NavalX Connecx

NavalX Connecx
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Welcome to NavalX Connex. This show interviews individuals from every aspect of the Navy and unpacks their particular challenges and innovative solutions. On the show, we share ideas, highlight successes, and demonstrate how NavalX connects beyond the Navy with academia and industry partners. The show aims to foster a cultural change in DON through open communication and storytelling; therefore, fostering deeper connections with the Navy and greater world that they serve.

  1. 04/20/2022

    EPISODE 66- Season Wrap Up

    Today's NavalX ConnecX episode is the season finale wrap up. Hosts Brad Goodrich, Liz Mildenstein, and Rodney Flowers reflect on the 30+ episodes they have hosted in the past few months and discuss their favorite insights, stories, lessons, and episodes. They also share their answers to our favorite question, what is your happy place and what are you eating there? Take a listen and say a quick see you later on the NavalX ConnecX Podcast.

    17 min

  2. 04/13/2022

    EPISODE 65- Hard Conversations with Janine Hamner

    The conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion has to start from the top down. That has been the crux of Janine Hamner's philosophy and work for over 30 years. Janine is the CEO of the J and J Consulting Group. She's an internationally recognized speaker, author, and expert on conscious leadership development, organizational management, neurobiology and what it takes to attract and retain world class talent. Today on the Navalx ConnecX Podcast, host Rodney Flowers sits down with Janine Hamner and unpacks how to foster the often tricky conversation around diversity, equity, and inclusion. Janine shares her insights to help leaders in the Navy create a high performance and inclusive culture. Join us today for a riveting conversation on the NavalX ConnecX Podcast.

    42 min

  3. 04/06/2022

    EPISODE 64- Self Mastery with Dr. Valerie Rene Sheppard

    Dr.Valerie Rene Sheppard is a self-mastery expert and a multi award winning best selling author. She helps executives, entrepreneurs and emerging adults overcome limiting beliefs, manage stress and complexity, and deliver high performance results. Today on the NavalX ConnecX podcast, she joins hosts Rodney Flowers, Liz Mildenstein, and Brad Goodrich to discuss all facets of self-mastery. Through storytelling, Dr. Sheppard unpacks the journey of self-mastery, leadership and success that she implements in her own life, her client's lives, and how individuals in the Navy can apply these tools to their own lives and success. Join us today for a mind expanding episode of the NavalX ConnecX podcast.

    45 min

  4. 03/30/2022

    EPISODE 63- Creating a Culture of Excellence with Captain Matthew Frey and Captain Kevin O'Brien

    NavalX is always working to change the culture of the Navy. Today on the show we have two subject matter experts who are actively working to improve the culture of the Navy. Captain Matthew Frey is the Culture of Excellence branch head at the 21st Century Sailor Office. Captain Kevin O'Brien, who serves as the deputy branch head for the culture of excellence at the 21st Century Sailor Office. Both of them join hosts Liz Mildenstein, Rodney Flowers, and Brad Goodrich to discuss how they are helping to give sailors the tools to be the best version of themselves. Join us today on the NavalX Connecx to learn about the outstanding programs that are focused on taking care of the sailor in mind, body, and spirit.

    43 min

  5. 03/23/2022

    EPISODE 62- Raising Junior Officer Voices with Deputy Director for NJOC Lieutenant Craig Veech and NJOC contributor Lieutenant Dan Conley, a Naval Medical Service Corps Radiation Health Officer

    The Naval Junior Officer Counsel, NJOC, was created to help strengthen the connection and communication between senior and junior officers in the Navy. Deputy Director for NJOC Lieutenant Craig Veech and NJOC contributor Lieutenant Dan Conley, a Naval Medical Service Corps Radiation Health Officer join NavalX ConnecX Podcast hosts Rodney Flowers, Liz Mildenstein, and Brad Goodrich to touch on all things NJOC. Craig Veech and Dan Connely highlight personal experiences, successes, challenges, and the path forward. NJOC is working tirelessly to create a collective voice for every junior officer to help improve the Navy and collaborates with NavalX on some of their missions. Join us today for a deep dive episode on the NavalX ConnecX Podcast.

    39 min

  6. 03/16/2022

    EPISODE 61- Kristen Alexander and Experimentation with Emerging Technologies

    Lieutenant Kristen Alexander has had a unique, yet fascinating, career in the Navy. Starting at a Navy Training boot camp right out of high school, she has since made her way up the ranks to become an experimentation lead with Surface Development Squadron ONE at US Navy who collaborates across the spectrum with services, industry, and academia and the larger Naval Research and Development enterprise. She comes on the show today and talks with Rodney Flowers, Liz Mildenstein, and Brad Goodrich. Together, they unpack the tests and limits of unmanned systems, robotics, and technology and what design thinking is used in Lieutenant Kristen Alexander's process. Lieutenant Kristen Alexander also shares her experience as a woman in the Navy. She is working hard to ensure that female representation becomes more normalized in a male dominated military. Join us today for another fascinating episode of the NavalX ConnecX Podcast.

    34 min

  7. 03/09/2022

    EPISODE 60- Team Orlando with CarolAnn Dykes Logue, Diana Teel, and Emily Sherkow

    Team Orlando has 50 years of cross-service collaboration under their belt and they're not slowing up anytime soon! Today on the show, we have three representatives from Team Orlando: Carol Ann Dykes Logue, the Central Florida Tech Grove's Co-Founder and Principal Investigator from University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Diana Teel, our NavalX Central Florida Tech Bridge director, and Emily Sherkow, the Team Orlando STEM Outreach Program Manager. Hosts Rodney Flowers and Brad Goodrich have an in-depth conversation with all three guests about how Team Orlando has evolved in those 50 years, what differentiates the Central Florida Tech Bridge from other Tech Bridges and find out what they are focusing on today. Join us for an exciting episode about all things Team Orlando today on the NavalX Connecx podcast.

    48 min

  8. 03/02/2022

    EPISODE 59- Small, Agile, and Many with Rear Admiral Lorin Selby

    Rear Admiral Lorin Selby's career is nearly as vast as the ocean itself. Today he is the Chief of Naval Research but has been in nearly every sphere from acquisition to submarines, working on the Hill and as the Navy's Chief Engineer. On this NavalX Connecx podcast, he sits down with hosts Liz Mildenstein, Brad Goodrich, and Rodney Flowers to unpack his biggest leadership lessons. The Admiral explains how he wants to reimagine naval power, envision the art of the possible, and how to get the Navy ahead not only in the next five years but the next 50. Join us today for an enlightening conversation on the NavalX Connecx podcast.

    40 min
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Welcome to NavalX Connex. This show interviews individuals from every aspect of the Navy and unpacks their particular challenges and innovative solutions. On the show, we share ideas, highlight successes, and demonstrate how NavalX connects beyond the Navy with academia and industry partners. The show aims to foster a cultural change in DON through open communication and storytelling; therefore, fostering deeper connections with the Navy and greater world that they serve.

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  • Creator
    NavalX Connecx
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    66
  • Rating
    Clean
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