For anyone thinking about the career skills that will be required to thrive in this era of globalisation I highly recommend reading “A Whole New Mind” by Dan Pink. Here is a description of the book taken from Dan’s web site: Lawyers. Accountants. Radiologists. Software engineers. That’s what our parents encouraged us to become when  Read more »

“There is no right way to do the wrong thing” – Stephen Covey All web sites must deliver value. This includes higher ed web sites. As higher education gets flattened, a valuable strategy

One of the first things that someone does when thinking about starting a new business is create a business plan. When I started with the Provost’s Office back in 2001 (as Director of Web Services for Enrollment and Planning), I was asked to do just

I came across this timely post on the Chronicle’s Wired Campus Blog: More Colleges Outsource Information-Technology Services

The World is Flat describes how IBM’s Business Consulting Services provides companies with corporate x-rays: “What IBM does is basically x-ray your company and break down every component of your business and put it up on a wall-size screen so you ca

Dramatic changes are happening in the world of work. In his must-read book Free Agent Nation, Dan Pink describes the fundamental change in the form, function and ethic of American work. The subtitle of the book is “The Future of Working for Yoursel