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Leadership
As IT leaders, we are used to working within constraints. We identify needs, set goals, build plans, and then do the hard work of aligning priorities, approvals, and budgets to turn ideas into reality. That process forces discipline. It sharpens focus. It demands that we justify value at every step. Then, sometimes...
Leadership
Have we really designed our systems for the people we serve, or just for the people who have always been here? Higher education is now serving five generations of students at once, and each brings a different expectation of what “great service” looks like. There’s the traditional student who grew up online and expects...
Leadership
Have you ever stopped to think about who’s sitting around your table — not in title or rank, but in influence, perspective, and curiosity? Over the years, I’ve learned that growth often happens through the people we spend time with. The phrase “if you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room” isn’t...
Technology
Business Continuity Planning (BCP) is one of those subjects people acknowledge but rarely prioritize until a disruption happens. At that point everyone realizes how critical it is. A BCP is not a binder gathering dust. It is a framework that keeps an organization moving forward when uncertainty is at its highest. The...
Leadership
In technology, we often focus on how efficient we can make our systems. We trim down processes, automate wherever possible, and streamline until we feel like everything is running at maximum performance. The problem is that efficiency on its own is fragile. If one link in the chain breaks, the whole system grinds to a...
