Introducing “Ask AI Elliot” Your 24/7 Virtual Coach on Creating Connected Colleges

How can a virtual coach help you create better connected colleges, eliminate departmental silos, and redesign facilities and technology to drive measurable student success? In this special episode of The Connected College Podcast, Elliot interviews his AI Self to give you a sense of how it can help. They talk about effective strategic planning, agile organizational design, harnessing technology for student success, sustainable support services and staffing, campus facilities for student success, and creating company and community connections. Let's explore how modern higher education leaders can bridge silos, streamline technology, and optimize campus facilities to build a truly connected college.

Episode highlights include:

[2:28] Effective Strategic Planning - Learn how to use scenario planning and Roger Martin’s “Opposites test” to build actionable institutional plans.

[5:20] Agile Organizational Design - Discover strategies for breaking down departmental silos and reorganizing around core service models.

[7:21] Harnessing Technology for Student Success - Explore methods to audit campus systems, curb digital sprawl, and integrate targeted AI tools.

[9:43] Sustainable Support Services and Staffing - Uncover approaches to eliminate administrative friction, prevent burnout, and foster communities of practice.

[12:04] Campus Facilities for Student Success - Examine how active learning classrooms and co-located support hubs boost retention and student belonging.

[14:06] Creating company and community connections through relationship-based recruiting, experiential learning, research, and shared spaces.

Check out "Ask AI Elliot" – https://www.elliotfelix.com/ask-ai-elliot