N Jay SorensenAug 7, 2025

🕰️ Modernization isn’t always about speed.

Chris Schembra’s “Inconvenient Way” reminds higher ed & procurement leaders:
🤝 Coalitions before contracts
📊 Reflection before acceleration
👂 Listening before negotiating

Presence builds irreplaceable leadership.

🔗 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/inconvenient-way-why-future-leadership-slower-deeper-more-human-1235395122/

#HigherEdLeadership #Procurement #ERPTransformation #WisdomEconomy

The Inconvenient Way: Why the Future of Leadership Is Slower, Deeper and More Human

For those of us who’ve built our identities around propositional knowing, our intellect, our cleverness, this shift doesn’t just feel professional. It feels existential.

Rolling Stone
N Jay SorensenAug 6, 2025

🎓 Gen Z is breaking up with nostalgia.

Sydney Sweeney’s 🇺🇸 American Eagle campaign shows that heritage alone doesn’t connect—students want authenticity, diversity & inclusion.

For higher ed, the lesson is clear:
✅ Modernize branding
✅ Engage student voices
✅ Bridge heritage with relevance

🔗 Read more

#HigherEdLeadership #GenZ #StudentEngagement #ChangeManagement https://www.creativebloq.com/creative-inspiration/advertising/sydney-sweeneys-american-eagle-ad-reveals-gen-zs-messy-breakup-with-americana

Sydney Sweeney’s heated American Eagle row says a lot about Gen Z

Why the classic American dream feels out of touch.

Creative Bloq
Robert H. McDonaldMar 23, 2024
Looking forward to moderating a concurrent session at next week’s @UPCEA Annual Conference titled Content-First Enrollment Strategies and featuring @SuzanBrinker from @VivHigherEd and Tara Pope from Tufts University-Thurs March 28 at 10 am. #credovation #UPCEA2024 #faculty #higheredleadership
Rebecca NatowNov 5, 2022
Here's another #Introduction to find new #followers among those doing a #Twittermigration. I'm an assistant professor at #Hofstra University on #LongIsland, in the School of #Education. I'm also director of the #HigherEducationLeadership and #HigherEducationPolicy program & the #EdD program in #EducationalLeadership and #EducationalPolicy. I teach and study #HigherEdPolicy #EducationPolicy #HigherEdLaw and #HigherEdLeadership. Looking forward to meeting more #HigherEd people here on #Mastodon!