Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder  There’s been a flurry of activity right before the holidays. From getting foundation reports ready for the end of the year to continuing the work around the IBPLC, B-Unbound, Harbor Freight and California Redesign of Secondary Schools everything keeps moving along. Also, Pam and I continued writing our book on meaning and mattering in the age of AI with a focus on BPL. Perhaps the most challenging work this week was the meetings around the IB

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder   Far below the Northern Lights    I wish I was in Texas Swinging on a steady roll… Taj Mahal – Texas Woman Blues Well…. This week the entire BPL Team was in Dallas, Texas with loads to get to on the agenda from the upcoming Big Bang this summer to a discussion of the vision and mission of BPL focused on the Impact Campaign to doing community service and finding LTI’s for Big Bang and also just having time to play.   This time we were a much b

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder   As we gear up for next week’s BPL’s Staff Meeting in Dallas, I’m looking forward to spending time with everyone around collectively getting more and more clear about the Impact Campaign. It will be great spending this extended time together in a city, I don’t really know and want to learn more about.   “One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.” - Milton Friedman   I’ve always