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Lee Goddard

English cricketer

Sep 15, 2026

13:17
And of course, it's that great story in the late 30s where
13:20
the New Deal Democrats had to reach across the aisle to the Republican fundraisers and say, we don't necessarily like each other, but we've got to work together.
13:28
We actually are mobilizing at scale.
13:31
And while the Army and Navy are great operators and strategists, they do not understand industrialization.
13:37
They think they need 200 aircraft, don't know how to get there.
13:40
They think they need 500 tanks.
13:42
They actually need probably 2,000 aircraft.

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19:21
But talk to me about space generally, but the space sector and why that is important for supply chains.
5:13
So what was it like for you moving through those ranks and getting used to the fact that it might have started with 20 or 30 people, then all of a sudden it sort of moved into hundreds and then thousands?
5:23
Well, I think leadership, of course, is taught, it's nurtured.
5:27
But for example, I think, has been the biggest influence on my leadership journey.
5:33
An example would be when I did take command of my first major warship, and that was HMAS Parramatta in 2007.
5:43
I found myself saying or doing things almost surreally, but it was coming out of me and it was sounding good because it was all that leadership example, training, nurturing, Sure, I suffered a little bit of imposter syndrome, but it all was actually all that 15 years before of actually observing and experiencing different situations and watching some great female and male leaders.
6:10
It just was inside me and it just started occurring.
6:14
I always look at the example of one of my first commanding officers was a captain, Chris Oxenbold.

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30:21
What are we missing in the private sector when it comes to that?

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