Ragstack
John RagsdaleThe Ragstack is a space for thinking seriously about joy—not as sentiment or “fun,” but as the kind of fuel that gives meaning to work, depth to community, and staying power to leadership.
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Onboarding Follies
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Survival of the fittest.
That’s basically our onboarding strategy for new leaders in higher education. The chair of the department. The associate dean or associate provost. Folks that have made the leap—part...
Happy Birthday to the Love of My Life!
This is one of my favorite pictures of Sue, and on this, her birthday, I’m taking the week off of publishing.
See you next week!
John
What Do We Think We’re Building?
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When Labor Day was first celebrated on September 5, 1882, it was to celebrate the contributions of American workers in building—literally—this country. Like many American holidays, it’s lost its original...
Shouldn’t Have Said That
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I hit the big time in Fall 2004. That’s when the title Associate Dean was added to my Director’s title. I was the Director of Distance Education and Associate Dean of the college. It was my Navin Johnson mo...
Novelty and Insight Are Not the Same Things
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“I have to have one foot in the past, one foot in the present, and another foot in the future.” I went on, “Today’s accounting student is not asked to thoroughly understand the tax code of...
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I'm the provost at Asbury Theological Seminary. I love working with our faculty and staff to educate people for missional ministry. I'm also captivated by joy. So, whatever I write, I'm always asking, "Where's the joy here?"
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