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Interesting thing at my university: the AAC&U statement (signed by over 150 #university presidents in the USA) is a powerful (well, as much as letters can be) response to the #GOP attacks on higher ed via international students.

SUNY's chancellor hasn't signed it, which doesn't really surprise me; our recent chancellors have been fairly #spineless political creatures. When the pressure is overwhelming and the risk seems low, the #SUNY chancellor will sign.

My issue is with my university's president

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timesnownews.com/education/ove

Times Now · Over 150 US Universities Sign Letter Against Trump AdministrationBy Deeksha Teri
#aacu#internationalstudents#uspol
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Bruce MacDonald

It would be interesting to imagine an economy that does not depend on the impossibility of infinite growth in a finite world.

A good article, and thorough—

"The rub is that business education is predicated on a belief that the economy can and must continue to grow — a belief that manifests in corporate strategy as an imperative that companies, too, must continually grow or risk becoming irrelevant. The problem is that perpetual economic growth is not possible, and the shibboleth that growth is essential for human flourishing creates a trap that many see no way out of."
sloanreview.mit.edu/article/re

MIT Sloan Management ReviewRethink the Growth ImperativeThe widespread assumption that leaders should prioritize business growth is a factor in global environmental degradation.
#Degrowth#management#economics
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Eric Maugendre

"Many people in IT […] are bearers of ‘bad news’, they try to convince people of different paradigms, which are not yet welcome as the expectations are still based on poor ideas about what is assumed to work. Making their life worse is a constant stream of bad Enterprise/IT Architects–Strategists that — generally as consultants — bring welcome (but faulty) good news to the top."
ea.rna.nl/2021/07/31/dont-beco @gctwnl

Decision vs. Outcome - looks like we made a poor decision. - no. We made a good decision. The outcome was poor. There were many unknowns and we decided based on what we knew. Never judge a decision by its outcome. from WorkChronicles
#management#workCulture#teamWork
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Eric Maugendre

@sociology @socialpsych 🧵

On #organizations:

Here "Sociopaths" is a shorthand for the Protestant-Ethic will-to-power types who drive an organization to function despite itself.

"Among the Sociopaths, status is irrelevant. Table stakes and skill at using them is what matters. Sociopaths pay attention to what you have, and how well you bargain with it. Not who you are."

ribbonfarm.com/2010/10/14/the-

www.ribbonfarm.comThe Gervais Principle IV: Wonderful Human Beings
#negotiating#office#merit
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Keira (She/Her)

Who doesn't love a new baby in the office!?

I love it, personally. I will *never* give up an opportunity to coo at, make faces at, and/or cuddle a baby.

But quite a lot of childless people find it really upsetting. And you probably wouldn't know if one of your colleagues was having a miscarriage right now, or struggling with fertility etc.They don't hate babies. They don't hate joy. They don't want to cry at work or have to explain to all their colleagues about child death, or their feelings of failure, or their heartbreak.

If you manage people without children, and you know you're having a staff member bring their new baby in, it would be good to give people a heads up, so they can opt out, or better yet, ask the parent bringing the baby in to stay in an area and let people come to them, instead of going desk to desk.

#childless#cnbc#management
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Dr Robert N. Winter

Ever notice how nobody 'solves' problems anymore? They solution them. And teams aren't busy—they're 'driving proactive synergy in adaptive ecosystems'.

It's not just silly—it's dangerous. Hype, jargon, and semantic inflation erode clarity, trust, and accountability in organisational life.

robert.winter.ink/why-hype-ero

Dr Robert N. Winter · Why Hype Erodes Communication
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#SemanticInflation#OrganisationalCulture#Communication
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Dr Robert N. Winter

🚩 Is Your Organisation Practicing GINO?

Check out my latest piece, Governance in Name Only: How Good Governance Became Theatre, and learn how to move beyond governance washing to authentic accountability: robert.winter.ink/governance-i

I'd love to hear your thoughts—have you observed GINO at play in your sector?

Dr Robert N. Winter · Governance in Name Only (GINO)
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#CorporateGovernance#Ethics#Leadership
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Eric Maugendre

"You don’t get what you deserve; you get what you negotiate." 🧵

"What distinguishes #Powertalk is that with every word uttered, the power equation between the two speakers shifts just a little. Sometimes both gain slightly, at the expense of some poor schmuck. Sometimes one yields ground to the other. Powertalk in other words, is a consequential language."

Venkatesh Rao: ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-

www.ribbonfarm.comThe Gervais Principle II: Posturetalk, Powertalk, Babytalk and Gametalk
#office#merit#management
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