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Join Emerald One for our next episode of Brilliant in 20 with Sophie Myers, director of the Veteran Experience Services Portfolio in the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Information and Technology. In her daily work, Sophie supports product lines connecting Veterans, their families, and their caregivers with the services they need most, from crisis lines to contact centers. There’s so much that technology can power, and Sophie advocates for the impact that federal technology can make on the population it serves. Listen in to learn more about the importance of transparency and communication in the workplace, as well as why it’s possible to reinvent yourself in your career. A partnership between Scoop News Group and Council’s company, Emerald One, LLC, Brilliant in 20 is a celebration of leadership, sharing the lessons learned by visionaries in a variety of fields like technology, business, and government in just about 20 minutes.

Brilliant in 20 continues with our next guest, Patrick “Sully” Sullivan, Principal Product Strategist for US Public Sector at Hyperscience, a startup that provides an intelligent content processing platform. A two-time FedHealthIT 100 award winner, Sully’s career spans multiple small and large businesses including Aptive Resources, Systems Made Simple, and KGS. As a technologist, his prior roles included VP of Digital and Technology Solutions, VP of Emerging Technologies, and Director of Solutions Architecture for IT services firms. Listen in to learn more about automation and the customer experience and values-based leadership. A partnership between Scoop News Group and Council’s company, Emerald One, LLC, Brilliant in 20 is a celebration of leadership, sharing the lessons learned by visionaries in a variety of fields like technology, business and government in just about 20 minutes.

Brilliant in 20 continues with our next guest, Derek Wang, Director of Communication for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate Derek has served in numerous communications and outreach capacities for the administration, beginning as an outreach coordinator at Marshall Space Flight Center and later shifting to NASA Headquarters. Derek has spearheaded national exhibits, products, and campaigns to boost awareness of the agency’s mission and its contribution to the American public. A partnership between Scoop News Group and Council’s company, Emerald One, LLC, Brilliant in 20 is a celebration of leadership, sharing the lessons learned by visionaries in a variety of fields like technology, business and government in just about 20 minutes. Visit the Emerald One website for more about Emerald One, which focuses on helping leaders navigate transformation, including the new remote work environment, by addressing the five elements of leadership, cultural awareness, trust, value maximization, and time compression.

Brilliant in 20 is back with guest Monica Ager Jacobsen. Ms. Jacobsen, an attorney-adviser at the Office of the Legal Adviser in the U.S. Department of State, sits down with our own Kai Miller to discuss working across different cultures, dealing with difficult subject matter, and ways to learn from your mentors.

In this special episode, LaVerne Council sits down with Helene Lerner, founder of WomenWorking.com, to discuss leading from the heart, maintaining positivity, and finding the right support network to help you achieve your goals.

LaVerne sits down with Carol Evans, CEO and Executive Director of SHARE Cancer Support and the founder and former President and CEO of Working Mother Media. The two discuss leadership, how the SHARE team is handling remote work while staying focused on their constituency, and how to bring out the best in your team.

Join us for the next episode of Brilliant in 20 and a conversation with Arthur Tisi, CEO of MeaningBot and industry expert in artificial intelligence (AI). LaVerne and Arthur discuss how MeaningBot supports today’s leaders and their need to understand employees’ capability for remote work, the human side of technology and unconscious bias, and Arthur’s position as CIO for the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

This episode of Brilliant in 20 features Part 2 of LaVerne’s conversation with Bridgette Heller, global leader, board member, and now CEO of an educational non-profit founded in her mother’s honor. In part two, LaVerne and Bridgette discuss how being a Black woman contributed to Bridgette’s drive and success, how to add value as a potential board member, and more about Bridgette’s non-profit, the Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation, which is dedicated to restoring a legacy of literacy and achievement in at-risk communities. You can learn more about the Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation on their website: https://www.sppf.org/.

LaVerne sits down Bridgette Heller, board director for Novartis, Dexcom Inc., and Tech Data Corporation, co-founder and CEO of Florida non-profit Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation, and former global leader with Danone, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and former Executive Vice President at Kraft. The two discuss brand identity, crisis management, and the importance of vulnerability in leadership in Part One of their conversation. You can learn more about the Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation on their website: https://www.sppf.org/.

LaVerne sits down with Bob McDonald, former CEO of Procter and Gamble and the 8th Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, for an in-depth conversation about values-based leadership in a diverse world. Bob’s article for the Harvard Business Review, “A Non-Partisan Model for Public Service Leadership,” is available now at hbr.org. You can read more about Bob and his approach to large-scale, values-based leadership, at https://www.robertmcdonald.com/.

Brilliant in 20's first guest, Laszlo Bock, is the former Senior Vice President for People Operations at Google, author of “Work Rules!,” and co-founder and CEO of HUMU, whose mission is to make work better through machine learning, science, and a little bit of love. LaVerne Council and Laszlo discuss real approaches to making the workplace better every day, even in a crisis, the 3 Cs every leader can practice, and the best way to affect meaningful change. HUMU is offering free remote work nudges during COVID-19 at https://humu.com/remote-nudges/