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<p>In today’s fast-moving business environment, winning teams are not defined by individual talent alone — they are built through trust, preparation, communication, and a shared commitment to excellence.</p><p>Shaun Peet takes audiences behind the scenes of one of the most pressure-filled team environments in sports to reveal how ordinary people become extraordinary teams.

<p>Failures rarely begin with a catastrophic decision. More often, they begin quietly. Warning signs become familiar; small deviations get explained away, and experienced teams slowly accept increasing risk. Mike Ciannilli spent 30 years inside the U.S. space program, supporting 58 Space Shuttle missions and serving as a NASA Test Director for 21 launch countdowns.

<p>Connor Fields knows what it means to chase greatness—and what it takes to rebuild when everything changes.</p><p> A three-time Olympian, two-time World Champion, and the first American to capture Olympic BMX gold, Connor reached the pinnacle of his sport when he won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. But his story is defined by far more than victory.</p><p>At the Tokyo Olympics, while competing as a favorite to medal again, Connor suffered one of the most catastrophic crashes in Olympic history.

<p>Vanessa Priya Daniel is an award-winning leader for racial and gender justice who helps organizations rethink power, leadership, and impact in an era of rapid social and political change.

<p>Against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving media landscape, Ray Suarez delivers a candid and authoritative examination of society, politics and the broad impacts of America’s demographics shift to a “minority majority”. </p><p>Best known as a broadcast journalist for NPR and PBS <i>NewsHour</i>, Ray has covered news stories across the country and around the world, most notably reporting on a range of issues driving change in American life, including race, immigration and demographic shifts.</p><p>With a front row seat to the rapid evolution of th

<p>Dr. Mario Livio is an internationally known astrophysicist, a best-selling author, and a popular speaker.</p><p>He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, who worked for 24 years with the Hubble Space Telescope. Livio has published more than 400 scientific papers on topics ranging from Dark Energy and cosmology to black holes and extrasolar planets. </p><p>Dr.

<p>Erin Jackson is an Olympic gold medalist and World Champion American speed skater whose rise to the top of the podium is one of the most inspiring stories in modern sport. </p><p>At the 2022 Winter Olympics, she made history as the first Black woman to win an individual Olympic gold medal in speed skating. She continued to compete at the highest level through the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, adding to her international résumé as a World Cup champion and World Championship medalist.</p><p>Erin’s journey is anything but conventional.

<p>Jesse Diggins is a multiple Olympic gold medalist and the most decorated American Olympic cross-country skier in history. </p><p>Following her historic performance at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, where she added to her Olympic medal count and further cemented her legacy on the world stage, Jesse stands as one of the most accomplished athletes in U.S. Winter Olympics history.

<p>Sandra Fluke inspired a nation when she boldly testified before Congress on the need for access to contraception—now, in the heightened era of the “me too” movement, she inspires you to take action in the name of causes important to you and your community.</p>

<p>Star Jones has worked in television for nearly 20 years; offering a fresh perspective to the day's most talked about crime and justice, political and sociological issues from the worlds of news, entertainment, politics and pop culture.</p>