by Joyce Osland | Mar 26, 2021 | Education, Global Skills
With both the Pandemic shutting down global travel and increasing awareness of program costs, universities are looking for alternatives to sending students abroad for cultural experiences. Recently, some alternative approaches have surfaced that are very...
by Allan Bird | Feb 19, 2021 | Global Skills, Leadership
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,But in ourselves,” (Julius Caesar, Act 1, scene 2, 135–141) Somewhere between the forces beyond our control and those within our control is latitude for navigating the complex challenges of the world around us. Though, as...
by Chris Cartwright | Jan 26, 2021 | Education, Global Skills
“Cartwright, where we are?” This phase was the greeting offered me daily by my lead project investigator, Boris, when I worked as a project manager in research in the early ‘90’s. I’d smirk, glance at him over the top of my glasses & reply. “We are at the offices...
by Mark Mendenhall | Dec 19, 2020 | Global Skills, Leadership
In his recent book, “The Zealot and the Emancipator,” H.W. Brands contrasts the differences in philosophy between John Brown and Abraham Lincoln in solving the problem of slavery in the USA in the 19th century. Both wanted to see slavery end but chose very...
by Joyce Osland | Nov 20, 2020 | Global Skills, Leadership
In workplaces around the globe, we can readily see the negative results of diversity misunderstandings and mismanagement in the form of unnecessary tensions and underutilized talent. How managers and organizations handle diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) plays a...
by Gary Oddou | Sep 23, 2020 | Global Skills, Leadership
Every one of us lives with uncertainty. Some of it is self-induced, while other uncertainties come from elsewhere. COVID-19 is a wildly clear example of that. It is an extreme version of uncertainty that has turned many of our lives upside down in a myriad of ways...
