I recently shared thoughts on applying the principles of High-Reliability Organizations (HROs) to research administration, framing our work as an adjacent high-reliability function. But what happens when you’re operating within a highly decentralized institution, school, or college where sweeping ch...

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...