INSIGHTS & PUBLICATIONS
Ideas worth examining.
Questions worth asking.
Research, writing, and conversations on organizational change, leadership, student success, and the relationship between systems and the people inside them.
SELECTED WRITING
Published work and perspectives.
These links point to genuine external publications and public professional features. No unpublished articles are presented as completed work.
Fifty Years of Strategic Enrollment Management: A Field That Refuses to Rest
A reflection on how a mature field must continue questioning the systems it has built and the people those systems serve.
Supporting student success centers to overcome common equity challenges
Practical institutional approaches to examining systemic barriers and improving student success.
Equity Toolkit
A resource for examining institutional practices, supporting inquiry, and building organizational capacity.
IN THE CONVERSATION
Features and professional coverage.
Conference encourages minority males in community college system
An early example of Jairo's strengths-based approach to educational and leadership practice.
Read feature ↗COMMUNITY COLLEGE DAILY · 2021New directions in doctoral programs
A feature examining leadership development pathways in community colleges.
Read feature ↗THE THINKING TO COME
Three questions we plan to explore.
Editorial concepts for future original essays—not links to publications that do not yet exist.
When a strategic plan becomes another source of initiative fatigue
How misalignment can transform even promising strategies into organizational overload.
The hidden cost of solving the wrong problem
Why leaders should investigate the structures behind recurring organizational symptoms.
What does it mean to tell the truth with humility?
How candor and uncertainty can coexist in ethical leadership and consulting.
THE NEXT CONVERSATION
Bring a challenging question to the table.
Our best work begins with curiosity about the organization, not a predetermined answer.