Rogers E. Smith

Speaker - Test Pilot - Teacher - Manager - Consultant

Leadership - Safety

 

Awards

• AIAA 2022 Chanute Award for Flight Test

Lecture Subjects:

• "Leadership.... Today's Missing Link"
  (Lessons in Leadership and Management – Kelly Johnson and the SR-71)
  
  
• "Culture of Safety and You!"
  (Error Reduction in Aviation and Medicine)
  
  
• "Training + Automation = A Winning Combination"
  (Current Problems with this Equation = Accidents)
  
  
• Test Pilot Experiences
  (Example: NASA X-31 "Breaking the Chain")

Sample Virtual Presentations / “TED” Talk

TED Talk: "Technical Passion and Leadership", Aug 2011

TEDxNASA@siliconvalley - Rogers Smith

Leaders understand that Success is a Team game. They understand that no "ONE" of us is smarter or more important than "ALL" of us. They also understand that the role of a Leader is to listen, to provide inspiration, vision and alignment and finally to take action! Vision without Action is a daydream, Action without Vision is a nightmare but, if you have Vision and Action together that leads to Success! You Manage Things and you Lead People.

“FROM HONEST ED’S TO THE BLACKBIRD AT MACH 3.2”
(Career Journey, Lessons to be Learned, Kelly Johnson and the SR-71): Nov 2020

“NASA SAFETY DAY ALERTS”
(Safety/Design Lessons To Be Learned; Create and Sustain A Safety Culture): Apr 2021