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- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
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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hazbetts
- Feb 5, 2021
- 4 min
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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hazbetts
- Feb 5, 2021
- 3 min
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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hazbetts
- Jan 30, 2021
- 4 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Nov 16, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Nov 9, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Oct 27, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Oct 20, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Oct 12, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Oct 6, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Sep 18, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Aug 31, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Aug 21, 2020
- 4 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Aug 17, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- Aug 11, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- May 19, 2020
- 3 min
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...
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hazbetts
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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hazbetts
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
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...
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