President Trump’s budget contains a proposal to lump many workforce-development programs into a single line item, “Make America Skilled Again” (MASA).  MASA would likely end access to job training for Opportunity Youth (OY) in much of the country. This post explains how.  

President Donald Trump’s budget mirrors a call in Project 2025 to block-grant the major federal funding streams for K-12 students and schools. These block grants would lead to reduced services, especially for those who most need them.

Traditional strategic planning assumes a high level of agency by the organization doing the planning. In these times, no organization can assume such agency. Scenario planning is an approach that helps leaders identify potential futures, develop robust strategies, and build adaptability into your organization.

The United States needs - but lacks - a cohesive set of policies that will enable all young people to grow up and thrive as adults. Here’s what it will take to enable a healthy transition to adulthood for all.

I’ve identified, from state case studies, what Structures for Success are needed to translate infrastructure funding into jobs. Unfortunately, no state is bringing all of these pieces together.

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity is one of those books that demands constant pauses for underlining and (in my case) exclamation points in the margins. There are so many lessons to draw from the book, but one provocative thread is around our assumption about how much work our ancestors performed.