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I have found it best to embrace the fact that the rise to information and communication necessary for a
in rate-of-change for technology and school business modern work and learning environment. Like the
in general is ever increasing. The cybersecurity and network of roads that facilitate travel from home to
AI topics we wrestle with today will barely resemble work, technology networks are critical infrastructure
the conversations we’re having next year, let alone elements that facilitate everything we do and our
the next decade. By opening ourselves to the fact that satisfaction with the environment, even if it’s not
change is inevitable, rapidly iterating, and necessary immediately obvious.
to keep up with the times, our organizations will be
better prepared to meet tomorrow’s challenges. Social infrastructure is just as important as the roads
and data networks for establishing the underlying
Lesson No. 3: Networks Are Everywhere framework to build environments where great
Your IT team is obsessed with networks. Hundreds or work is done. The conversations and interpersonal
thousands of miles of copper and glass cabling snake relationships we have are like cars on the freeway.
behind the walls, under the grounds of our buildings, What, then, is the equivalent to the freeway itself
and beneath the streets between campuses. Thousands when it comes to social infrastructure. I believe
of dollars of network switching and security tools are the answer lies within the culture and climate of an
obscured behind locked doors (we hope) that most organization and how they facilitate establishing
of us never directly interact with. Indirectly, though, lines of communication and relationships.
these computer networks facilitate the rapid access
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