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803 turns · 29 minWe haven't had many retakes, have we?
No.
Hey, team, Patreon team, how are we today? Um, we've got the team from Magic here again. We're gonna talk-
Yep.
-podcast number three with Peter Scott.
Yeah.
Um, recapping this, really interesting conversation, right?
Mm.
Obviously at the start we spoke about, um, about running.
Yes, we did.
And you guys reminded me actually, um, about that as well, and his love of running. Either of you guys runners? Lucky you.
Yeah. I, I really try. Um, I actually... I, I think I have something called plantar fasciitis, if you've heard of that.
What? I have heard of that before.
Oh, have you? [laughs]
Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's a thing.
It kind of feels-
A medical thing
... it feels like, it's, like, the bottom of your foot's, like... It feels like it's ripping a bit, and you really have to stretch it out.
Yeah.
Um, and when I used to play football it was fine.
Yeah.
But since I, you know, kind of stopped for a bit-
Yeah
... I just one day, you know, you just get the urge to go for a run.
Yeah.
And you get out there and it just... Yeah, you just feel the, this ripping-
Yeah
... underneath your foot.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Enough to put you off. Um-
Yeah
... until months down the line you try again, but-
Yeah, look, I-
... yeah, it's something I'd like to get into.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Not ideal to be 24 and have injuries.
No. No, it's not ideal. [laughs]
[laughs]
Yeah, I think probably-
Sorry. No, you have to, um, say that again. What is it? Plantar?
Plantar fasciitis.
Yes.
Yeah.
There's a lot of syllables in that, mate.
Yeah, plantar fascia.
There's probably too many for me.
Yeah.
Okay.
Don't know how to spell it, but-
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, good luck with that.
[laughs]
So we spoke about running and obviously as well-
Yeah
... like his, um, his passion for running. Um, and then also I think, like, how that was a mechanism for him to manage stress in his, in his role as well.
Yeah.
Mm.
Um, and then obviously like the big topic around submarines and AUKUS as well and, um, I know that's a big, a big topic at the moment.
Yeah, of course.
Yeah, and, and looking at that, we chatted about that today, and if you just look at the numbers on it, right? Like, just $368 billion, our largest defense spend ever. It's gonna give Australia a, a strategic deterrent-
Yeah
... you would argue. Um, it's over, gonna be over two or three decades, maybe four decades. Cre- create tens of thousands of jobs, and also, um, we're gonna have American and British, uh, personnel stationed here, not far from here, right? Down south-
Yeah
... as well, so it's pretty significant. Um, and then we spoke about leadership. So, a pretty wide-ranging conversation as well.
Yeah.
Um, for you guys, what's the, what's the thoughts? What's some of your-
I
... takeaways?
My, my thing was obviously about AUKUS, like, 'cause that, that's a, that's a huge thing.
Yeah.
Us... 'Cause we've always had a allies... Like, we've been allies with the UK, US for-
Yeah
... however long it's been, right?
Yeah.
How does... 'Cause obviously they're in a bit of hot water-
Yeah
... right now. Like, you got US with Iran. You got-
Yeah
... UK with Russia-
Yeah
... currently. Um, how does that... How do we get affected by that as well? Like, that's the thing that when I was
Episode notes
Blake and the team sit down to discuss the conversation with Peter Scott, their takeaways, key learns, as well as heading down a few philosophical rabbit holes. In the chat the team talk through what it takes to lead a crew through fires, floods, and explosions hundreds of metres underwater, the mindset behind passing Perisher, the world's toughest command course and how command at sea translates to leadership on land. They also unpack Peter's shift from submarine commander to executive coach, and why he believes real leadership comes down to trust built long before the crisis hits.