A framework for understanding the nature of enterprise transformation is shown below – it also appears on the cover of Enterprise Transformation: Understanding and Enabling Fundamental Change (Wiley, 2006). The goal or ends pursued via transformation tends to significantly differentiate initiatives. The approach or means adopted for transformation pursuits relates to both the goals pursued […]
What will the academic world be like in 25 years – 2035? Thinking 25 years into the future is quite difficult, as is evidenced by thinking back to 1985 and imagining our current iPhones, Kindles, and pervasive social technology such as Facebook. Nevertheless, it is interesting – and potentially useful – to consider future scenarios. […]
I have been a faculty member at four universities – two in leadership positions and two in one-year visiting positions. Nevertheless, academia is a bit of enigma to me, perhaps because of my thirteen-year “leave of absence” to found and lead two software companies. In terms of content, in my case science and engineering, universities […]
I have been a frequent flyer for almost 30 years on Delta Air Lines. I’ll soon reach 3,000,000 miles. I’ve been everywhere with Delta, both as my conveyance to adventure and my safe passage home. I’ve had countless drinks, lots of ice cream sundaes, and many fascinating conversations and heart-felt laughs, all on Delta, flying […]
