For years, finance in higher education has worked quietly behind the scenes—essential, but rarely seen as a force for change. Budgets got balanced, reports got filed, and institutions moved forward... slowly. But what happens when that model starts to crack? When rising costs outpace tuition revenue, and the math that once worked no longer adds up?

Roger Martin is Premier’s Chair in Productivity & Competitiveness and Academic Director of the Martin Prosperity Institute at the Rotman School of Management.  From 1998 to 2013, he served as Dean.  Previously, he spent 13 years as a Director of Monitor Company, a global strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he served as co-head of the firm for two years.

Howard Teibel sat down with Michael Clune and Lupe Valencia at the WACUBO annual conference to talk about service and what inspires them about being part of this extraordinary association committed to providing professional development and networking opportunities for business officers serving higher education in the West.

Hosts Jeff Shields and Howard Teibel kick off the inaugural episode of our new show, The Net Assets Podcast, and what better guests to join them than the leaders of the Lakefield College School to discuss the school's remarkable comeback story.

This week, Jeff Shields, President and CEO at NBOA, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on the future of independent schools ahead of the 2024 NBOA Annual Meeting & Business Solutions Showcase. They address the integration of telework in education, the sustainability of innovations post-pandemic, and the critical importance of community and collaboration in sparking transformative ideas.

WACUBO President, Brad Baca, joins Howard Teibel for a conversation on the association’s annual conference in Phoenix, April 30-May 3, 2023.

This February, the preeminent meeting for independent school business operations professionals returns in person! This week, NBOA CEO Jeff Shields joins Howard Teibel to talk about the year past and the importance of reengaging your business officer community as we rebuild together.

This week on Navigating Change, Mike Gower joins Howard Teibel to talk about the questions before us and the disruptor around the corner. He shares the background to his work leading change across his leadership team and how that work can help set the stage for the next generation of finance and administrative leaders to follow him.

When most of us think of disruption in our institutions, we think of turnover, upheaval, cuts, a future state in which change to the status quo has the potential to negatively impact the team. Our guest this week has a different perspective.

Today on the show we bring a demonstration of mission in action. Our guest is Doug Brown, President of UMass Memorial Community Hospitals and Chief Administrative Officer for the UMass Memorial Health Care system. He had a vision for their community - looking in their own backyard and anchoring their institutional mission through local investing, local procurement, and local hiring.

In this week’s conversation, Colby College senior Heather Jahrling and Howard Teibel explore what worked — and what didn’t — in the transition to learning from home, and what students are looking for as we face the fall.

Today, Howard Teibel and Dr. Nelson Baker discuss the kind of education emerging through this COVID era and Dr. Baker’s specific experience overseeing the Professional Education Division at Georgia Tech.

Our guest, Rovy Branon is working to develop the 60-year curriculum, one with an eye toward a lifetime of education.

Revisiting our conversation with Roger L. Martin on an important message from our conversation back in 2015: What does it mean to be a part of the solution, not part of the problem?

Peter Denning returns to the show this week to talk about innovation. But this most likely isn’t the innovation discussion you’re expecting.

Dr. Menah Pratt-Clarke joins Howard Teibel on the show today and what starts as a discussion about the role of diversity and inclusion in the education environment turns quickly to our waning collective skill in truly engaging in difficult conversations — from our micro-conversations on social media to dialog among senior leadership.

Dr. Kate Newburgh joins Howard today to share her experience studying burnout and her efforts to help organizations create human-centered cultures that are more resilient to overwhelm and stress.

This week on the show, we’re presenting a few of the significant shifts that have come as the result of new worlds opening. In the process, we highlight clear areas of opportunity for developing our skills in the conversation.

Carol Mullaney and Brent Ruben join Howard for a conversation on change, provocation, and the evolving macro-conversation that comes as we continue to learn to lead change in higher education. This comes as we prepare for the NCCI 20th Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado — Moving Mountains: Cultivating Change in Higher Education, July 10–12.

UW’s Ruth Johnston joins Howard this week for a conversation on resilience and overwhelm, and gives us a preview of things to come at the WACUBO Annual Conference in Vancouver coming next month