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What’s the IT Organization for? (opens the original)
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I will soon join my team at the national EDUCAUSE conference. They will present, learn, and reconnect with colleagues while I spend time with friends, peers, and leaders from across the profession. These events always leave me thinking about the larger questions behind our work. Higher education needs both technological infrastructure and a profession capable of turning that infrastructure into value. The best conferences remind us that technology alone is never enough. They create space to disc
The AI Phantom Menace (opens the original)
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AI safety has been everywhere recently, so our president asked me to address it at a recent meeting. I described two risks that should concern everyone. The first comes from the authority we give an AI system through access to data, credentials, and other systems. Organizations control much of that risk through the permissions and technical boundaries they establish. The second comes from people using AI to commit crimes or develop dangerous capabilities. Frontier labs have a legitimate role in
More Than the Loudest Story (opens the original)
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Many people taught me how to do the work I now practice each day. Brad Wheeler taught me how IT is best organized to serve a research university. Diana Oblinger showed me that trust and respect are the true currency of leadership, and that the credibility to convene an important conversation matters more than authority inherited from an organization chart. <a href="https://dispatches.timothychester.com/i/159789575/steve-wi
Separated Siblings, Reunited (opens the original)
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I have known every leader of EDUCAUSE and Internet2 since their founding. Doug Van Houweling helped me explain why a national research network mattered to a small university like Pepperdine. I knew Dave Lambert from our earlier work starting universities in Qatar. Brian Hawkins once coached me through delivering a difficult project assessment to my president, a close friend of his. Diana Obl
Does Your ERP Project Need a Star Quarterback? (opens the original)
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During interviews for my current role, plans for a cloud-based ERP system came up often. I recommended an independent advisory firm that could help the University structure a credible product selection process. I had worked with the firm previously. The team arrived during my second week on the job. Before its formal presentation to stakeholders, we had some candid time alone. One of their recommendations surprised me. The advisers thought the University should recruit a project leader who had a
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