What can CEOs learn from F-16 fighter pilots? In this BizBlend episode, host Sana and Major Anthony “A.B.” Bourke break down tactical aviation habits you can deploy at work today: briefing/debriefing to accelerate learning, aligning teams to a clear mission, building feedback loops that surface truth without blame, and protecting performance with deliberate recovery. A.B. shares how these practices helped him jump from the cockpit to top-producing mortgage banker and later scale a retail channel to $70M. If you lead a startup or a scaling team, this conversation offers direct, transferable systems—not hype—for execution, resilience, and culture.

Anthony “A.B.” Bourke is a decorated F-16 fighter pilot turned business leader and speaker. He has flown homeland defense missions over New York City post-9/11, led high-growth sales teams, and now trains organizations worldwide to “fly in formation” through his firm, Mach 2 Consulting.

• Debrief drives improvement: no perfect mission and no perfect quarter—formalize weekly debriefs to capture wins, misses, and next actions.

• Brief with clarity: define objectives, threats, assets, roles, and contingencies so teams execute fast without rework.

• Mission alignment beats heroics: align bright individuals to one purpose so they “fly in formation” instead of operating as silos.

• Training is ROI-positive: invest in people, process, and thought leadership; skill and character are made, not born.

• Startup speed with structure: “fail fast” works better with a built-in feedback loop (brief → execute → debrief → adapt).

• Name the threat: make the competitive landscape explicit so decisions map to strategy, not opinions.

• Protect the asset: schedule recovery (weekly downtime, daily 5–15 min meditation) to prevent decision fatigue and sustain performance.

• Find the market edge: A.B.’s pivot to realtor relationships beat a saturated refi market—look for neglected channels and over-serve them.

• Culture over slogans: make mission and values lived behaviors that guide choices under pressure.

• Leaders go first: model openness by “taking off rank” in debriefs to invite candid, blameless feedback.

• Website: https://www.mach2consulting.com

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonybourke/

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