Show # 260 - Coffee with Rich | Former Special Mission Unit Officer and Commander Pete Blaber
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Show # 260 - Coffee with Rich | Former Special Mission
Unit Officer and Commander Pete Blaber
Pete Blaber commanded at every level of one of the
most elite counter-terrorist organizations in the world during most
of recent history’s most significant military and political events
(Panama, Colombia, Somalia, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq).In 2006
he retired from the military and transitioned from leading elite
combat teams around the globe, to leading elite corporate teams for
one of the world's largest and most innovative Biotechnology
Companies.
“After 21 years of using the term ‘common sense’ to
describe the way I lived and led in the military, this was the
first time I actually paused to ponder what ‘common sense’ actually
is and why people seem to recognize, respond to, and appreciate
‘common sense leadership’ whenever they experience it. I didn’t
have to look far to find the answer. The answer is both all around
and inside us. It’s not political, or religious, or philosophic.
It’s biologic. Biology reveals that life always finds a way. It’s
the "Common Sense Way.” In 2015 I left my job as a Biotechnology
executive to write this book.
“In 2018, while still working on this book, I
decided it was time to pressure test the “Common Sense Way” in the
living laboratory of real-world experience, so I started an
international company that adds armor protection to any type of
vehicle (e.g. cars, trucks, vans, buses, etc.). The idea behind
Adding Armor is to create a “Mobile Safe-Room” that protects the
vehicle’s passengers from would-be attackers (criminals,
terrorists, active shooters, and anarchists) while also providing
“peace of mind” that cannot be attained in an unarmored vehicle. In
today’s world, adding armor to protect your family, friends, and
colleagues is common sense. It’s the ‘Common Sense Way’”.
Pete was born and raised in Oak Park, Illinois. He
has an MBA and an MS in National Security and Strategic
Affairs.
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