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Melancholia and the Danes
When the climate-change-is-hooey-and-will-kill-the-only-economy-we've-got crowd starts turning to Denmark for its authoritative sources, you know they're desperate. That's even more true...
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When systems aren't systemic
Greenback U. has lots of administrative information systems. It used to have more -- before last decade's ERP implementation --...
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When stability becomes stasis
I was speaking recently with the dean of faculty at a small US polytechnic. Toward the end of the conversation...
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The PCC 2.0 Football
The American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (or "PCC") has been around for a couple of years now. Over...
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Up like smoke
I was on a campus recently, not too far from where I live. (One of the advantages of being in...
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Everybody out of the tub!
While I was learning about the workings of colleges and universities, I ran into Harvard's management model, which was described...
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On crashing and burning in public
My previous post was perhaps not worse than a crime, but it was definitely a blunder. To go 0-for-2 in...
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How Connie can't count
I'll admit to being a little bit anal when it comes to math. I'm not sure "anal" is the right...