Target audience: IDS staff

Posted on behalf of Ewa Seidel

I had the privilege to attend the CAUDIT Leadership Institute this year with Feisar Joya. This was a week-long event facilitated by 7 International Higher Education CIOs and Librarians, designed for people who aspire to become leaders in IT. I learned about many things over the week, with some take-homes including:

• the importance of establishing networks and reationships
• understand your ‘why’ and lead with it
• keep disruption in mind
• “what got you here won’t get you there”
• adopt an investment mindset
• say your message in no more than 6 minutes
• be ready to adjust your communication style based on the audience
• being silly in the workplace promotes creativity

The event was highly interactive with lots of fun activities to create an environment where the attendees could put their learning into practice. I found the Institute to be highly relevant, extremely valuable and am grateful that the IDS Leadership nominated me to attend.

Eva Seidel
Manager Load Planning and Data Science,
Planning and Analytical Services