Winslow Swart, at The Blogs

Jun 1, 2026, 7:12 PM

Virtue Signaling, Jewish Identity, and the Blind Spot in Plain Sight

The Exception to Everything We Thought We Learned About DEI As a child of Holocaust survivors, I know, in my bones, what it costs a people to be erased. Over the years I have served as Chair of the Jewish Community...

May 19, 2026, 2:52 PM

Israel: From Short Visit to Volume in History – The Past Became the Present.

I came to Israel for a few weeks. The usual stuff — family, business, etc. Then a war happened. And so did history. And here we were. From Purim to Pesach to Shavuot, weeks became months. In Jewish tradition,...

May 10, 2026, 2:47 PM

From the Temple Mount to the Alamo: Leadership Across 7,000 Miles

The historic Alamo - Mision San Antonio de Valero - established in 1718 by "anusim" empresarios/conversos having fled the Spanish Inquisition and settle the new world - Mexico y Tejas (Photo by Winslow Swart)

Last week, a new leadership cohort of 55 gathered at The Alamo in San Antonio to begin their journeys devoted to civic and community leadership. The Alexander Briseño Leadership Development Program launched its 25th cohort year, a major milestone...

Apr 21, 2026, 10:45 AM

From Smartphones to Flying Taxis: The World Israel Is Building

by Winslow Swart I recall a moment that has stayed with me. A senior Palestinian political figure — a man long associated with insistence on denying Israel’s right to exists — was brought into an Israeli hospital for urgent, life-saving...

Apr 16, 2026, 10:51 PM

If It Happened Somewhere Else: The Other War No One is Talking About

Imagine, for a moment, that the map were rearranged. Not the politics. Not the alliances. Just the geography. Imagine that, over a period of years, another country—or even an American state—absorbed what Israel has faced: sustained rocket fire, missile barrages, drone...

Apr 15, 2026, 8:32 PM

Who Are We When the Sirens Stop?

“And then, suddenly, the sirens stop. Though the ballistic mid-air explosions didn’t get the memo right away.” For almost two months, life in Israel was measured differently. Not by meetings or milestones, but by seconds — the distance to shelter, the...

Mar 22, 2026, 4:54 PM

The World Loves Its Dead Jews…But Living Ones? Not So Much.

There’s something I’ve noticed over the years that’s hard to ignore. Twenty years ago, I visited the places in Europe where six million of my people were murdered. Every corner, every town, seemed to carry a monument, a memorial,...

Mar 10, 2026, 3:13 PM

It is Better to Be a Warrior in a Garden – Than a Gardener in a War

It is Better to Be a Warrior in a Garden - Than a Gardener in a War. For the past twelve days, I’ve lived in a war zone — in Israel. Rocket and missile sirens have sliced through conversations, dinners,...

Dec 29, 2025, 6:43 PM

Innovation Under Pressure: Where Startup Nation Meets Startup State

A Familiar Rhythm Across Continents After six weeks in Israel, moving between startup offices, family tables, late-night cafés, and conversations with Israeli and Texas tech and economic partners, one thing became clear: Israel’s pace and approach feel surprisingly familiar. The...

Dec 18, 2025, 7:33 AM

Two Lone Star States: Texas and Israel Are Forging the Next Era of Innovation

There’s a reason people call Israel the Startup Nation. And increasingly, there’s a reason people are calling Texas the Startup State. Both are places where bold ideas scale fast, where frontier challenges spark frontier solutions, and where leaders—from universities...

About Me

Winslow Swart is a full-stack organizational, leadership and economic development practitioner, facilitator, and speaker serving executives, managers, individual contributors and entrepreneurs regionally and internationally. Working in Texas, Israel, and beyond, Winslow helps public and private entities with international business acceleration, connecting innovation ecosystems, and business development. Winslow also facilitates business transformation through Leadership Development, Strategic Planning, Team and Culture Building, Organizational Effectiveness and Change Management.