I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes up.
This time it is Dean Daniel Pullin at the Neeley School of Business at TCU in Fort Worth, TX.
He describes acrobatics he has seen in telemedicine and retail in the DFW area. More impressively, his staff developed a new offering in 3 weeks - a Master of Science in Business Analytics. They also migrated their classes from in-person to on-line in 2 weeks. They are spending the summer rethinking course content for a digital delivery world. The dramatically changed world also is giving them opportunities to rethink curriculum - he describes a hackathon to design new services to address mental health issues during the crisis.
He talks about how their student demographics are likely to change with international travel in particular being challenged. He also describes how students are innovating in a very challenging job market.
I particularly liked his thoughtful response to my question whether we will see a V, U, W or L recovery - starting around 18:00
He was plagued by bandwidth issues at his home office. He graciously drove to campus to continue the session. As you can see, the connectivity was not much better. The audio is fine all the way, the video improves in the last third. He is very good - worth putting up with the video lag
