Future-Forward Staffing: Redesigning Higher Education Talent Practices to Build a Resilient Institution
In an era of destabilized funding and operating models, including demographic disruption, constrained budgets, and evolving service expectations, higher education institutions can no longer afford to treat staffing as an administrative afterthought. Our industry must move beyond incremental hiring and outdated position descriptions and instead embrace future-forward staffing practices that align with institutional agility. It […]
“Waste, Fraud, and Abuse”: What Can Higher Education Learn From DOGE?
We’re in a chaotic time in higher education. Chaos has been common since 2020, but the last month is new. With presidential orders affecting federal funding from many angles, institutions are feeling unprecedented financial pressure at this scale and pace. The activities of DOGE, at the direction of Elon Musk, have brought that same chaos […]
Shining Through the Fog: People and Purpose in Higher Education
After a wonderful holiday spent with family, I was making a 200-mile trip home from South Texas. The typical night drive shifted unexpectedly, and I was then navigating through dense fog—a holiday trip experience few would forget. Imagine the dark night with dense fog. You inch forward, unsure of what lies ahead, unable to see […]
Agility and Resilience in Higher Education
As we enter 2025, I’ve been thinking about all of the conversations I’ve had with institutional leaders this year and listening for what’s next. The reality is that higher education institutions face numerous challenges that require them to be both agile and resilient. Enrollment shifts, increased costs, declining budgets, and diminished public trust are just […]
Business Process Optimization Before an ERP Project?
For many, the idea that software would drive business processes is problematic. The thinking is that software should support good processes, not drive their design. This made great sense when software was designed to meet the need from scratch or could easily be customized to meet the process design. The result, however, was custom software […]
