S6 Ep18 Harry & Peter Ward on SOG Selection, Leadership, and Fatigue (Recast)
Recorded in 2020 during Melbourne's COVID lockdowns, this episode opens on what that stretch demanded of a tactical policing workforce that couldn't pause: fatigue management, disrupted home lives, an...
7 Sep 57min
S6 Ep17 The Myth of Suffering at Work
Diane Malaspina is a psychologist, performance coach, and longtime yoga teacher who specializes in stress and burnout recovery, nervous system regulation, and optimal performance. She coaches frontlin...
24 Aug 43min
S6 Ep16 Dr. Anna Simons: The Anthropology of Mission Critical Teams (Recast)
This week we're recasting Preston's conversation with Dr. Anna Simons from May 2023. Anna retired as a Professor of Defense Analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School. She holds a PhD in Social Anthrop...
10 Aug 1h 19min
S6 Ep15 Sara (Mills) Kerr - Once a Bushfire Volunteer, Now an AI Researcher
Sara (Mills) Kerr is a firefighter with Fire and Rescue New South Wales and a PhD candidate at the University of Newcastle, researching the trustworthiness of AI-generated information in disaster and ...
27 Jul 52min
S6 Ep14 A Better Approach to After-Action Reviews
A few years ago, senior FBI SWAT team leader Matt Hoffman called Preston after a fatal operation. To assist the team in working through the loss, Preston and Matt used a process that went beyond the s...
13 Jul 55min
S6 Ep12 The Neuroscience of Operator Development (Recast)
This conversation originally aired December 6, 2022.Dr. Michael Platt is a Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Marketing at the University of Pennsylvania and holds joint appointments at the Pe...
15 Jun 49min
S6 Ep11 Marius Aleksa on Why Curiosity is Key for Human Performance
We're continuing our conversation on human performance by asking why some performers keep improving under pressure while others hit a ceiling. One of the most powerful answers is curiosity. In this Te...
1 Jun 37min
