This new book on Reagan is a must-read. While the subject is foreign policy, Will Inboden goes into great detail on how President Reagan planned and executed the strategy that eventually bankrupted the Soviet Union and ended the Cold War as we knew it then. But the book is not…

American towns want (and need) manufacturing to build long term, high paying jobs to take us in the future. In a recent article, Peter Zelinski writes a great piece to summarize why the push to return manufacturing to the US will most benefit small-medium towns across the country. But he…

Willie Nelson represents so much of what is needed to unite Americans as well as growing successful teams and organizations. They key is to build bridges to bring groups together. …

Dual-Use technologies provide the greatest opportunity to increase our national security by encouraging private sector capital to speed innovation. It’s critical for policy makers and industry leaders to understanding the complexity of blending two very different cultures. In their 3rd annual report on Dual Use technology, the Academy Investor Network…

Imagine that. Investing in your people is the best way to reduce churn, increase productivity and build teams that people enjoy. …

The recent shootings in Nashville and Louisville highlight that, in addition to guns, there are factors at play in the US we must confront. As we approach another election season, the political industry will continue to leverage the issue’s divisive power. Don’t let them. In order for our democracy to…

As the industrial age took hold just over 100 years ago, farms needed fewer workers. Thankfully, middle America re-invented the 4 year public high school not as just college prep (as in the northeast) but as a way to train the skills needed to join the workforce of the 20th…

Huge congrats to Bob Metcalfe for winning the 2023 Turing Award for computer science. Often called the Nobel Prize of computing, Bob is being recognized by his peers in the ACM, Association for Computing Machinery. …

Happy March — I’ve been doing a lot of travel and have been quiet with our newsletter. I look forward to providing an update — and hearing yours — after the dust settles from the upcoming SXSW conference in Austin these next 10 days. Meanwhile: I have a very special…