Leadership Lessons from Outer Space
Terry Virts, a former NASA astronaut who piloted the Space Shuttle and commanded the International Space Station, shares insights from seven months in space working with international crews and conducting spacewalks and experiments. In this interview, he reflects on teamwork, crisis management, leadership lessons, and his latest projects—including his book How to Astronaut and the film One More Orbit.
Terry Virts is a celebrated thought leader, speaker and author whose seven months in space included: piloting the Space Shuttle; commanding the International Space Station; three spacewalks; and performing scientific experiments, while working closely with multiple international partners. Terry worked with Russian Space Agency cosmonauts during some of the most stressful U.S.-Russian relations since the Cold War. Terry also just released a new book (How to Astronaut, An Insiders guide to leaving planet earth) and a new movie (One More Orbit)!
It was a blast doing this interview with Terry today (3 Oct 2020). We talked about many topics, including:
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Full interview topics are below:
Point of no return : What happens when the booster rockets go off when you take off! 2:52 Check in to ISS : What happens when you get to the space station? do you check in ? do you carry your suitcases with you? 4:00 Importance of Team work : What lessons he learnt by working with the Russian cosmonauts.4:48 Coming home : When happens when you are landing 10:56 View from above : Never seen picture of Sri Lanka from International Space Station (ISS) 13:42 Power of teams : What diversity and inclusion mean in space? 15:08 & 32:08 Crisis management : The Ammonia alarm is going off! 17:00 The picture : How to select the best picture out of 319,000 photos 22:36 The importance of continuous learning : How Terry ended up taking the Harvard Executive General Management Program(GMP) 23:50 Better Future : The use of Microsoft HoloLense 2 as a great device for future of space industry 25:56 The first 90 days : How to prepare for your next role or new job 30:36 Terry's new book : How to Astronaut - An Insiders guide to leaving planet earth! 21:15 Terry's new movie : One More Orbit and how they broke a world record! 34:34
Any many more topics!