The world has changed, and the education industry is facing an uncertain future. The political, social media, environmental, and macroeconomic environments are increasingly turbulent in what is best described as a polycrisis: Multiple crises happening simultaneously in which the whole is even more dangerous than the sum of the parts. This evolving landscape creates new business risks that educational leaders must address. Through this session, we will inspire leaders to convert the challenges of a polycrisis into a strategic advantage for their institutions.



We will discuss three critical challenges currently facing the education industry: The education workforce, effective constituent engagement, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). You will gain insights to better navigate this polycrisis, tools to build your leadership capacity in managing it, and strategies to tackle the complex risks related to these challenges. You will also walk away with a plan to turn this polycrisis into a strategic advantage by drawing on the full range of advancement expertise at your institutions, including communications, marketing, alumni relations, fundraising, and data services.



Learning Objective 1:
Articulate and implement an employee value proposition to improve workforce retention and culture



Learning Objective 2:
Create better constituent feedback mechanisms to drive data-informed decisions and change



Learning Objective 3: Optimize a high sense of community belonging so DEIB becomes a clear and visible institutional imperative