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My name is Brady Ryan and I am a sea salt farmer on San Juan Island in Washington State. Ever since I was a child I have felt like my main skill was not that I was smarter or stronger or harder working or braver than anyone else, I was just a little more curious than the average cat. Since becoming a parent and trying to be a good husband and small business owner have taken so much of my energy and attention, I feel like this one superpower I have has fallen by the wayside. This podcast is my attempt to rediscover curiosity through conversation and contemplation. I will be alternating conversations with guests one episode with a short musing of my own the next. The musing episodes will allow me to try to explore ideas that I've heard or that I've come up with in an open ended way. My theory is that exploration is worth much more than answers and hopefully the interviews and the musings can live up to that principle.

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Master Chief Brett Percich: Learning the Art of Leadership on a Navy Submarine

November 15, 2024 • Brady Ryan

In this episode I am interviewing a member of the U.S. Navy. The opinions expressed in this podcast are their own and do not represent those of the Department of Defense or Department of the Navy.

Brett Percich is currently serving as an Engineering Department Master Chief (ie the Senior Nuclear trained enlisted Sailor) at Submarine Squadron 17
which is the ballistic missile submarine squadron for the pacific fleet, the largest submarine squadron in the Navy with 14 crews attached to 7 submarines. He has been in the navy for 21 years now, and has accumulated an impressive list of recognitions of his leadership.

I brought him to see what I could learn from him about leadership, team building, creating growth cultures, how he handles stress and much more!

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