Questioning Absolutes to Evolve

Brad Williams, president of the El Centro campus at Dallas College, argued that compliance thinking keeps people focused on finishing tasks when the real currency is ideas. He wants leaders to build safety, trust and hope so people can co-create where the organization goes. When campuses went remote, he said, decisions made in a vacuum would have been foolish. He illustrated co-design with a story about refilling a spilled gallon with water so his four-year-old daughter could practice pouring.