When I left the U.S. Navy after five years as a nuclear submarine officer, I wasn’t entirely sure what the next chapter would look like.

We covered everything from responsible tech to the global talent race and how MBA students like me should be thinking about career strategy in an AI-powered world.

Traveling to South Africa was a reset in how I viewed human connection, social cues, and unspoken norms. As an MBA student used to efficiency, deadlines, and data, I found myself slowing down to absorb the culture around me.