Category Archives: Academia
Here Comes the Protocol University
Today’s sermon is inspired by NY Times columnist David Brooks’ case that what was an economy based on making “stuff” is now an economy based on sets of instructions. The Protocol Economy, as he’s calling it, has its iconic source … Continue reading
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Graduating Into Ambiguity
Forty years ago Dustin Hoffman in the title role of “The Graduate” got single work of what we, in the wised-up audience, knew to be idiotic career advice: The advice giver, if memory serves, got justly punished for his bourgeois … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, Business, Higher Education
THE “SKIP” GATES DRAMA – A THEATER REVIEW
The handcuffing, perp walk and arrest of Henry Louis (“Skip”) Gates, Jr. is one of those can’t-believe-it news stories. It’s also irresisible grist for PR blogging heads like me. That a prominent citizen could be arrested for trying to get … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, Crisis Communication, Politics, Public Relations
Twitter Messiah
I started teaching college almost 40 years ago chalking and talking. In my mid-twenties, I was the age of the undergrads, give or take. After a few sidebars in the Real World, I returned to academia double the age of … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, Technology
