--- title: "Courage to Lead Change: Drones" description: "Reliability Road Rash: On this episode, John Hulwick shares how his passion for innovative drone technology is leading change from the top... literally!" image: https://blog.nexusglobal.com/hubfs/Featured%20Images/RRR-Feat-Image.png --- [Skip to the main content.](https://blog.nexusglobal.com/courage-to-lead-change-drones#main-content) [![Nexus Logo PNG White](https://blog.nexusglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Nexus%20Logo%20PNG%20White.png?width=1600&height=645&name=Nexus%20Logo%20PNG%20White.png "Nexus Logo PNG White")](https://www.nexusglobal.com) [![Nexus Logo PNG Black](https://blog.nexusglobal.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Nexus%20Logo%20PNG%20Black.png?width=1600&height=645&name=Nexus%20Logo%20PNG%20Black.png "Nexus Logo PNG Black")](https://www.nexusglobal.com) - [Software](https://www.nexusglobal.com/software) - Business Optimizer - Data Optimizer - Strategy Optimizer - Planning Optimizer - Investigation Optimizer - Software Integrations - [Services](https://www.nexusglobal.com/asset-management-as-a-service) - 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Not only should a leader lead from the front, but also from the top.  On this episode of [Reliability Road Rash](https://blog.nexusglobal.com/tag/podcast), host Larry Pasch embarks on a multi-part discussion to explore how fearless leaders are bringing innovative change to their industry. To start the conversation, Larry invites special guest [John Hulwick,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-hulwick-12ba47132/)owner of Drone Services LLC, to share how he embraced his passion for drone technology to lead change from the top... literally! Connect with [Nexus Global on LinkedIn!](https://www.linkedin.com/company/2216720/admin/) --- ## About the Show... No fluff, no magic wand, no easy button... just a straight up approach to getting after & owning your [reliability journey](https://www.nexusglobal.com/apmsolutions). Reliability Road Rash goes off the path less traveled, jumps into the ditch, and crawls through the weeds. 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