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Getting to The Dance: Innovation and Strategic Planning 18 Nov 2012 | 11:09 pm
Colleges from time to time tell me that they’d like to develop a new strategic plan, but that instead of an old fashioned “traditional” plan, they need an “innovative” plan. What advice would I have ...
Barriers to Innovation? 17 May 2012 | 04:40 am
I hear a lot about innovation in my work with colleges and systems of higher education. Ambitions to innovate run high in many pockets of organizations. Yes, while many individuals inside higher edu...
Eating Our Young: Financing Higher Education 17 Mar 2012 | 04:11 am
It’s no secret that higher education is in big trouble. Today, the State Higher Education Executive Officers released its report tracing state financing of higher education. Not light reading, it’s ...
A Consultant’s Guide to Spotting Toxic Organizations 27 Sep 2010 | 07:06 am
Maybe it was what I learned from co-teaching a doctoral course on organizational performance this summer. Or, it could be the alignment of certain celestial bodies. Either way I’ve been thinking abou...
Spinning Out of Control with Randomized Controls 27 Aug 2010 | 07:12 am
In my work, I hear the occasional drum beat for more “scientific evaluation techniques” especially the need for randomized controls. You might have heard the sound of the drill from Stanley and Campb...
Rick’s Rubrics for Strategic Planning 16 Oct 2009 | 07:22 am
In a professional life dedicated to making higher education a better place, interesting events come my way with increased frequency. I spent most of last week at Stellenbosch University in South Afri...
