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The Schools Reviving Shop Class Offer a Hedge Against the AI Future A Paper by Te-Ping Chen This article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal on March 1, 2025. In America’s most surprising cutting-edge classes, students pursue hand-on work with wood, metals, and machinery, getting a jump on lucrative old-school careers.   School districts […]

A Time to Astound A Muddy Boots Blog Our new guest writer, David Griffith, returns with part 3 of A Muddy Boots Blog: A Time to Astound. The principle of Muddy Boots is straightforward. You put on your boots, go into the world, ask questions, listen, learn, and act on that knowledge. The asking is […]

Transforming IT from a Cost Center into a Business Asset Guest writer Kevin Landers brings IT back to the table in this week’s blog post: “Transforming IT from a Cost Center into a Business Asset.” Does this sound familiar? “At my Equipment Dealership IT isn’t really anyone’s full-time job.”  Has your IT “team” ended up […]

The Skilled Workforce Future: Stakeholder Capitalism vs. Shareholder Priority Guest writer Ed Gordon returns this week with a forward-focused blog, “The Skilled Workforce Future: Stakeholder Capitalism vs. Shareholder Priority.” The United States is in the midst of a severe skilled labor shortage. Wage inflation is also rising. A growing body of evidence points to the […]

Laying Down and Picking Up Contributor David Griffith brings his follow up guest post with “Laying Down and Picking Up.” I retired the first time at 60 and the second at 70. For the first time in 48 years, I could sleep in. That was 15 months ago, and I have continued to reallocate my […]

Muddy Boots Basics We are proud to introduce our new contributor, David Griffith, making his debut guest post this week with “Muddy Boots Basics.” Here is David, in his own words: I have had a diverse career, starting with IBM, ROLM, and MCI and then moving to The Modern Group, Ltd., and Episcopal Community Services. […]