Mission Matters Innovation with Adam Torres
Sep 15, 2026 · 14 min · 10 segments
In this episode of Mission Matters, Adam Torres interviews John Buckridge, CEO at Spartan Aerospace Group, as…
John BuckridgeGuest
Adam TorresHost
And this may sound like a basic question, but it's like you almost don't have room for a bad day, right? Go into that.
I think the reason why veterans have so much success in the aerospace and defense industry is they're used to operating at high stakes.
The
37,000 or 40,000 feet, and it comes to an abrupt stop over whatever land mass you hope to be flying over.
Yeah, I'm trying to wrap my head around what does it even look like to design, I don't know, an organization's controls, get the culture right? What does that even look like in that type of environment?
And this may sound like a basic question, but it's like you almost don't have room for a bad day, right? Go into that.
I think the reason why veterans have so much success in the aerospace and defense industry is they're used to operating at high stakes.
The
37,000 or 40,000 feet, and it comes to an abrupt stop over whatever land mass you hope to be flying over.
Yeah, I'm trying to wrap my head around what does it even look like to design, I don't know, an organization's controls, get the culture right? What does that even look like in that type of environment?
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