Leadership Lessons of Bill Walsh: Discipline, Attention to Detail, and a Commitment to Continuous Improvement

As a kid growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area--it would be hard to not have at least witnessed Bill Walsh as a coach and a leader. Bill Walsh is widely recognized as one of the most innovative and successful coaches in the history of American football. Of course, he is best known for …

AUiX (Air University’s Innovation Accelerator): IGNITE Talk, Montgomery

Many know—I have issues. I was asked to “talk about AUiX” at a local event here in Montgomery AL and of course I said yes. I was later informed this was an IGNITE event and there were “rules.” IGNITE talks are 5 minutes with 20 slides set on a timer. What could possibly go wrong? …

Motivated to Lead Podcast: Your Choice—listen to Jeff DeGraff, Gen Kwast, Rashim McKinney or… well… me…

Cool opportunity a few months back to talk with Mark Klingsheim on his podcast Motivated to Leadhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/william-bill-demarco-chief-of-innovation-air-university/id1454443278?i=1000558965112 Possibly even more cool… check out some of the other folks you might know on the podcast: Jeff DeGraff: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jeff-degraff-the-innovation-code/id1454443278?i=1000558310902 Lt Gen Steven Kwast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-148-steven-kwast-lt-gen-ret-president-genesis/id1454443278?i=1000560759115 Rashim McKinney : https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rashim-mckinney-president-gibraltar-solutions-development/id1454443278?i=1000581044441 Mark is an amazing host—please go to his website …

Self-Esteem and Leadership–Who Appreciates You? Neo-DeMarcoian Thought

Reading a few weeks ago in the Daily Stoic, I came across the thought:  “An iron law of history is that greatness and goodness are rarely appreciated in their own time.”  Winston Churchill was more or less tossed out of office twice— in 1945 and again in 1955. Amelia Earhart had to get a job …

Synchronicity, Jung, Yeats, and Sting—DeMarco Banter

My bet—anyone growing up in the 1980s has a story involving The Police Album Synchronicity.  I remember Synchronicity from senior year at Serra High School.  The album had staying power then and it continues today.  Rolling Stone ranked Synchronicity  #159 of the 500 top albums of all time in 2020.  Jumping into the way back …

Podcast and Interview with Bright Insights Part II: Bill DeMarco and Paul Bright on “K” is for Knowledge

Part II of a two part interview with Paul Bright @Bright Insights. Thank you Paul for the opportunity to sit down and talk leadership, cognitive diversity and Star Wars. From the show notes: We continue on with Bill DeMarco's interview. Here we talk about his role in Air University's Department of Leadership, cognitive diversity, and …

Episode #14: How to Innovate with (Ret.) Colonel Bill DeMarco – Part 2

This is part 2, of a two-part interview, where we discuss "How to Innovate" from both the Air Force level and personal level with Retired Colonel Bill DeMarco. If you didn't hear part 1 (click here), please do. In this part 2, we further explore innovation from a personal standpoint, including determining your innovative profile …