Justin Fulcher and the Case for Entrepreneurs in Government

Justin Fulcher spent roughly a decade building a global telehealth platform and then spent six months advising the US Department of Defense. He does not treat those two experiences as separate careers. The tech entrepreneur has argued that the movement of builders between the private sector and government is not a detour but a structural need, and his own path […]

Species Extinction and Urban Sprawl The Data Driving Colcom Foundation’s Mission

Numbers alone rarely convey the weight of ecological loss, but Colcom Foundation’s research assembles a set of figures that are difficult to dismiss. Between 1970 and 2020, the United States added more than 54,000 square miles of human-built land cover roads, buildings, parking infrastructure, and related development. By 2020, paved and built surfaces equaled the combined area of Montana, West […]

From Newell Brands to Implus Michael Polk’s Leadership Evolution

Few executives have navigated a career transition quite like Michael Polk. After serving as CEO of Newell Brands from 2011 to 2019 leading an organization of more than 50,000 employees through a major structural transformation Polk briefly stepped back from active leadership. The break did not last. A chance to take the helm at Implus LLC, a privately held fitness […]