by John U. Bacon | May 25, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Al Gallup Al Gallup, a 96-year old veteran of World War II, still bikes every day. A former assistant principal at Ann Arbor Huron and Dean of Community High School, during the early 70s he actually let the Huron students engage in sanctioned drag...
by John U. Bacon | May 19, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Rick Koubek Richard Koubek grew up in Illinois and attended community college, but eventually rose to become department chair at Penn State, Dean and then Provost at LSU, and Michigan Tech’s tenth president in 2018, where he has led MTU to record...
by John U. Bacon | May 11, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Dave Deluca Dave Deluca never went to camp as a kid, but got hooked on it when he became a camp counselor in college. Now he’s spent four decades working in YMCA camps as a counselor, a camp director, and now a CEO of Hayo-Went-Ha Camps, overseeing...
by John U. Bacon | May 3, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Brian Lawlor Brian Lawlor has been the president of local media for Scripps TV for ten years, which has grown from 10 stations to 61 nationwide since Lawlor took over. His take-aways include: To be a good journalist you need to be curious, and that...
by John U. Bacon | Apr 26, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Ron Alvesteffer By his own admission, Ron Alvesteffer is no computer whiz, but after he took over ServiceExpress, which provides data center solutions, in 1998, he transformed it from a $3 million company to a $300 million company. What he’s learned:...
by John U. Bacon | Apr 20, 2022 | Season 1
Episode Summary: Author Talk Interview A fun and lively 25-minute conversation with Fred Nahhat, Senior Vice President of Detroit PBS and a frequent host of PBS Books “Author Talk.” Here we discuss LET THEM LEAD: Unexpected Lessons in Leadership from America’s Worst...
