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Have we been here before?
How will university strategy be impacted by the pandemic? and what are the most important long-term drivers of change ahead, local...
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Mar 8, 20214 min read
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how close is the third horizon?
McKinsey management consultants developed and successfully applied a 3-horizon model of innovation that called for investment and focus...
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Feb 5, 20214 min read
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blue monday or blue skies? a university's search for meaning
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...
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Feb 5, 20214 min read
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Back to the future
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...
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Feb 5, 20213 min read
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A sea change
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...
hazbetts
Jan 30, 20214 min read
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we are on our own: press reset
The news out of national cabinet last week regarding the prioritising of returning Australians, over pilots of new international...
hazbetts
Nov 16, 20203 min read
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Gold at the bottom of the pyramid
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...
hazbetts
Nov 9, 20203 min read
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Standing out from the pack
The 39 Australian universities operating through 2020 have had a year unlike any other, however long each of them has operated, and...
hazbetts
Oct 27, 20204 min read
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Deeds not words: BEYOND panicgogy
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...
hazbetts
Oct 20, 20203 min read
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The age of alignment. But what to?
This feels like a landmark week in Australian higher education. The budget had a few positive surprises, but on the whole continued known...
hazbetts
Oct 12, 20204 min read
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University strategy under examination
One of the delights about universities has always been how, through an annual cycle, plus le change plus le meme chose. Students appear...
hazbetts
Oct 6, 20204 min read
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Comparative City Liveability: How has COVID19 changed things?
There are some people, families, organisations, and governments struggling to maintain hope at the moment as the pandemic continues to...
hazbetts
Sep 26, 20203 min read
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HEDX launched to change Higher Education for good
I am delighted to launch a new venture with Karl Treacher of advisory services to the higher education sector. The venture is called...
hazbetts
Sep 18, 20203 min read
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Home alone: a higher education experience?
One of the first impacts of a coronavirus pandemic being declared was the immediate closure of Australian international borders. Coming...
hazbetts
Aug 31, 20204 min read
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KISS - Keep it simple, scholars
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...
hazbetts
Aug 21, 20204 min read
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Launching the good ship “opportunity”
Working in and around Australian universities in 2020 is certainly different! And most of the commentators are speculating that 2021 will...
hazbetts
Aug 17, 20203 min read
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University numbers: what counts if we are all in this together?
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...
hazbetts
Aug 11, 20203 min read
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Joining the dots backwards!
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...
hazbetts
May 19, 20203 min read
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Does engagement still matter anymore to universities?
What is our concept of engagement in a post-COVID Australian university world? Can we still afford it? Does it still matter? Is anyone...
hazbetts
May 19, 20202 min read
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Empathetic engagement
A differentiator in the coming months and years will be how much and how quickly universities learn to listen and lead with empathy in...
hazbetts
May 19, 20202 min read
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