AI Coaching & Advising
Per-session coaching for faculty, deans, and small teams. For the leader who wants personal fluency before setting direction for everyone else.
Who I Serve
Working with Higher Education
AI decisions on a campus stall for human reasons, not technical ones. I spent twelve years inside higher education leadership as a Provost, Vice President, and Dean. I have been on the other side of this table.
Two conversations, one campus
AI looks like a different problem depending on where you sit. Most of my work begins by getting these two rooms into the same conversation.
What the cabinet is asking
- Enrollment is tightening, and every point of retention is real money.
- Advisors are carrying caseloads no human can carry well.
- The accreditation self-study is consuming a year of someone's life.
- Staff are doing manual work a machine should do, and there is no line in the budget to hire.
What the provost is asking
- Faculty are split: some are quietly using AI, some want it banned, and there is no policy.
- A committee has been studying AI for two semesters and has not produced a decision.
- Every vendor is selling an AI product, and no one can tell which claims are real.
- IT says yes, the faculty senate says no, and someone has to hold the middle.
How I Help
Four ways in, depending on where you are
Each of these has looked like something specific on a real campus. Open one to see what.
AI Process Optimization Workshops
Hands-on training for advisors, faculty, and staff, working on their real workflows. The fastest way to turn a split faculty into an informed one.
AI Use-Case Pilots & Frameworks
A focused 60–90 day pilot against one specific institutional need, with success criteria agreed up front. The answer to a committee that cannot decide in the abstract.
Strategic AI Planning
For cabinets ready to move: a responsible, phased AI roadmap and the governance to support it, carried through to implementation and custom tools built for your institution.
Why Me
I have done this at the scale of a sector, not just a campus
As Senior Advisor to the Council of Independent Colleges' AI Ready program, I supported AI readiness across CIC member institutions — work that contributed to more than 100,000 hours of AI education delivered. Before that, twelve years in higher ed leadership as Provost, Vice President, and Dean.
Which means I know what a faculty senate can and cannot be asked to approve, how long a budget cycle actually takes, and why the technically correct answer is often the one that never ships.
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Consulting engagements take budget cycles and cabinet sign-off. Thought Cove doesn't: turn your faculty handbook, accreditation materials, policy drafts, and compliance binders into a private, secure knowledge base your staff can query instantly, with every answer citing its exact source page. Plans start at $12/month on a credit card, with a free trial. When you're ready for more, I'm already in your corner.
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An initial consultation is always free. Let's talk about where AI can make a meaningful difference for your organization.