Half full or half empty?

Today I worked with Diana and Steve on the ways in which Gardner's Five Minds for the Future might influence -- change is too big a claim -- the role -- or character of a Dean. This was especially meaningful for me because I am struggling with understanding and acting the role, but I was very tired so most of what I contributed was gibberish, punctuated by insights so meaningful that my colleages rushed to write them down!

I also spent a few minutes with Steve reflecting on the unravelling of the WCOB that both of us have noticed. At least now I know that I am not alone in my observations, and we have agreed to continue our conversation. At the moment I don't have any goals beyond personal survival.

For adminsitrivia, I completed some A-dean - student emails, worked with a colleague on his syllabus, and developed my list of MBA competitor, peer, and aspirant schools for AACSB purposes. None of the tasks were difficult or challenging -- they were merely representative of another day in the life of an A-Dean.

And I drafted my report on Results of my Sabbatical Leave Project. Strangely, at least to me, the report questions have little to do with the application questiosns. But maybe that's part of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, and to query the format would be tantamount to heresy.

My sabbatical is over: it ended as it began with a transition form one work-space to another, but with lingering aspects of the discarded space -- I continued AACSB projects while on sabbatical and I will continue my scholarship now. I had expected to open a bottle of chanpagne to celebrate "the end," but I have decided I don't need to. My identity is that of an adminstrator standing firmly (not balancing) on a research platform; now I need to set aside blogging and perfect my new role

Goodbye!