Ep 7: Chapter Impact & Leadership with Tony Lindeman

And as we wrap up, is there anything about the chapter advisory committee that we didn't touch on that you just really want people to know?

Yeah, I think the key thing is, and I appreciate this opportunity to help get the word out about the CAC, I think, but we're also part of the bigger change that's underway.

And Cochise has their strategic goals.

They're going to address the application of resources to address what's needed, prepare for the future, the membership growth that we anticipate.

But we also need all the stakeholders represented.

And that's, like I mentioned earlier, we've got the Corporate Advisory Board and the Academic Council, and then now we have the chapters.

participate in this process of, you know, once we have the strategic goals, where, you know, the vector of where we want to go and what we want to achieve, we can start saying, okay, what do the chapters need to do? And, or the chapters can provide input of what, how they can contribute to, towards achieving those goals.

That's really what's key.

I think that, and we're a startup, so I've spent a lot of time and effort going around and just talking about the CAC and eventually it will be a household name, but we're not there yet.

So, yeah.

Tony, I think that you are a perfect person to be helping with this from the ground level up.

You are doing a fantastic job.

And just with your past experience with Huntsville, I'm sure that the CAC is in great hands with you.

And I'm so excited for what the future is to hold and for what is to come.

And before we go, is there anything else that you want to add?

Yeah, I'm on a crusade of sorts, you know, because we all through, I'll say childhood development, I hear this thing and it's God bless Gene Crane for saying he never said it.

But, you know, failure is not an option.

And all the kids these days are saying it's OK to fail.

And I'm going like, no, this is not.

Now, systems engineers need to, I like to use the word tinker.

That's really what we got to replace failure with tinkering because we forgot to instill curiosity, imagination in young people.

And the way to do that is to get them out to explore the world around them.

And it could be through, you know, walk through the woods or being, I could say, a robotics competition.

But the whole idea is you try different things and you learn what works and doesn't work.

And as a systems engineer, you're going to be drawing on from, and decision-making is drawing from a wide variety of experience that you've encountered during your lifetime.