In Their Shoes
We need to understand the obstacles that face the student population we seek to serve. It could be that the proposed solutions are not effective because they do not remove the challenges affecting students or do not do enough to meet students where they are. By gaining an understanding of students and the community in which they live, we have an opportunity to search for creative answers designed to support student success.
Football, Pumpkins, Fall, and a New School Year
Despite the never ending obstacles that lay across the path, higher education has another opportunity to focus on those improvements that may not be new or particularly innovative, but can have a big impact. Sometimes big change comes from small solutions consistently implemented.
Worth the Wait
The point of success is not in making your consumer base wait, but in the ability to consistently exceed their expectations so that the wait is worthwhile because in the end the consumer will not be disappointed. Tribes create loyalty and a unique user experience builds the tribe.
Dreaming Beyond Realities: Lessons from Underdogs
We gravitate to true stories and heart-warming tales of people who overcome the odds to make a difference and change the world. The truth is that we love underdogs because they remind us of the potential we all have inside.
Chasing Passion Over Profession
Every successful organization or institution is a result of its ability to positively affect other peoples’ lives through its products and services. The physical work is not as important as the fulfillment we receive as a result of our efforts. We invest our time and energy because we believe that our impact reaches beyond day-to-day operations.
Treading on Dreams
Each student is unique. They have individual talents, interests, and drive. While they may discover along the way that being a paleontologist is not their lifelong calling, as they believed it to be in third grade, they may discover something even greater. As adults we should be paving pathways for opportunities not building roadblocks to their success.