As a NASA astronaut, Charlie Camarda flew on STS-114, right after the Columbia accident. Having worked for NASA for 45 years as a Senior Advisor for Engineering Development, he pioneered an engineering pedagogical approach called EPIC that explores how to develop a mission as a collaborative training project.
His method involves getting the best results by bringing together a team that spans across varying levels of expertise, with people from different backgrounds to solve epic challenges.
I sat down with Charlie to talk about how to build diverse teams to encourage innovation.