Strategic Short: Large-scale Collaboration and Integrating Cultures

Managing complexity, building trust, and integrating cultures to build successful collaborations.
July 2, 2025
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In this video, facilitator, the Rev. David Rowe, Ph.D., is joined by Valerie Olson, senior associate dean for student success at the University of Miami, and Chris Trout, founder and principal of Donlon Consulting, who discuss what it takes to lead successful institutional collaborations. Drawing on real-world experience, they explore how to manage complexity, build trust, and integrate organizational cultures.


Strategic Shorts, a video series designed to strengthen institutional capacity in theological education, features host Dr. David Rowe asking 2 industry experts 3 questions on critical topics relevant to theological education.

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