How will university strategy be impacted by the pandemic? and what are the most important long-term drivers of change ahead, local...

McKinsey management consultants developed and successfully applied a 3-horizon model of innovation that called for investment and focus...

The end of January each year is an unusual time even in a normal year. In the northern hemisphere, the end of January sees some of the...

I was reminded of the past over the holidays when my kids bought me a turntable that allowed my old vinyl collection to be dusted off out...

It has been a while since my last blog post, as I now write a weekly opinion piece for Campus Review to accompany and re-promote the...

The news out of national cabinet last week regarding the prioritising of returning Australians, over pilots of new international...

The end of the teaching year is a time when many people are most stressed, tired and lacking in energy, in the best of years. This has...

The 39 Australian universities operating through 2020 have had a year unlike any other, however long each of them has operated, and...

We have just seen mental health week come and go. It has happened at a time when we have never had more concern for ourselves, our...

This feels like a landmark week in Australian higher education. The budget had a few positive surprises, but on the whole continued known...

One of the delights about universities has always been how, through an annual cycle, plus le change plus le meme chose. Students appear...

There are some people, families, organisations, and governments struggling to maintain hope at the moment as the pandemic continues to...

I am delighted to launch a new venture with Karl Treacher of advisory services to the higher education sector. The venture is called...

One of the first impacts of a coronavirus pandemic being declared was the immediate closure of Australian international borders. Coming...

We do have a way of dressing things up in academia don’t we? Why use one word when 20 will do. And why use short words that everyone...

Working in and around Australian universities in 2020 is certainly different! And most of the commentators are speculating that 2021 will...

The world has been waking up to a new set of numbers most days since March. In Australia, the numbers look quite different state to...

The over-riding message to me of joining the dots backward is that we are all different. What I have learnt along the way is the...

What is our concept of engagement in a post-COVID Australian university world? Can we still afford it? Does it still matter? Is anyone...

A differentiator in the coming months and years will be how much and how quickly universities learn to listen and lead with empathy in...