Helping You Become a Future-Ready Leader

Helping You to Become a Future-Ready Leader

Building the capacity of leaders, at all levels, to think differently, creatively, and innovatively.

Higher education today is not dealing with simply one challenge, but a collection of challenges: new technologies, enrollment declines, financial imbalances, increased competition, etc. --and all at the same time. There are no easy answers to these challenges and all of them demand new solutions that need to be developed through experimentation, risk-taking, creativity, and innovative thinking. The capacity to innovate is no longer a differentiator -- it is a survival factor.

Innovation occurs at every level and in every division of the organization: from academic and financial leaders, to faculty and staff. New ideas come from all corners of the institution, so it’s imperative that leaders create the conditions for creativity and innovation.

We help innovation thrive on your campus by:

  • Delivering deep insights into new and emerging trends.
  • Providing practical and proven strategies to help you create and move new ideas forward.
  • Establishing clear expectations for innovation and how to provide feedback which supports and grows an innovative culture.
  • Assisting in understanding, defining, interpreting, and evaluating risk.
  • Teaching design thinking principles which help organizations bring about culture changes, and deliver impact, and create space for innovation.
  • Building connections with other innovators, technologies, and creative minds.

Powerful Learning Experiences and Strategies to Boost Creativity and Innovation.

Short-Form Content

Included in Membership

Reach innovators at all levels with resources that are designed to be actionable and to meet learners where they are.

Agile Leadership

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WEBCAST RECORDING

The Balancing Act of Succession Planning in the Academy: A Discussion for Faculty Affairs & Academic Leaders

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Leading in Today's Academy: Growing and Supporting Academic Staff: An Imperative for Today’s Academic Leaders

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Fail Fast and Fail Forward: How Agile Planning Can Move You Forward During Chaos

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WEBCAST RECORDING

Learning to Lead Through Conflict

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ARTICLE

If You Want to be a Creative Leader, Cultivating Curiosity is a Good Start

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WEBCAST RECORDING

Fostering Curiosity as a Creative Leader

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How to Make Courageous Decisions

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5 Ways to Learn from Failure

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Creative Problem Solving

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WEBCAST RECORDING

Designing Creative Solutions for Your Toughest Challenges

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WEBCAST RECORDING

Fostering Curiosity as a Creative Leader

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WEBCAST RECORDING

10 Strategies to Foster More Creative Problem-Solving

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WEBCAST RECORDING

Cultivating Creativity by Building Trust Within Your Team

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ARTICLE

7 Ways Academic Leaders Can Cultivate Creativity

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ARTICLE

If You Want to be a Creative Leader, Cultivating Curiosity is a Good Start

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Higher Education Trends

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DISCUSSION SERIES

Accelerating Education: Unveiling the Impact of 3-Year Degrees in Higher Learning

March 20, 2024

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WEBCAST

Creating Classroom Generative Artificial Intelligence Policy to Elevate Student Learning: A Panel Discussion

April 3, 2024

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DISCUSSION SERIES

ChatGPT and Beyond: Artificial Intelligence

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DISCUSSION SERIES

Navigating the New Reality of Mergers, Acquisitions, and Closures in Higher Education

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WEBCAST RECORDING

Using Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to Improve Academic Program Evaluation

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Featured In-Person Event

Discounted with Membership

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IN-PERSON CONFERENCE

Innovative Strategies for Developing New Academic Programs

June 10 - 12, 2024 | Denver, CO

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Customize the Topics for Your Division or Institution

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Maximize team learning and team cohesion by customizing our curriculum to meet your specific needs and objectives.

Great for Teams - Tailored to meet needs of campus

Can be in person, virtual, or blended

Training can stand alone or be used to supplement existing programs

Academic Impressions works with dozens of institutions to customize training based on the unique needs of your team. We take a flexible and collaborative approach in how we design each learning experience.

Customized programs can integrate in-person or virtual workshops, working time with teams, assessments, coaching, and more.

We’ll work closely with campus partners to customize the program based on the unique goals and context of your team and the participants.

Customize and bring a workshop on one of these topics to your team:

  • Unlocking Potential: a Curiosity-Driven Approach to Agile Leadership
  • Nurturing Curiosity: Embracing Agile Leadership for Growth
  • Innovative Mindset: Cultivating Curiosity for Agile Leadership

Tell Us Your Story: Call for Submissions

Academic Impressions is seeking subject matter experts to present, write, or otherwise contribute to our body of training and resources that promote, enable, and foster innovation in higher ed.

If you, one of your peers or direct reports, and/or your division have:

  • An effective practice or strategy
  • A new or different approach to traditional ways of operating
  • A model program or initiative
  • Insight into an emerging area of higher ed
  • A unique skill set or area of expertise

We want to hear from you!

Why submit?

Flexible parameters. Your submission does not have to be a time-tested initiative with empirically sound results. We are equally interested in new approaches and emergent practices that show promise.

You’ll hear from us. We are committed to following up with each person who sends in a submission.

You’ll gain exposure to what your peers are doing. We are committed to sharing the results of these submissions back out with the higher ed community through trainings, articles, and reports.