Understanding Change. Expanding Opportunity. Building What’s Next.
The forces reshaping our world, from artificial intelligence to demographic change to global competition, are interconnected. Understanding them means looking beyond any single industry, discipline, or policy debate.
My work focuses on six areas.
1. Education & the Future of Learning
How do we prepare students for a world being transformed by technology?
Artificial intelligence is changing how students learn, how educators teach, and how we define knowledge and achievement. The bigger question is what students should learn, which human capabilities will matter most, and how schools can prepare young people for a changing world. I focus on AI, education, and public policy, especially secondary and higher education, critical thinking, and the transition from school to work.
Areas of focus: AI in education, digital learning, critical thinking, educational innovation, student readiness, higher education, and education policy.
2. Human Capital & Workforce Readiness
What will people need to know—and be able to do—to thrive in the next economy?
Workforce readiness is no longer simply a question of technical training. It takes judgment, adaptability, communication, cultural understanding, and the ability to work effectively alongside emerging technologies. I examine how businesses, educators, and policymakers can prepare people for changing labor markets and expand access to opportunity.
Areas of focus: Workforce transformation, skills development, human capabilities, lifelong learning, demographic change, talent development, and economic mobility.
3. Artificial Intelligence & Responsible Innovation
How do we encourage innovation while protecting people and communities?
AI offers extraordinary possibilities for education, healthcare, productivity, and opportunity. It also raises real questions about safety, accountability, and unintended consequences. I favor practical, commonsense guardrails, particularly where children, education, employment, and public trust are concerned.
Areas of focus: Responsible AI, technology policy, AI adoption, institutional readiness, innovation, public trust, and practical safeguards.
4. Entrepreneurship & Economic Opportunity
How do we strengthen entrepreneurship as a foundation for economic growth and resilient communities?
Small businesses and entrepreneurs are essential engines of innovation, job creation, and economic opportunity. Having spent decades building businesses myself, I look at how capital, technology, workforce development, international markets, and policy affect business formation and growth, and how to build entrepreneurial ecosystems that expand opportunity.
Areas of focus: Small business policy, entrepreneurship, innovation, economic development, access to opportunity, business growth, and global competitiveness.
5. Global Change, Culture & Economic Security
How are global forces reshaping America’s competitiveness and our place in the world?
Geopolitics, technology, demographics, and shifting markets are transforming the global economy. Understanding them takes more than trade data or headlines: culture, institutions, and values shape how countries and organizations respond. Drawing on international business and cross-cultural research, I explore what this means for economic resilience and national security.
Areas of focus: International business, geopolitics, economic security, global competitiveness, international trade, culture, demographics, and cross-cultural leadership.
6. Public Policy & Institutions
How do we build institutions and policies that are ready for the future?
Many of the institutions we rely on were designed for a different technological, economic, and social environment. My approach is pragmatic and solutions-oriented: asking whether our schools, workforce policies, business practices, and public institutions are keeping pace, and turning good ideas into practical action.
Areas of focus: Public policy, institutional resilience, economic opportunity, education and workforce policy, innovation policy, civic trust, and long-term societal change.
Connecting the Dots
The most important challenges facing our world rarely fit neatly into one category.
Education affects workforce readiness. Workforce readiness shapes economic competitiveness. Technology influences how businesses operate and how communities function. Culture, demographics, and geopolitics affect the decisions made by leaders and institutions.
Understanding these connections is essential to making better decisions and building a stronger future.
Speaking, Media & Collaboration
I welcome opportunities to contribute to thoughtful conversations through conferences, panels, podcasts, media interviews, educational forums, and cross-sector discussions.