The most influential people in marketing are rarely the most vocal. They are the first to listen to the team, the data, and the human stories that lie behind each…
Purpose is a practice, not just a trendy term. Joanie Krein demonstrates that at Graduation Alliance, meaningful leadership begins with listening. It can be observed in the "first-time" moments, such…
When a school is truly functioning, there is a certain quietness that descends upon it. You feel more than you hear the hum of minds at work, not the silence…
There are experts who view regulations and read policy documents. Leaders then look at the same documents and see people- a student, a family, or an educator trying to do…
Most people consider policy to be something distant from everyday life, consisting of lengthy government documents that are passed around conference tables. However, occasionally someone shows up who is determined…
Platforms are created by some leaders. Other people construct pipelines. A select few create something much more durable; they create people. Graduation Alliance's Chief Technology Officer, Charity Carney, is one…
Imagine a medicine that possesses a sense of smell. A therapeutic agent that can navigate the vast, complex wilderness of the human body and ‘sniff out’ the difference between healthy…
Permission is not necessary for innovation to occur. Carried forward by leaders who are willing to stand in the uncomfortable space between what exists and what is possible, it arrives…
Calculated risks and precisely measured results are the foundation of the insurance industry's operations. However, in this world of actuarial tables and algorithms, Shadia Ahmad creates something very different- a…
At a defining moment, a simple question from an observant 11-year-old revealed what a rising sales leader had overlooked: the emotional impact of her professional life had begun to reach…
