Leading 4 Life "Stories"

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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses Jacqui's personal experience of child abuse (physical and sexual) and the impact that experience has had on her life.  Whilst the overall story is an extremely positive one, listeners are likely to find Jacqui's description of what happened to her as a child upsetting.
Jacqui Wilkinson is a remarkable lady, not only because of all that she has achieved already as an RAF officer, a keynote speaker, a published author, and a champion of victims of abuse, but also because of the way she handled the journey she had to make to get there!  
Growing up with two deeply dysfunctional parents and being the subject of serious abuse at the hands of her father, it is amazing how Jacqui has transformed the horror of her early life into the amazing success she enjoys today.  
Normally my guest episodes focus mostly on the core career journey of the interviewee; however, this episode is different.  Much of the conversation is about Jacqui's early life and then the transformation journey she has undertaken since her late teenage years.  It is an emotional but very powerful story and I am sure you will be as impressed with Jacqui's candour, honesty and amazingly positive outlook as I was.  
I really hope you enjoy this incredible conversation; please do let me know what you think and make sure you share it with others that you think might benefit from listening to Jacqui's experiences and outlook.
You can find Jacqui here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquijwilkinson/
and details of her excellent book here:
https://mybook.to/turningthetables
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Matthew Scullion is a remarkable man.  He co-founded his first company at the age of just 17, and is now the co-founder and CEO of Matillion, a technology company that has achieved the coveted unicorn status in terms of valuation, and which is continuing to grow year on year.
In this episode, Matthew talks about his career journey but, much more than that, he provides great insights into his leadership style and what he feels is important to be be successful.  
Matthew is also steeped in the world of AI, a subject that is increasingly impacting all of our lives, and his insights into what AI means for all of us are fascinating and extremely informative.
This was a great discussion, full of candour, reflection and humour.  I really hope you enjoy the episode.  Please let me have your feedback once you have had a listen.
If you want to know more about Matthew, Matillion or Maia, you can find them here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewscullion/

Matillion Website: https://www.matillion.com/

More about Maia: https://www.maia.ai
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Although I didn't know it at the start of the tour, my time as Director Joint Warfare, based as the Joint Forces Command Headquarters in Northwood, North London would prove to be my final role in the Royal Air Force.  In many ways it was a fascinating and fulfilling role, although it certainly lacked the intensity and profile of my previous role; both aspects would prove useful as I quickly came to the realisation that I would soon be exiting the RAF and leaving the job I loved for more than 34 years behind me.

In this episode I cover the key aspects of my time as Director Joint Warfare but I also spend time discussing my thoughts and options that ultimately led to my preparation to leave the military.  I am sure I will return to some of the specific aspects of this role downstream in other personal stories episodes but I very much hope this one is of interest to you as it was very much a pivotal point in my life.

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Just occasionally something happens that provides an immediate opportunity for a podcast theme, and this week was one of those occasions.  I very nearly lost my life to a crazy driver fleeing a robbery in a van and, although the car I was driving was written off in the collision, miraculously I walked away totally uninjured!
The consequent theme for this episode is "luck"!  We all need it, more often than we realise and, in my experience, it plays a role in almost everything that happens in life.  In this episode I not only talk about my experience this week, but also consider the different reactions people have to difficult situations and near disasters.  
I hope that by sharing my own experience in some detail, I provide some useful thoughts for everyone as, either directly or indirectly, we all inevitably encounter these challenges during our lives.  I consequently believe that having some level of preparatory thinking as to how to deal with them can only be helpful.
WARNING: The video version of this episode includes showing some shocking in-car camera footage of the collision that occurred, which reveals very starkly how lucky I was to come out unscathed. It is, however, very dramatic and hence my caution note here!
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My time in the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff (Operations) role in the UK Ministry of Defence was one of the most challenging and satisfying of my career.  
However, it also forced me to face the realisation that the end of my time in the Royal Air Force was becoming much closer and there were plenty of challenges in this role that certainly made me look hard in the mirror!
In this episode I reflect on this whole situation and attempt to provide some thoughts that I hope will be useful to everyone, regardless of the role they are in.  
As ever, I would love your feedback so please do let me know what you think.
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