Weekly Wisdom Interview with Eric Waldo, President and CEO of the District of Columbia College Access Program
 
Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, speaks with Eric Waldo, President and CEO of the District of Columbia College Access Program (DC-CAP), on the Innovating Together Podcast. Dr. Waldo talks about the dollar value of higher education, finding his way into the White House, stellar leadership examples, and commonsense leadership advice. Topics include:
 

• Why DC-CAP exists and how it serves the community
• Identifying your mission and betting on your opportunities
• Lessons learned from Arne Duncan, Michelle Obama, and Vivek Murthy
• Playing the long game and getting noticed
• Recommended reading for higher ed leaders
   

Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, speaks with Aimée Eubanks Davis, Founder and CEO of Braven, on the Innovating Together Podcast. Ms. Eubanks Davis talks about improving the college-to-career pipeline, partnering with institutions, how Braven approaches higher education leaders, the realities of scaling innovation, and advice that has guided her through her own career. Topics include:

• Helping college graduates transition to the workforce
• Helping higher ed institutions help students
• The ideal vs. actual state of campus career advancement services
• The difference between how non-profits and for-profits build on their innovations
• Leadership wisdom and recommended reading

Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, speaks with Dr. Daniel Greenstein, Chancellor of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education (PASSHE), on the Innovating Together Podcast. Chancellor Greenstein talks about sharing his team’s lessons with the higher ed community, some basics of redesigning a university system, tips for those initiating a redesign, navigating team buy-in, and the relationship between efficiency and innovation. Topics include:

• Blogging his insights now instead of writing a book about them later
• Factoring in the difficulty and slowness of major institutional change
• How he would have coached himself five years ago
• Committing to system transformation as a team
• How innovation and efficiency needn’t be mutually exclusive