Jay KaufmanFeb 212 minCrossroadsBenjamin Franklin when asked whether our newly-minted Constitution produced a republic or a monarchy famously replied “A republic, if you...
Jay KaufmanJan 271 minThe PriceScot Lehigh’s column in today’s Boston Globe, “In GOP’s incipient civil war, who is standing up and who is toadying up,” we’re invited to...
Jay KaufmanJan 221 minFree speech, expensive speechCorporate campaign contributions have been blessed by the Supreme Court as free speech and justified as a legitimate expression of corpor...
Jay KaufmanJan 211 minThe People's InaugurationWe each have been invited to affirm an oath, modeled on the Presidential oath of office heard yesterday as it is every four years, to tak...
Jay KaufmanJan 201 minInauguration Day - Independence DaySince launching Beacon Leadership Collaborative, I have (tongue deeply in cheek) thanked Donald J. Trump for helping me take the measure ...
Jay KaufmanJun 23, 20203 minAmerica's Uncivil WarEven as a global pandemic is taking hundreds of thousands of lives and bringing life as we know it to a near halt, we have been shaken to...
Jay KaufmanJun 11, 20203 minA New Public EducationTwo centuries ago, while serving in the Massachusetts legislature, Horace Mann invented universal mandatory public education to answer tw...
Jay KaufmanMay 7, 20202 minMourning and MorningI watched The Lincoln Project’s "Mourning in America" video this morning and it left me deeply sad, with a healthy dose of determination....
Jay KaufmanMar 11, 20201 minCovid-19 and LeadershipThere's so much coming at us about Covid-19 and it is hard to know what is legit and what's not. Here's what I do know. We all have to ...
Jay KaufmanJan 23, 20201 minA Challenging MomentIf ever there were a time to focus on better public sector leadership, this is it! Our democratic institutions and our values are being t...
Jay KaufmanJan 12, 20201 minA newly-discovered ancient teaching from the Hawaiian Huna traditionMAKIA – Energy flows where attention goes. This wise, old adage is one of the keys to leadership. Too often we spend time and energy on ...
Jay KaufmanJul 5, 20192 minReflections on political leadershipFor all the Declaration of Independence’s “self-evident” truths, the Declaration was in 1776 as it is today more aspirational than descri...
Jay KaufmanFeb 9, 20191 minWise wordsJocelyn Lippert Alt offers three new corollaries to John Shedd's sage warning that "a ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships ...