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Originally posted in our May 2023 Top of Mind Newsletter. The future of higher education, especially as it relates to technology, is quite a hot topic these days. In this review of the now-former Temple University President Jason Wingard’s new book, The College Devaluation Crisis: Market Disruption, Diminishing ROI, and an Alternative Future of Learning, we see a thorough examination of the rise of new tech-based “reforms” and what they may or may not mean for…

Originally posted in our May 2023 Top of Mind Newsletter. Chances are high that you have listened to or read about the influence ChatGPT and other AI engines are already having on myriad industries. From generative art to automated virtual assistants, the advancement of the AI space is faster than almost any previous tech boom we’ve seen. With this rapid advancement comes significant uncertainty.  In this HBR article from Dorie Clark and Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, we learn…

Originally posted in our April 2023 Top of Mind Newsletter. In the same vein as the previous piece, we wanted to highlight Reid Hoffman’s newsletter, Long Reids. From a recent publication: “All humans are entrepreneurs not because they should start companies but because the will to create and take control of our destiny is encoded in human DNA—and creation is the essence of entrepreneurship.” Hoffman’s newsletter focuses on career development, but he often elaborates on what…

Originally posted in our April 2023 Top of Mind Newsletter. What does it mean to be creative? Why do we need creativity in our lives? Samuel W. Franklin suggests in his new book, The Cult of Creativity, that creativity is a relatively recent idea. Sure, we’ve been creating things since before we were human, but Franklin posits that creativity as a characteristic to be measured and considered has only been around since the 1940s. This was…

Originally posted in our March 2023 Top of Mind Newsletter. So you’re setting out to test an assumption that you hope will solve a problem in the world that others will value. As we reflected in the previous article, it is important to start testing ideas rather than carefully planning, especially in the early stages of an idea. But knowing how potential users will interact with the concept is also essential. If you’re establishing a new…