Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder “How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways: gradually, then suddenly.” — Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises This week Andrea, Anthonette, Taylor and I attended the first meeting of the California Secondary School Redesign Conference in Anaheim. There were probably over 200 attendees, many of whom were also connected to an AI conference scheduled for the following days. Although I saw many people I hadn’t seen in a while, there was little time fo

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder Crishell with support from Charlie put on a really great conference in Charleston. South Carolina. This time we were at a school – The Cooper River Center for Advanced Studies. Although the conference was specifically about Harbor freight Fellows and the skilled trades, we got a glimpse of other pathways that included cybersecurity, logistics, media, health sciences, megatronics and more. It was great talking with the students, seeing thei

Are you with me now? A. J. Ryder El on the building intercom to Ayinde: “Buzz me in 4D. This is 1H at 125 Hawthorne St, Brooklyn, NY, let me in the building.” Sometimes you meet someone in the strangest ways. I met Ayinde Bennett, Senior Director of Education Partnerships for CareerWise, right after I gave my Leadership Journeys talk. In my story, I mentioned 125 Hawthorne Street, where I lived from the time I came home from the hospital until I was 24. As it turns out,