-: I confess fully that I come from a hierarchical world
with a clear chain of command and a clear focus.
Entering the civilian world, I'm learning that
the way that you influence people to do work is different
than in the military.
And so it is, again, it gets back to identity.
I found that I, over 27 years of service to the Navy,
that's part of who I am and will always be.
Penn State has a different identity than the Navy does,
from a corporate sense, from a social sense,
and so I'm learning how does my Navy,
how does Navy Mark blend with Penn State Mark?
And that's been a really fun, and I will admit,
at times challenging process.
A hierarchical organization and a matrix organization
are two different things,
but I think that's a normal human challenge
is to fit yourself into that organization to serve it well.