NASA ASTRONAUT EMBRACES ‘THINK GLOBAL’ INNOVATION MESSAGE


Tony Antonelli shared his leadership insights – and the foundations of his extraordinary career – with guests at the Innovation Festival for Global Working in the bucolic surroundings of Relocate Global HQ in Kent. Ruth Holmes reports.


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he former US Navy Commander has piloted two space missions as a NASA astronaut. He is


now playing a lead role shaping the future of space exploration. With his international team of colleagues at Lockheed Martin, Tony is developing the new Orion space vehicle, which will carry humans to the moon and on into deep space. Introducing Tony and the day’s


programme at the Innovation Festival for Global Working, Relocate Global’s managing editor, Fiona Murchie, said: “I firmly believe now is the time to grasp the opportunity to push innovation to the absolute limits. Innovation is very important in our work as we face challenges like skills shortages, compliance and the five-generation


workforce. This is all about making connections, learning about and developing your own practical solutions and motivations.”


THINK GLOBAL PEOPLE – SEEING THE BIGGER, HUMAN PICTURE NASA, national space agencies and commercial space-tech enterprises globally employ millions of people across the supply chain. Operating at the cutting edge of innovation, their spin-out benefits are already, and have the potential to be, life- changing. Together, they are also among the most talent-driven and multicultural agencies and organisations in the world. Leadership excellence –


personal, social and business – is fundamental to this. It is why


Relocate Global invited Tony Antonelli to share his personal story and illuminate opportunities with everyone in the international management, global mobility and education


arena in the relaxed


setting of the Innovation Festival for Global Working. The former Naval pilot and


NASA astronaut mow works at the frontiers of science, innovation and business. He explored with guests how ‘think global’ is the key to innovation. Tony’s experiences 200 miles above Earth on the International Space Station have given him a unique global overview. “That’s when it really dawns


on you that you live on a planet,” he explained. “We are a big blue marble floating against the blackness of space. The reason I


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Above: Tony Antonelli speaking at the Relocate Global Innovation Festival for Global Working


THINK GLOBAL PEOPLE INNOVATION


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