Ideas on business, technology, supply chains, sales, education, leadership, and the future of work.
A short, evidence-based take on the ideas shaping business and education right now.
Higher education has a value problem. Rebuilding trust starts with professors making the value of learning visible.
Students are questioning whether what they learn will still matter. The strongest answer may begin with relevance, engagement, and real-world classroom experiences.
Read Issue No. 005 →New issues will appear here each week.
Professors cannot solve every problem in higher education, but they can make the value of learning visible through relevance, engagement, and real-world experience.
Read Brief →As knowledge becomes easier to access, experience, judgment, communication, and execution become stronger differentiators.
Read Brief →AI may feel digital, but the competition increasingly depends on who can secure the physical resources required to power it.
Read Brief →Northwest Florida has many of the pieces of a defense manufacturing ecosystem. The opportunity is to connect them.
Read Brief →Employers need communication, adaptability, and human effectiveness. Sales education gives students a place to practice them.
Read Brief →Each edition is designed to be substantive enough to matter, but concise enough to read in a few minutes. The goal is not to summarize the news—it is to explain why an issue matters and what it means for business.
The O’Connor Brief brings together academic research, executive experience, classroom experimentation, and an interest in the forces changing business. Expect perspectives on emerging technology, resilient supply chains, sales, transportation, business education, leadership, defense manufacturing, and the changing value of human capability.
Full editions live here on KennyOConnor.com. Selected ideas will also be adapted for LinkedIn so the conversation can continue beyond the website.
New issues of The O’Connor Brief will be published weekly, typically in the 700–1,000 word range with a short source list for readers who want to dig deeper.