The Doctor of Digital™ GMick Smith, PhD
Jun 4, 2026 · 33 min · 11 segments
Steven Eugene Kuhn Citizen-Servant Leadership Architect | Combat Veteran & Global Business Strategist | Capital, Growth & Governance Standards The TAB Authority Architecture Unifying Humble Alpha…
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You know, before the doctrine, before the books, before the global business work that you've done all over the world, I want to start earlier.
You spent decades moving through military service, international business, high stakes advisory work, and now building what you call citizen servant leadership.
When did you first realize that leadership was not primarily about authority, but of becoming structurally incapable of compromise?
Um, you know, I think that, uh, I think I've always on, I've always sort of realized that, uh, when little things happen, but you don't consciously, um, you're not aware of it because you're looking for it.
Cause you're looking at a goal, right? So if you have a goal of getting promoted and some little things aren't right, or maybe you had to close an eye or two or whatever, every once in a while, you sort of let it go.
Cause it's on the way to your goal and that's what we're taught, right? So you gotta make it happen through hell or high water through brick walls or whatever it is.
And I think the biggest one was, and I don't usually talk about this, but the biggest one was in 2012 when I was living in Zurich, Switzerland, where I was approached by a really nice guy from Chicago who lived there with his wife, is what he said, who worked for an international company as a CEO.
wow,
You know, before the doctrine, before the books, before the global business work that you've done all over the world, I want to start earlier.
You spent decades moving through military service, international business, high stakes advisory work, and now building what you call citizen servant leadership.
When did you first realize that leadership was not primarily about authority, but of becoming structurally incapable of compromise?
Um, you know, I think that, uh, I think I've always on, I've always sort of realized that, uh, when little things happen, but you don't consciously, um, you're not aware of it because you're looking for it.
Cause you're looking at a goal, right? So if you have a goal of getting promoted and some little things aren't right, or maybe you had to close an eye or two or whatever, every once in a while, you sort of let it go.
Cause it's on the way to your goal and that's what we're taught, right? So you gotta make it happen through hell or high water through brick walls or whatever it is.
And I think the biggest one was, and I don't usually talk about this, but the biggest one was in 2012 when I was living in Zurich, Switzerland, where I was approached by a really nice guy from Chicago who lived there with his wife, is what he said, who worked for an international company as a CEO.
wow,
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