The Leadership Lightning Round - Being a Thoughtful Leader with Ian L. Paterson, Eh!

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Introduction to Lightning Round

Glen 0:02

It's the lightning round ! Brought to you by Trench Leadership: A Podcast From the Front . Guests on Trench Leadership are asked five random leadership-related questions with the goal of having a little fun , being a little self-reflective and connect with the listeners on a more personal level .

Diving into Rapid-Fire Questions

Simon 0:33

And , without further ado , let's get to the questions . So , um , listen , I this has been fantastic , but before we get doing things here and we we start to roll this out , everyone loves to hear about the lightning round questions , so , if you're okay with it , I'd like to roll into that point . What do you think ?

Ian L. Patterson 0:46

Let's do it ! Fantastic !

Simon 0:48

So , folks , as everyone remembers the lightning round , I do give some information to the guest ahead of time , but I do not give them the five questions , and so it is completely open for everyone . So you ready to go in ? Yep , fantastic

Leaders for Our Future

Simon 1:01

. So question number one who , in your opinion , is the leader best suited to take us into the future ?

Ian L. Patterson 1:09

The future is quite uncertain and , as we've seen over the last couple of months , it's changing quite a lot . My bias is technology and I think , if I use the recent fervor and excitement around AI as an example , I might pick Satya , who's the CEO of Microsoft , as the person who's currently most able to speak truth , to power around what the true capabilities of AI actually are versus what's a little bit of hype . So right now , today , I'll say Satya .

Simon 1:44

Okay , fantastic . Question number two: Cup half full or cup half empty ?

Ian L. Patterson 1:50

Half full .

Ian L. Patterson 1:51

Question number

Simon 1:51

number three who do you look to for leadership Admiral inspiration ?

Ian L. Patterson 1:57

Fantastic, , question actually I four: gave What it earlier . So , admiral Mike McConnell , visionary pioneer when it came to cybersecurity , he was the director of the National Security Agency right at the end of the Cold War and

Leadership Strengths and Improvements

Ian L. Patterson 2:11

had to oversee really a change of the US intelligence apparatus from the Cold War mindset to a future of real-time interconnected network connectivity . A future of of real time interconnected network connectivity . Um and uh . I've been fortunate enough to uh , get to know him for for many years . Um and uh , uh , and he's probably who I'd pick .

Simon 2:35

Fantastic Question number four what would you like to improve about your leadership style ?

Ian L. Patterson 2:41

Uh , that's a good question . I'd like to see uh more leaders created around me .

Simon 2:47

Okay , okay , fantastic . And the last question what do you think is your leadership strength ?

Ian L. Patterson 2:54

Probably speed .

Simon 2:56

Okay , okay , fantastic . Well , that was a lightning round . What'd you think ?

Ian L. Patterson 3:00

It was good , Although thankfully there wasn't a shot clock . Uh I , there was a bit of a delay on some of my answers .

Simon 3:06

That's all good , but the important thing is to think about it . So we're totally fine , we've got it . We got the answers . They were fantastic . Thanks so much for that .

Closing Thoughts on Leadership

Simon 3:28

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Glen 3:14

That's it . That's all you have been treated to five leadership-related questions and the responses from this week's guest . We hope you have enjoyed this edition of the Lightning Round brought to you by Trench Leadership , a podcast from the front . Take care and remember leadership without passion limits the depth of your vision .