Life in Higher Ed
Welcome to Life in Higher Ed. We are senior higher education administrators and combined we have over 50 years of experience. We are here to talk about what goes on behind the scenes on college and university campuses. We surface the interesting, the confounding, and the seemingly absurd, and we do so with honesty and a sprinkling of humor. We want to help you not only survive but thrive and to know that you are not alone in your journey. If you are an administrator in higher ed or considering becoming an administrator, this podcast is for you!
Life in Higher Ed
Embracing a strategic mindset - Binti Harvey
In this episode, Binti Harvey talks about developing and using a strategic mindset, "I've seen people grow in this way of thinking when they have clarity about what the objective is and what the desired outcome is."
Binti Harvey, B.A., M.S.
Binti Harvey is a seasoned relationship builder, strategist, and change manager with a
significant record of accomplishment in empowering leaders, teams, and institutions to
successfully advance reputational and financial goals. Ms. Harvey is the Vice President for External Relations and Institutional Advancement for Scripps College, a prestigious women’s and liberal arts institution, and a member of the Claremont Colleges. As chief fundraising and marketing and communications officer, she is responsible for developing and executing programs to amplify Scripps’ brand, increase philanthropic support, and deepen constituent engagement to advance the College’s mission.
Ms. Harvey’s career encompasses more than a decade of marketing and communications, legislative affairs, public relations, and community engagement experience in educational, governmental, and non-profit organizations. Prior to Scripps, she led the design and implementation of institutional branding and fundraising marketing strategies for the California Institute of Technology. As a political aide, Ms. Harvey led advocacy and strategic communications initiatives for the Mayor of Los Angeles and the Superintendents of the Los Angeles and Pasadena Unified School Districts. She began her career in journalism as a business reporter for CBS MarketWatch.
Ms. Harvey earned her B.A. in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an M.S. in public policy from the University of Southern California, and she has served as a volunteer and speaker for numerous higher education and marketing organizations including the American Marketing Association, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, and Academic Impressions.
Resources:
The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done (2004) by Peter Drucker
Thinking, Fast and Slow (2013) by Daniel Kahneman
Organizational Culture and Leadership, 4th Edition (2010) by Edgar H. Schein
Learning to Think Strategically, 4th Edition (2020) by Julia Sloan
