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Revisiting “Up the Organization”
For the writing of the forthcoming book (2014) “A Whole New Engineer: A Surprising Emotional Journey” I was reflecting on the management and leadership influences in my life, and I had almost...
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In a recent move, I noticed that two longstanding habits were being performed intermittently, and I was curious what was wrong. These habits related to exercise, were well established, and I was...
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The old saying says there is no “I” in “teamwork.” What do you do when there is no “we” in faculty? Since leaving the University of Illinois in December 2010, I’ve worked at a number of universities...
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The university as Apollo + Dionysus: A bureaucracy with stars & status...
There are many challenges in navigating the transformation of education in the 21st century. Key among these is the movement from an educational culture of expertise in which disciplinary lecturers...
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I was doing my morning tweet practice of inspirational quotes, and I came across a quote, which I posted: “The same view you look at every day, the same life, can become something brand new by focusing...
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Mark Somerville and I are wrapping up production on our book A Whole New Engineer: A Surprising Emotional Journey (see more here), and I was reflecting on large writing projects such as books and how...
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7 languages for educational transformation
Introduction Coming home on a long flight I was reading Kegan and Lahey’s book How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation. In working as a coach, the power of...
View ArticleLost in translation: 3 lessons from the term “assessment”
I am writing this from Atlanta Hartsfield Airport (ATL), returning from a delightful session with approximately 40 faculty members at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in Valparaiso,...
View ArticleA Whole New Engineer Ready for Pre-Order on Amazon & 800-CEO-READ
The book, A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education is available for pre-order on Amazon or for bulk orders at 800CEOread.com. Amazon: Pre-order here. 800-CEO-Read:...
View ArticleStrategic Tracking for Educational Transformation
I put up a post on LinkedIn the other day (here) in which I talked about the Three Speeds of Educational Transformation, and in that post I labeled the three speeds as follows:n: Speed 1: The NO Track...
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The use of executive or leadership coaches has exploded in private corporations, non-profits, and government (here). Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates (here) say that everyone needs a coach, and in the...
View ArticleHabits & Time Creases
In a recent move, I noticed that two longstanding habits were being performed intermittently, and I was curious what was wrong. These habits related to exercise, were well established, and I was...
View ArticleWhen there is no “we” in faculty: 4 approaches to faculty teamwork
The old saying says there is no “I” in “teamwork.” What do you do when there is no “we” in faculty? Since leaving the University of Illinois in December 2010, I’ve worked at a number of universities...
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The university as Apollo + Dionysus: A bureaucracy with stars & status...
There are many challenges in navigating the transformation of education in the 21st century. Key among these is the movement from an educational culture of expertise in which disciplinary lecturers...
View ArticleTop 5 regrets of the dying
I was doing my morning tweet practice of inspirational quotes, and I came across a quote, which I posted: “The same view you look at every day, the same life, can become something brand new by focusing...
View ArticleJourney to the emotional floor of A Whole New Engineer
Mark Somerville and I are wrapping up production on our book A Whole New Engineer: A Surprising Emotional Journey (see more here), and I was reflecting on large writing projects such as books and how...
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7 languages for educational transformation
Introduction Coming home on a long flight I was reading Kegan and Lahey’s book How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation. In working as a coach, the power of...
View ArticleLost in translation: 3 lessons from the term “assessment”
I am writing this from Atlanta Hartsfield Airport (ATL), returning from a delightful session with approximately 40 faculty members at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM) in Valparaiso,...
View ArticleA Whole New Engineer Ready for Pre-Order on Amazon & 800-CEO-READ
The book, A Whole New Engineer: The Coming Revolution in Engineering Education is available for pre-order on Amazon or for bulk orders at 800CEOread.com. Amazon: Pre-order here. 800-CEO-Read:...
View ArticleStrategic Tracking for Educational Transformation
I put up a post on LinkedIn the other day (here) in which I talked about the Three Speeds of Educational Transformation, and in that post I labeled the three speeds as follows:n: Speed 1: The NO Track...
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