There’s a fundamental difference between strategy and strategic planning, yet too often, institutions conflate the two. Strategy is about winning—making deliberate choices to position a university, school, or research unit for success in an unpredictable and competitive environment. Strategic planni...

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" - Leonardo  Da Vinci

If research administrators could distill the management and administration of grant portfolios and department operations into a single word, I imagine complex would be the most common endorsement. Some complexity is inherent in the pr...