Leading Off Script

<div class="header alignfull header--article header--min-height-full has-background has-tonal-black-background-color"> <div class="header__layout"> <div class="header__content"> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="header__meta header__meta--taxonomy header__meta--tax-category"> Blog Posts, and Videos</div></div></div> <h1 class="header__title has-h1-display-variant">Archives</h1> <div class="header__metadata"><div class="header__metas"><div class="favorite-block"> <button class="favorite" data-id="290549" data-state="" title="Favorites are not currently available" disabled><span class="favorite__on">Unfavorite</span><span class="favorite__off">Favorite</span><svg class="svg svg--svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" role="img" height="15" width="11"><use xlink:href="#svg-assets-svg-icon-bookmark" /></svg></button></div> <div class="header__meta header__meta--date"> August 11, 2026</div> <div class="header__meta header__meta--taxonomy header__meta--tax-program_tax"> Aspen Global Leadership Network</div></div></div> </div> </div> <figure class="header__media" role="presentation"> <img decoding="async" src="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo.png" alt="Opening Remarks by Dar Vanderbeck" width="1760" height="990" srcset="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo.png 1760w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-800x450.png 800w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-1500x844.png 1500w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-768x432.png 768w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-1536x864.png 1536w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-1600x900.png 1600w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-1200x675.png 1200w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-1024x576.png 1024w, https://www.aspeninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Opening-Remarks-Photo-300x169.png 300w" sizes="(max-width: 1760px) 100vw, 1760px" loading="eager" class="header__image" style="object-position: 53% 16%"> <span class="header__overlay" style="opacity: 0.8"></span> </figure> </div> <p style="padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)" class="wp-block-paragraph"><strong>Dar Vanderbeck</strong>, Vice President, Aspen Global Leadership Network, opened the 2026 Resnick Aspen Action Forum with a reflection on humanistic leadership, set to live music from <strong>Daniel Bernard Roumain</strong> (Michael D. Eisner Arts and Culture Fellowship). </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio" style="margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <iframe loading="lazy" title="Leading Off Script | 2026 Resnick Aspen Action Forum" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMR_7pvR-pQ?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Through the story of muralist <strong>Brandan “Bmike” Odums</strong> (Michael D. Eisner Arts and Culture Fellowship), who turned a ruined New Orleans building into a thriving studio after Hurricane Katrina, Dar invited the room to embrace uncertainty and find their courage in the unscripted.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/leading-off-script/">Leading Off Script</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.aspeninstitute.org">Aspen Institute</a>.</p>