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

Transcript

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.

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!

Leaders for Our Future

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. 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?

Leadership Strengths and Improvements

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 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.

Closing Thoughts on Leadership

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. A

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.