Not unmindful of the future

Photo from Washington & Lee University website.

Recently, I joined 134 members of my graduating class to celebrate our 25th college reunion. It was an amazing weekend being back on campus, catching up with our retired professors, reminiscing with old friends about our pre 21-year-old selves and dancing to one of our favorite college bands that reunited just for this occasion.

But for me, as someone who talks about accelerating business growth by embedding vision, intention and learning into the company’s DNA, I was also interested in learning how my alma mater, has been able to continue its ascent to the top of the college rankings while not losing site of what makes it unique.

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