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Preparing Yourself for an Unpredictable World
“What should you do to prepare yourself for a world that is almost entirely unpredictable? Part of the answer lies in research undertaken by New College of the Humanities. The…
To Data or Not To Data: Capturing the Humanities in Motion
Originally posted on the Academy Data Forum of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Oct. 2nd, 2015 When the Humanities Indicators project began, its goal was to provide systematic and coordinated, reliable and usable data on the…
The Importance of Mission and STEAM in Business Today
As a Not-For-Profit Administrator I was often plagued by the assumption from For-Profit Business Professionals that our work was substandard to their own, that by virtue of the title we were an inferior business model. Even our Presidential…
Why a Background in the Arts Is of Importance To Successful Executives
Bruce E. Whitacre, Executive Director of Theatre Forward comments on whether “arts engagement can predict success or contribute to a strong workforce, and if a background in the arts was…
Profit over People
As stated by the Greek philosopher Aristotle, âWe do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.â This quote shows that we do not act in an…
Creating Meaning, Not Just Money: The Intellectual Innovators Behind Some of the Biggest Start-Ups
Next time youâre struggling to figure out how to make a big dent in the universe with your own startup, maybe the answer is to take time out to âread…
Why Philosophy Is a Smart Choice for Future Entrepreneurs
Creating entrepreneurs has never been the purpose of a philosophy department, nor is creating a business typically the goal of a philosophy student. And that is a good thing. Reading…
Do You Know What To Do with the Future?
If Thomas Friedman is right, if the future belongs to those who can invent new jobs and industries rather than staffing existing ones, then it belongs to people with a…
Businesses Find the Right Intellectual Wattage in Students of the Humanities
Business leaders around the world have told me that they despair of finding people who can help them solve wicked problems â or even get their heads around them. Itâs…
Lack of Languages Stifles Brits and Americans
The British Academy’s report, Languages: the State of the Nation, published in February 2013, discovered “strong evidence of a growing deficit in foreign language skills at a time when globally…
Leadership Through Theatre: Ibsen Takes on Business and Management
Problem solving, good decisions, visions, and – of course – critical thinking, are all traits required in leadership, traits we chase in hiring, training we search for to help our teams achieve greatness, characteristics that are easy to…
Counterintuitive Humanities Brings Surprises
A new kind of capitalism is being heralded in business journals throughout the world. âConscious Capitalismâ and âInclusive Capitalismâ are but two of the new buzz terms in re-examining capitalism in the 21st century. At the same time,…
The Art World the Millennial Way
Much as the wine industry is currently transitioning from catering to highbrow Boomers to understanding Millennial-tailored (less exclusive) tastes, the art world is in a stage of reinvention. Once considered…
A College Degree Sorts Job Applicants, but Employers Wish it Meant More
“….half of those surveyed recently by The Chronicle and American Public Media’s Marketplace said they had trouble finding recent graduates qualified to fill positions at their company or organization. Nearly…
Executives Say the 21st Century Needs More Skilled Workers
“As the U.S. economy begins to show signs of improvement, executives say they need a workforce fully equipped with skills beyond just the basics of reading, writing and arithmetic (the…
Liberal Arts and Humanities Education: Who is Right – Bill Gates, or the Late Steve Jobs?
“My research team at Duke and Harvard surveyed 652 U.S.-born chief executive officers and heads of product engineering at 502 technology companies. We found that they tended to be highly…
New Models of Arts Leadership: Tapping into the Millennials
Courtney Mersereau from BCA member company RBC Wealth Management is an example of a Greater Portland young professional eager to help in the arts. She is currently on the executive…
Reopening a Door to the Young
Iâve been consulting for more than four decades. Twenty or 30 years ago, a hiring manager at a Fortune 500 company was much more willing to give, say, a dance…
Conscious Capitalism
Before I co-founded Whole Foods Market, I attended two universities, where I accumulated about 120 hours of electives, primarily in philosophy, religion, history, world literature, and other humanities. I only…
Drive (2009) by Daniel Pinks
In business, we tend to obsess over the “how”âas in “Here’s how to do it.” Yet we rarely discuss the “why”âas in “here’s why we’re doing it.” But it’s often…
To Make You Feel the Love
Calling all Confused Students!
The Art World the Millennial Way
Food for Thought: What Does “Service” and “Leadership” Mean to You?
Pursuing a New Perspective in Medicine