Land of "Higantes" (Giants)

Yesterday, we had a parade of Higantes in Angono.

Many look at this as artistic event.  I have different take on this.

Being a giant means being an exceptional individual, being a no limit person,  being the uncommon man.  People look for the uncommon man.  We look up to the hero or a leader, who is an uncommon man, unusual.  They are  10 ft tall and stand above the rest.

You could be 5 ft tall only, but your influence and achievement cast a  long shadow over the lands.

Are you that kind of person?

l.  In Starbucks, they have the 5th rule for their employees:  "Legacy. " Have you made a legacy

2.  For the pencil parable, it says "Leave your mark."

Are you a giant?

The university must practice what it preaches

In many of the NU 12 ideas of the students on how the school is being run, the following comes out regularly:

l.  The P200.00 fine for ids left at home.  In the age of QR codes and Iphone, this is unacceptable to many students;

2.  The toilet facilities;

3.  The parking fee (it should be free)  (Why not include in the tuition)

4.  The unreliable on line enrollment;

5.  No one intranet system in the school

I also noticed that when I complained on a physical plant item (a leaking flush as it wastes water) nothing came out of it.

The university management must practice good management because it is a school of management.

University education - innovator or follower?

I am a practitioner who was made a visiting, adjunct professor in a leading business school in the PHL 


However, I am amazed at  the age of the curriculum and/or syllabus.  Some are circa 80s and when we submitted new syllabi, they were rejected.  Several proposals for new course were asked but nothing came out of them.  Maybe they are not popular, no takers, so no use introducing or wasting resources.  But all new products undergo growth or birthing pains or even failures.  How can the university be a leading edge if it lacks courage to innovate?

But knowledge and practice do change and evolve for the better.  If we are left behind?

Says Warren Buffet, " If the rate of change outside exceeds the rate of change inside, the end is in sight"

In the business school, the predominant thought is still the competitive advantage of  business by Michael Porter.  But Michael Porter shifted all ready to CSV and coopetition.

Or Strategy.  But the business model by Alex Osterwalder is the dominant thinking now.   And maybe the school is slow to adapt.

We are teaching entrepreneurship and innovation is the key to survival and must be taught to colleagues and its leadership?  For it to be dominant in the industry?

This post may get me into trouble?