Some shone, others stumbled. Sports are overplayed in our society, which is disappointing. Because sports teach us about leadership in a way few other institutions do. There’s a great deal of academic study and a library of books published on the subject. Yet for all the intellectual heavy-lifting on the topic, leadership remains a difficult […]
About three trains a day derail in the U.S., most at low speed in rail yards. Train derailments are far from unusual. In 2022, for example, there were “at least 1,164 train derailments across the country,” according a report filed by National Public Radio. That works out to about three derailments per day in the […]
American voters complain about candidate quality and money in politics. Ben Litchfield’s 2023 primary provides a lens into why people vote against the types of candidates they say they want. Walking into the coffee shop at Barnes & Noble wearing a U Mass Department of Agriculture t-shirt, and sporting a scruffy beard common among the […]
We must learn to talk with one another. Spare the country the thoughts and prayers; spare us all the expressions of shock and well-wishes for Donald Trump to be OK. It is time for a national reckoning about the path we are on as a nation. When the FXBG Advance started, we did so with […]
Chronic absenteeism is rising, alarming people across the political divide. Tamping it down requires sound policy, and leaders who model showing up. Talk to any adult who has had some success in life, and you’re likely to hear a version of this adage: “90% of life is just showing up.” Companies, governments, associations, civic groups, […]
Somewhat better numbers recently belie a deadlier 10-year trend. Until computers take drivers out of the equation, improving drivers is the surest way to decreasing accidents and fatalities. We are living in an age of transportation paradox. The future is bright for electric vehicles, even as Americans stubbornly hold on to their gas-guzzlers. Cars have […]
We are giving our staff the day off to celebrate America’s independence with their families and loved ones. What does the Fourth of July mean to our friends across the pond? Tomorrow morning, popular humorist Drew Gallagher puts that question to a Brit visiting Fredericksburg for Traitors Day (otherwise known here as Independence Day). It’s […]
It’s time to lead with people. Early in the 2000s at a meeting of some of America’s wealthiest philanthropists, I was standing by a window in a meeting room at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. At the front of the room were several very wealthy, well-intentioned individuals talking about how philanthropy could address […]
The Farm Bill is stalled in Congress. Its resolution will significantly affect the growing food-insecure population. The question is, will it be for better or worse? Though the pandemic is shrinking in the American rearview mirror, the number of Americans struggling with food insecurity continues to grow. Dan Maher is president and CEO of the […]
A subplot emerging from last week’s primary may be voters caring less about where a candidate stands on Trump, and more on how well they understand what’s happening at home. The idea that American voters are locked in an ever-spiraling cycle of extremism that is responsible for our currently “polarized” society is an easy way […]
