Community - Jeff DeGraff - The Dean of Innovation

What Innovation Doesn’t Solve

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the big dreams and grand visions of my distant relative, Robert Fair DeGraff—a […]

Don’t let the word “digital” fool you in all this talk about how difficult it is for digital natives and

Innovation isn’t change. It may seem like a minor difference but this is actually a huge distinction. Change is moving

My family belongs to a ponderous array of arts organizations – symphonies, museums, theater companies and a mélange of performance

The same thing happens to me once every three months. I’m productive and prolific and then, all of a sudden,

When I was eighteen years old I wasn’t exactly college material. Sure I was a champion wrestler and had some

Help! The personal development section of my favorite bookstore is expanding faster than the universe. It is a paradox of

Simplicity is the new thing. Quality is so over and innovation is fading into everythingness. We’ve all but given up

There is a new Starbucks in the main hall of the business school where I teach. I stand amazed as

I have always loved living up north but this year winter sucked. The Great Lakes froze over completely for the