Callum Newton served 15 years in the Royal Australian Navy as an Aviation Warfare Officer, operating MH-60R 'Romeo' Seahawk helicopters from Australian Navy warships. He was part of the initial cadre of aircrew selected to stand up a new squadron to accept the Romeo helicopters, prior to operating the aircraft across Indo-Pacific deployments. 

Following his service Callum completed an MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney, prior to landing a highly sought after a role with McKinsey global management consulting firm. 

In Part 1 of this episode we discuss decision points for a career change, growth mindset, the importance of failure for learning key lessons, deliberate discomfort and immersion into new environments, and the identify shift of adjusting to a new career after 15 years of service.