. After his freelancing stint, he settled at a full-time position as a Senior Designer at an up-and-coming start-up called Teladoc. At Teladoc, Eric saw the telemedicine company grow from a few hundred employees to 4,000 in just 3 short years, where it became the largest telemedicine company in the world. He currently works at Ad Practitioners, an affiliate marketing company in Puerto Rico, where he won “Innovator of the Year” at the company's 2019 end-of-year party. Yes–it's a company award. Yes–it's not that big a deal– but for god’s sake let him enjoy it. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/commandzpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/commandzpodcast/support

This episode is sponsored by Davwill Consulting Inc. - New online course!Susan Steinbrecher, an internationally acclaimed executive coach, speaker and author, is president and CEO of Steinbrecher And Associates, Inc. a management consulting firm that provides professional development services in the areas of executive coaching, group facilitation, and leadership training.Susan works with senior executives and their organizations to develop and implement innovative and profit-building solutions to address the challenges of leadership, operations, human resources and training. The company recently launched Meaningful Alignment -- a program committed to healing the social divide, one conversation at a time. Meaningful Alignment provides the tools and training to handle high stakes interactions when emotions run high, and viewpoints differ.Susan's expertise has positively impacted companies worldwide, including Aaron's, ABC Companies, Bank of America, BNSF Railway, Bell Helicopter, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Brinker International, BP, Capital One, Concentra, CVS/Caremark, Delta Airlines, Disney Worldwide Services, Hilton Worldwide, Marriott, Miraval Spa and Resorts, Hyatt, Raising Cane's, Seneca Gaming and Starbucks Coffee Company.Susan's Book - https://www.amazon.ca/Heart-Centered-Leadership-Lead-Well-Live/dp/0615891195--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deb-crowe/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit debcrowe.substack.com

In today's episode, Prince E, N.Cast co-host and founder, dives into the topic of the Torus and how it relates to the universe and human consciousness. Full Disclosure: The host on today's episode made a mistake by saying "Stay in Order" Act and meant to say "Stay at home" Order. We apologize for the confusion. Thank you for listening Arthur M. Young: American inventor, helicopter pioneer** (not an entrepreneur), cosmologist, philosopher, astrologer, and author. Young was the designer of Bell Helicopter's first helicopter, the Model 30, and inventor of the stabilizer bar used on many of Bell's early helicopter designs. (Wiki.) The Theory of Process 1: https://arthuryoung.com/the1exc.html (c) 1991 John S Saloma) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/prince-eyoandbrian-l/support

The Amarillo City Council met yesterday, Bell Helicopter receives money for a new project, Restaurant Roundup is tomorrow, and more with ICYMI Eagle News Update.

Alejandro and Pablo Moreno didn’t start a shop together but found they could grow a business by working as a team. Alejandro got his engineering degree, worked at Bell Helicopter for a while, and went back to school to get his MBA. In the meantime, Pablo was an auto mechanic, went to flight school, and then decided to start Tandem Automotive with a friend to work on drift cars (hence the name). When Alejandro finished grad school, he was looking for some sort of entrepreneurial venture and wanted to help Pablo. He crunched some numbers and made some changes at Tandem Automotive. His quickly discovered that something needed to change at the business if they wanted it to succeed. They looked at their current customer based and decided it was best to specialize in modifying and maintaining Toyota SUV’s and trucks. Alejandro used his CAD skills and designed a custom wheel for their common application. While he thought it would be a great way to generate some extra profit, it turned out to be a real headache. Dealing with overseas manufacturing turned out to be extremely difficult and costly. But they overcame the hurdles and have had several hundred wheels produced. Tandem Automotive has also undergone several ups and downs with employees. They have tried to balance the number of techs with the workload but have struggled to hire hard workers and keep them busy with work. They have put systems in place to track the time and verify that they are charging appropriately and making money.

CES 2020 is almost here. As our team and exhibitors prepare for the show floor to open tomorrow, the leaders of CES share what new technologies to look out for on The Global Stage for Innovation. We also hear from the leader of a returning CES 2019 exhibitor about what has changed for them since last year and how they have prepared “to soar” at this year’s show. Guests Karen Chupka, Executive Vice President—CES, Consumer Technology Association Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, Consumer Technology Association Michael Thacker, EVP of Technology and Innovation, Bell Helicopter

J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas over thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 59 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a Western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? That book turned into a series of seven books that won First Place for Best Westen Series in 2015 from Texas Association of Authors. Because of circumstances beyond our control, there is no regular Wild West Showdown today. However, we hope you will enjoy some great country music by some of our singers.  Hopefully we will be back on schedule next week.

J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas over thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 59 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a Western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? That book turned into a series of seven books that won First Place for Best Westen Series in 2015 from Texas Association of Authors. Music by Bill Pidgley, Curtis Krigbaum & Dawn & Hawks Special Guest Auther Rob Maupin

J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas over thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 59 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a Western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? That book turned into a series of seven books that won First Place for Best Westen Series in 2015 from Texas Association of Authors. October 9th 2019 Music by Bob Manning & Myra Rolen  Special Guest Author John West

J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas over thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 59 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a Western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? That book turned into a series of seven books that won First Place for Best Westen Series in 2015 from Texas Association of Authors. Paula Earlene, Benny Berry, & The Young Fables Special Guest Author L. Douglas Hogan

J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas over thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 59 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a Western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? That book turned into a series of seven books that won First Place for Best Westen Series in 2015 from Texas Association of Authors. Music by Billy Yates, Mikki Daniel, Carolyn Martin & Belinda Gail Special Guest Author & Marketing Coach Dani Jorgensen  

J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas over thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 59 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a Western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? That book turned into a series of seven books that won First Place for Best Westen Series in 2015 from Texas Association of Authors. Music by Special Guest Singer Songwriter Juke Johnson

J.C. Hulsey has lived in Midlothian, Texas over thirty years. He's a father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. He has been married for 59 years. He enjoys Western movies and TV Shows, (especially the older ones) and reading about Mail-Order Brides. He is also the owner of six cats (all stray cats, showed up on the back porch) and one dog (rescue dog) He worked for 33 years at Bell Helicopter. He served in the USAF for five years, and the Air National Guard for four years. He started writing songs in his early twenties. He recorded a couple of songs in the late 1960s. He started writing poetry in the 1970s to share with others. He self-published them on Amazon in 2013. He still felt the need to write something different. He tried writing a book in the 1970s, but it was never finished. In 2014, he felt the urge to write a Western novel. However, he needed something different than what was on the market. What about a young Christian Gunfighter? That book turned into a series of seven books that won First Place for Best Westen Series in 2015 from Texas Association of Authors. Special Guest Singer Songwriter Sarantos

Some of us dream of becoming a football player. Some want to get their Ph.D, and others hope to serve with NGOs. Few of us ever accomplish even 1 of those dreams. Kenneth Reeves has done them all. He holds a Ph.D in HR Training & Leadership Development from Texas A&M, is on the Board of Directors for Youth Advocate Programs, and is currently the Chief People Officer at International Nutrition & Wellness Manufacturing. And you may recognize some of his other pitstops: YMCA (Chief HR Officer), Reliant Energy, Radioshack, Bell Helicopter, even Enron. (Oh, yeah, and Kenneth played football for the Eagles and the Browns for 5 seasons.) If you're surprised to learn that last fact, then you're in good company: Our host, Chad, had been talking to Kenneth for over half an hour about his incredible career, his inspiring life stories, his incredible respect for his family, before he found out that Kenneth played for the NFL. Here are the highlights from that interview:

Do think leaders need to know at least as much as their direct reports? Or do you doubt how leaders can make critical decisions without full information. Then this week's show is for you. John Murphey, former CEO of Bell Helicopter and my guest for this week, has been in the leadership seat under trying circumstances. When he took over as CEO, the company was loosing money, customers were very unhappy, he had major surgery and 9/11 happened – all in the space of about 30 days. How do you lead with confidence and integrity under those conditions when you are not in your comfort zone? We will talk about how John led when he didn't have all the answers, what he said to the organization, how he gained credibility, how he built his team and how he made decisions.

Do think leaders need to know at least as much as their direct reports? Or do you doubt how leaders can make critical decisions without full information. Then this week's show is for you. John Murphey, former CEO of Bell Helicopter and my guest for this week, has been in the leadership seat under trying circumstances. When he took over as CEO, the company was loosing money, customers were very unhappy, he had major surgery and 9/11 happened – all in the space of about 30 days. How do you lead with confidence and integrity under those conditions when you are not in your comfort zone? We will talk about how John led when he didn't have all the answers, what he said to the organization, how he gained credibility, how he built his team and how he made decisions.