General Stanley McChrystal: "What is our character in America?" (with Baratunde Thurston) | Summit
About Baratunde
- Hosted PBS series America Outdoors
- Webby Award-winning creator of Life With Machines
- Writer for The Daily Show and The Onion
- Co-created civics project How To Citizen
- Frequent speaker on tech, democracy, and culture
About Stanley
- Commanded Joint Special Operations Command, leading counterterrorism in Iraq & Afghanistan 2003-10
- Retired 4-star U.S. Army General recognized for transformational military leadership
- Founded McChrystal Group, advising global executives on crisis and leadership
- Authored multiple bestselling books on leadership, including 'Team of Teams'
- Frequent keynote speaker and thought leader on character, courage, and organizational resilience
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What does it mean to be a courageous leader in 2025? Former U.S. General Stanley McChrystal joins futurist and culture critic Baratunde Thurston on stage at Masters of Scale Summit in San Francisco to discuss the responsibility of leaders today, the importance of character, and the weight of being an active citizen in democracy. Considering President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, McChrystal explores the role of the military in civil society, and how the military is poised to evolve in the wake of AI.
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