What drives me? Mission.
Loyola New Orleans, freshman year: My first work-study job was as a student office assistant in the English department. In my spare time, I fixed the Apple ][ personal computers … Continue reading What drives me? Mission.
Tag: leadership
Rigid thinking? Disrupt yourself
Since the turn of the millennium, drawing conclusions from tried and true experience doesn’t always result something expected. We live in a world of options, change and constant acceleration, so … Continue reading Rigid thinking? Disrupt yourself
Natural Triad: Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion
About a year or so ago, I stumbled across a blog post by Dan Bieler, Principal Analyst at Forrester, who resurfaced an often missed truth: “innovation requires a culture of … Continue reading Natural Triad: Innovation, Diversity & Inclusion
On Leadership in the Experience Age
I tend to take note of pieces that focus on leadership and management style so when I stumbled across a piece in Entrepreneur entitled “Move Away From Shame-Based Management to Inspire … Continue reading On Leadership in the Experience Age
Tidbit: Lesson in a Failing Trajectory
Shouldn’t Yahoo be concerned with volume and adoption of services rather than device growth? “Yahoo’s ‘mobile pause’ prediction is wrong, damaging, and based on a sample size of one.” http://bit.ly/1SFo60a … Continue reading Tidbit: Lesson in a Failing Trajectory
Today’s CIO has an “I” for Innovation
As a consultant/strategist in higher education, I have the opportunity to work with many different kinds of colleges and universities, and observe different technology leadership models. Each institution has its … Continue reading Today’s CIO has an “I” for Innovation
7 Tips for Creative Brainstorming
Brainstorming is an essential part of leadership as it is a means for engaging your team. Whether it is coming up with ideas for a physical space to inspire creativity or for … Continue reading 7 Tips for Creative Brainstorming
Wrangling Academic Computing & Technology
When it comes to technology in education, some say the tradition of academic computing is all about herding cats. The more I work with institutions, the more I believe leading academic … Continue reading Wrangling Academic Computing & Technology
People First, Educational Technology Second
I’ve been following a thread started by Michael Feldstein on his blog and this last installment, Better Ed Tech Conversations, captures what I’ve observed for years. Whether intentional or not, … Continue reading People First, Educational Technology Second
Six Elements of a Strategy that is Less Future, More Action
In “Bring Strategy Back from the Dead,” Walter Kiechel makes the case that in a time of continuous and accelerating change, strategy is vitally important to success and survival of … Continue reading Six Elements of a Strategy that is Less Future, More Action
Community & Connected Value
A sales person who came from the telecom industry once said that to me that “higher education is strange — you share everything.” Yes, this community generates and benefits greatly from connected value.
The engine that started Project Bamboo
In the mid-2000s, the idea of cyberinfrastructure was starting to take hold in the sciences and a number of people, myself included, started asking how we might be able to … Continue reading The engine that started Project Bamboo
