Our institutional transformation must allow workers to socialize, share ideas and collaborate. Technology makes this easy and efficient. We need to rely less on standardization and policy manuals, and leave room for improvisation.
So much is possible in the Information Age. The best thing we can do as leaders in our organizations is not hold people back. At times it may feel as though we are working in chaos. That's part of change and transformation.
We all have people in our institutions who want to hold onto the past. Do what you can to nurture these people and make them less fearful of change. But we cannot let them prevent us from moving toward the future.
As community colleges, our ability to serve and remain viable will be based on whether we can move from an industrial model that no longer is relevant to one that embraces a new vision for the Information Age.
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