Dan Garretson, PhD

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Thought Leader | Entrepreneur | Analyst — CEO of Global Fact Base | Research Fellow at IPI

Dan Garretson is an entrepreneur and thought leader with a passion for technology enabled business and society, particularly in the areas of space technology and development, digital and IT innovation, and smart systems and infrastructure. Dan is particularly focused on the effective use of data and analytics and data visualization to assess and elucidate policy challenges, analyze business challenges in the development and application of technology, and support effective decision making in all sectors. Dan is CEO of Global Fact Base, a logistics focused data, analytics, and workflow automation platform and also serves as a Research Fellow focused on space and technology policy with the Institute for Policy Innovation. Dan’s professional experience includes McKinsey & Company, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Forrester Research, and the Science and Technology Policy Institute.

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July 6, 2026

Kerby Anderson

Being Bored

I hope you enjoyed your 4th of July weekend. Perhaps you were able to relax from the frenetic pace that describes our lives. Arthur Brooks has been on my radio program many times. He recently talked a...

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July 3, 2026

Penna Dexter

Celebrate Dads

Now that the Mother’s Day-Father’s Day season is over, I think we can say that — overall — there’s a much bigger deal made of Mother’s Day than Father’s Day. Do we just appreciate mothers more? Or do...

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July 3, 2026

Kerby Anderson

The Origin of the Declaration

Tomorrow is the 4th of July, and I wanted to take a moment to talk about the origin of the ideas in the Declaration of Independence. I have also written a short booklet on A Biblical View on the Decla...

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