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Pop quiz! What do the following three things have in common: 1. Breaking a famous rock band out of jail to get them to a concert 2. Personally guaranteeing timely tax returns to Massachusetts households as tax commissioner 3. Co-founding the The Civic Action Project (CAP) with a mission to promote better policy-making and to diversify policy-makers They are all things that Ira Jackson has done in the course of a career that can only be described as extraordinary - and that you can read about in this week's ExO post. I deliberately timed this to publish the week of Patriot's Day, a special day in #Massachusetts and because Ira is definitely one! He also starts our CAP sessions with trivia, so I figured he'd appreciate the structure of this post 🤓 I wanted to interview Ira because he inspires me as a leader for a few reasons: 👨💼Multi-sector leadership. Ira has held various senior roles in the public, private, and academic sectors and applied lessons across industries throughout. 🤑Do well and do good. Ira’s conviction that there is economic opportunity that also creates broader benefits isn’t abstract optimism; he’s proven and seen it time and and again. 🧭 Values above all. In addition to his own roles, Ira has worked with countless other leaders and can say with confidence that it’s those who are true to their values that stand out from the rest. Link to read and subscribe in the comments. Oh, and let me know what you think of the Q&A format!