Commentary - America's Future

By Jameson Taylor • Feb 27,2013 Leadership

Policy Generalists Make Better Leaders

In the discussion about whether to be a policy generalist or policy specialist, here are some further insights. Insight 3: It’s all connected. In my view, everything is connected—and connectable....

By Helen Krieble • Feb 26,2013

Guest Worker Reform Must Be Cornerstone of Immigration Package

Suddenly, everyone in Washington seems to agree on the need for immigration reform, and they may even agree on most of the details. That’s because nobody has said yet what...

By Liz Hine • Feb 25,2013

How to Start the Search for a Mentor

Finding mentors and establishing strong working relationships with them can be an incredibly valuable part of your career development. Mentors can take all shapes and sizes – they could be...

By Claire Kittle • Feb 22,2013 Culture

Work-Life Balance Policies: A Key to Attracting and Retaining Talent

This month I want to offer valuable advice about work-life balance from my good friends at Illinois Policy Institute. At the Institute, they value work-life balance and are always experimenting...

By Fady Zaki • Feb 22,2013

‘Innocence of Islam’ Incident Proves Governments Can’t Control Speech

It seemed like a familiar plot, someone publishes what they deem artistic, albeit offensive to Islam, Muslims get enraged, protests spread, so-called artists and their families go into hiding, embassies...

By Peter Redpath • Feb 21,2013

How I Should Have Started This Series, but Intentionally Didn’t

In my first post, I wrote about the term “networking” and about what a dirty connotation it has, but I never got into the definition of “networking” since I wanted...