Last week I spent several days at our 7th annual Michigan Roads Scholar program with 147 people from the road and public works world, the same field I work in for my day job. Most of them are the front-line folks, the ones out on the roads every day, while I'm usually the one back in the office. The training was great. But what I'll remember most is watching people who had never met swap stories, share what's worked for them, and nod along because someone in the room finally