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Higher Education’s Favorite Number to Ignore
If You Don’t Track Cost of Acquisition, You’re Not Leading. You’re Hoping. At this stage in higher education, leadership means knowing what levers move your institution forward. One of the... Read More »
Cognitive Infrastructure Is the New Leadership Frontier…
… How I Expanded My CEO Capacity by approx. 30 Percent With AI and Why It Matters for the Future of Work and the Planet Artificial intelligence is not a... Read More »
I Wasn’t Meant to Lead Their System. I Was Meant to Reimagine It
Higher education believes it is under attack from politics, funding challenges, and demographic shifts. But the most serious threat is internal. The pressure is not just coming from the outside.... Read More »
Building Beyond Accreditation: The Future of Trust in Higher Education
Exploring the edges of what’s next… Full disclosure: I began writing this article well before the recent executive order. It is not a reaction to current events, but rather the... Read More »
Leadership Is Guardianship
Why the Best CEOs Lead with Fierce Stewardship, Not Just Strategy. Most CEOs treat their organizations like startups, assets, or personal brands. Very few treat them like their mother. And... Read More »
From Silos to Systems: Leading Across the Divide
Why Structural Isolation Undermines Institutional Transformation in Higher Education. It sOver the past decade, I’ve led one of the most aggressive institutional transformations in modern higher education, growing Unity Environmental... Read More »
Stop Confusing Your Workplace with Your Government (or Your Family)
A Field Guide for the Future of Work. AI is already changing how work gets done. One day soon, it may allow organizations to offer hyper-customized schedules, adaptive roles, and... Read More »
Environmentalism Must Evolve into Environmental Science & Sustainability
To remain relevant and effective, the green movement must abandon moral absolutism and embrace systems thinking, sustainability, and educational reform. It says something that the people actually building climate solutions,... Read More »
The 7 Structural Flaws That Stop Universities from Scaling
And Why That’s a Problem You Can’t Afford to Ignore. Higher education is at a breaking point. The old operating model; built for prestige, not performance; is cracking under the... Read More »
AI Isn’t the Threat – Our Failure to Lead Is!
It says something that the people actually building climate solutions, designing carbon capture systems, Fear doesn’t stop progress; it just drives it underground, where it grows without oversight or wisdom.... Read More »
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