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Jun 3

Fatherhood and the Future of Work

Why the organizations that thrive in the next decade may be the ones that finally stop treating caregiving as someone else’s problem.

Fatherhood and the Future of Work

Blake Ward

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May 26

Fathers Care More Than Ever. Caring Has Never Been Harder.

A new global report on fatherhood reveals a gap that most organizations are still refusing to take seriously.

Fathers Care More Than Ever. Caring Has Never Been Harder.

Blake Ward

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Sep 18, 2020

Let’s Begin With The Future For Children, Brick By Brick

At the end of World War II, a little province in Northern Italy called Reggio Emilia had been devastated by the horrors of war and the…

Let’s Begin With The Future For Children, Brick By Brick

Blake Ward

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Feb 22, 2018

A Strong Image of Children: Strong Democracy

In his book, The People Vs. Democracy, political theorist, and scholar Yascha Mounk, argues that the two primary components of liberal…

A Strong Image of Children: Strong Democracy

Blake Ward

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Jan 21, 2018

Becoming Makers: Imagining, Feeling, Doing

In his book, Making is Connecting, David Gauntlet argues that the process of making connects us as humans to each other and to the world…

Becoming Makers: Imagining, Feeling, Doing

Blake Ward

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Jan 21, 2018

Play, Political Equality, and the Stewards of Childhood

In her 2011 public lecture on Education and Equality for the Institute of Advanced Study, Danielle Allen, Principal Investigator for the…

Play, Political Equality, and the Stewards of Childhood

Blake Ward

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Nov 1, 2016

Just Beyond Our Reach: Our Most Aspirational Form of Democracy

On my daily commute to work over the last few weeks, I’ve been riveted by a Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) Series called, What It Means To Be…

Just Beyond Our Reach: Our Most Aspirational Form of Democracy

Blake Ward

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Oct 21, 2016

Childhood: Building The Competence to Encounter The World

A recent New York Times article entitled, The Anti-Helicopter Parent’s Plea: Let Kids Play! Characterizes the philosophy of Mike Lanza, a…

Childhood: Building The Competence to Encounter The World

Blake Ward

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Jun 20, 2016

Start Seeing Children As Citizens & See The World With Fresh Eyes

“Knowing and learning are communal acts. They require a continual cycle of discussion, disagreement and consensus over what has been and…

Blake Ward

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Jun 7, 2016

The Perils of Raising Kids in a Culture of Scarcity & Fear

A recent article published in The Atlantic The Perils of Writing a Provocative Email at Yale, explores the controversy that led former Yale…

The Perils of Raising Kids in a Culture of Scarcity & Fear

Blake Ward

Blake Wardhe/him

Cultural Strategist and founder of Dad Life Blueprint, exploring fatherhood, caregiving, leadership, masculinity, workplace culture, and the future of work.

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