With the plethora of ChatGPT walk-throughs popping up on my feeds — most likely written by ChatGPT itself — I’ve started thinking more about the essais of French thinker Michel de Montaigne. Language and communication are central themes in Michel de Montaigne’s Essais and recent Artificial Intelligence (AI) discussions. Montaigne…

With the plethora of ChatGPT walk-throughs popping up on my feeds — most likely written by ChatGPT itself — I’ve started thinking more about the essais of French thinker Michel de Montaigne. Michel de Montaigne’s Essais and recent developments in Artificial Intelligence share a common goal: the pursuit of knowledge…

Reflecting on my first year as a Senior Instructional Designer — One year ago today, I left my position as a tenured professor and started a new role as an instructional designer. I’ve written about that choice and things I’ve learned earlier. In this post, I focus on something that’s been helpful for reflecting on my experience: the design squiggle. If…

The secret weapons in my journey from professor to instructional designer* — Previously, I shared my journey from Chair of Communication Studies at a small liberal arts college to Senior Instructional Designer at a wonderful training company. I’ve also highlighted the skills required to make such career changes. …

What to keep and what to change when leaving the ivory tower — When I transitioned from tenured professor of Communication Studies to Senior Instructional Designer at a professional training institute, I had to take an honest inventory of the skills, behaviors, and attitudes that helped — and hurt — my performance in the new role. …

Why leaving academia was my best play, and could be yours — Around this time last year, I started coding a game I was calling “College Professor.” The goal was to get your avatar to publish research by finding insights while avoiding administrators. When you encountered the provost, for example, he would tell you that a cafeteria employee had quit and faculty…