Engaging with the concept of engagement
Engaged learning — everyone talks about it, but what does the term, engagement, even mean? Does it mean anything? We take a look through an excerpt from a fo...
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Designing the future faculty office
While on sabbatical with Steelcase, I was involved in a project to re-envision the faculty office. Rather than seeing it go away, the faculty office will sti...
Sabbatical lessons, part 4: People and culture
In this final post on lessons learned on sabbatical, I focus on the two fundamental forces of change in higher ed: people and culture.
Sabbatical lessons, part 3: The hard work of innovation
Innovation: It’s a word that higher education both loves and hates. What is innovation, and what did I learn in my sabbatical about it?
Sabbatical lessons, part 2: More lessons from industry, particularly about agility
Higher education can learn a lot of things from industry. Here are three such things, especially the importance of agility.