Wow, Michigan. What a week! First, an incredible few days in Detroit and Dearborn with Ford Motor Company and Ford Pro for the #FordProAccelerate Summit. Thanks to Ford CEO Jim Farley for bringing key leaders across industry and government together to tackle critical issues in the Essential Economy. I was honored to present my new The Aspen Institute research on how a new approach to workforce development could unlock massive productivity growth across the U.S. economy, and to moderate a panel on this topic with inspiring leaders-- Linda Hubbard, CEO Carhartt; Ryan Maibach, President & CEO Barton Malow; Todd Schneider, President & CEO Cintas; Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud; and Dr. Melissa Perkins, CFRE, NCEER. I also was thrilled to visit one of the industrial wonders of the world at River Rouge, watch skilled UAW workers build F-150s, and see all the exciting work at Michigan Central and Newlab to build Michigan's innovation economy. Then, a highly productive stop in Lansing, hosted by ...