I just got back from the Domains19 conference and some thanks and perhaps observations are in order. It was a very interesting, stimulating, and useful conference. Frankly, I've come to expect nothing less from the ReclaimHosting crew: Jim, Tim, Lauren, Meredith, Judith, and Justin(?, we didn't meet yet, I think). It's a human level conference … Continue reading Domains19 Reflection, Well Really More of A Thanks.
Organizational Change
Can We See the Real U? (OER19)
It's been a couple days after the fact, but I wanted to make a post to go with my presentation at OER19. Fortunately, thanks to the nice folks at ALT and the magic of Martin Hawksey, I don't have to try to write a long post explaining what I said and you don't have to … Continue reading Can We See the Real U? (OER19)
Do As We Say, Not…
In keeping with my recent promise, I'm going to do a shorter and definitely incomplete post. Most parents eventually realize that children follow our examples way more than they follow our instructions. If you really want your child to do X or behave like Y, then you have to model that behavior and do X … Continue reading Do As We Say, Not…
Out of the Traps: The Paradoxes of Successful Change
Note: This is the second of two three posts that summarize the presentation Sue-Anne Sweeney of Madonna University and I made at the Higher Learning Commission 2016 annual conference in Chicago in April 2016. The first post in this series is The Leadership Traps That Stop Transformative Change in Higher Ed. The slides for the whole presentation are … Continue reading Out of the Traps: The Paradoxes of Successful Change
The Leadership Traps that Stop Transformative Change in Higher Ed
Note: This is the first of two posts that summarize the presentation Sue-Anne Sweeney and I made at the Higher Learning Commission annual conference 2016 in Chicago in April 2016. The slides for the whole presentation are available at the original post Iterating Toward Disruption: The Paradox of Becoming Agile (HLC 2016). The thoughts are our own … Continue reading The Leadership Traps that Stop Transformative Change in Higher Ed
Iterating Toward Disruption: The Paradox of Becoming Agile (HLC 2016)
Our presentation to the 2016 Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference on change management in higher ed, Iterating Toward Disruption: The Paradox of Becoming Agile. This is the slide deck. Come back in approximately a week for a long-form written version of our presentation to accompany these slides. If the embedded viewer doesn't display, use this … Continue reading Iterating Toward Disruption: The Paradox of Becoming Agile (HLC 2016)