{"id":41970,"date":"2025-03-26T12:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/?p=41970"},"modified":"2025-08-08T18:37:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T22:37:07","slug":"focus-introducing-focus-spa-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spa.com\/focus-introducing-focus-spa-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing \u201cFocus: SPA Perspectives\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"41970\" class=\"elementor elementor-41970\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1bc1c3 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f1bc1c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7d7738 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f7d7738\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18ffa63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18ffa63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"\/blog\">Focus: SPA Perspectives<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3aa945 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c3aa945\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7c74e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d7c74e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Categories: <a href=\"\/blog-capabilities\">Capabilities<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 <a href=\"\/blog-fellows\">Fellows<\/a>\u00a0 | <a 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https:\/\/www.spa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SPA_Logo_Mark-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-615e3d2 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"615e3d2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8509d18 elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8509d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAuthor: <a href=\"\/blog\/authors\/staff\"><em>Staff<\/em><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d0d089 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d0d089\" 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elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"9184ff2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e06b687 qodef-sticky-column--no\" data-id=\"e06b687\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29eab8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29eab8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW51781857 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51781857 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">We<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51781857 BCX0\" 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