Category: Wisdom

  • Change in leadership sounds inspiring—until you live it. Behind every policy win, reform effort, or equity initiative lies a personal story of risk, resistance, and resilience. This week, I joined Dr. Brian Perkins on The Perkins Platform, now in its fourteenth year of bringing global thought leaders into dialogue about the challenges of leadership, to discuss “The Not-So-Subtle Costs…

    🎙️ Perkins Podcast: The Not-So-Subtle Costs of Change Leadership
  • Every fall, new waves of university rankings hit the headlines. Media outlets trumpet which institutions rose, which fell, and which managed to hold on to coveted spots at the top. Parents share the results, institutions market them, and high school students pore over the lists as they build their application strategies. Rankings season has become…

    2026 Best Colleges: Students Are Not Bumper Stickers
  • When billionaires step onto a stage, release a book, or tweet some glossy piece of wisdom, the world pays attention. They are the icons of achievement, the proof that extraordinary success is possible. Their words are repeated in classrooms, boardrooms, and commencement addresses. Yet, beneath the glimmering surface of motivational sound bites lies an uncomfortable…

    Do Billionaires and Ultra “Successful” People Give the Worst Life Advice?
  • When I read the Poets & Quants article “We Expected More: Stanford GSB Students Call for Higher Teaching Standards,” I felt a familiar mix of agreement and urgency. Students at one of the world’s most prestigious graduate schools were speaking plainly about their disappointment. Their courses, especially the required core ones, often felt disconnected from…

    AI Code Red: Why We Must Evolve Education
  • The Super Bowl has always been more than football. It is a ritual, a spectacle, a national performance. It’s where America tells the world who it thinks it is, and who it wants to be. Which is why the announcement that Bad Bunny will host the halftime show is far more significant than a musical…

    Bad Bunny, the Super Bowl, and Why People are Really Nervous

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