Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership
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The Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership is a semiannual double blind-refereed publication organized by the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at Creighton University. The journal seeks to uphold the characteristics of Jesuit education and values the development of both knowledge and the individual by presenting research and discussions on diverse leadership topics in the following fields of practices: Pre K -12 Education, Higher Education, Healthcare, Business, Government, Military, Non-profit.
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It’s All Relative: Social Movements and Law
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 38-44, )In Rules for a Flat World, Hadfield focuses on law as created by and comprised of primarily centralized legal institutions. Current insights into law, however, highlight a complexity behind the social movements that cause ... -
“For Whom the Bell Tolls” in the Legal System: Access to Justice and Conflict Engagement
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 20-24, )Remarks adapted from presentation: Disrupting Law, Reclaiming Justice, a Conversation on Gillian Hadfield’s Rule for a Flat World on October 8, 2018 at Creighton University. Despite the advancement in the ADR movement, ... -
Reclothing the Legal Emperor: Justice, Equity, and Governance in the Flat World
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 15-19, )In Rules for a Flat World, Hadfield delivers a paradigm-shifting wakeup call about law coming up short in today’s world and proposes creating markets for legal rules to enable the development of broad-based legal infrastructure ... -
The Limits of Markets in a World Where Values Matter
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 25-29, )Professor Gillian Hadfield’s astute Rules for a Flat Worldproposes a private market solution to rule-making because the current legislative or regulatory framework no longer meets the needs of a fast-paced digital economy. ... -
Barriers to Adaptation in Legal Education and the Critical Importance of Simply Caring
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 36-37, )In her provocative book Rules for a Flat World, Professor Gillian Hadfield makes the important point that our ossified legal system does not meet the needs of our dynamic society. And she rightly notes that legal education ... -
A Case for Disrupting the System of Legal Education
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 34-35, )This essay is focused on the role which law schools might play in “reinventing” the law student for a more robust role in an increasingly complex global economy. The case is presented for law schools to embrace and promote ... -
Lack of Representation in Removal Proceedings: How Today’s Legal Infrastructure Fails Immigrants
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 30-31, )Legal representation makes a significant difference to the outcome of removal proceedings. Yet high percentages of both detained and non-detained immigrants do not have access to such representation. Some state and local ... -
Disrupting Law, Reclaiming Justice – Remarks, Responses, and Summary
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 84-84, )A three part review of an interview on the insights that influenced the writing of Rules for a Flat World.|Gillian Hadfield: Disrupting Law, Reclaiming Justice -- Part 1 (19:50) https://youtu.be/U0XA7qHCNVU|Gillian Hadfield: ... -
Some Quick Fixes
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 32-33, )As legal education incorporates more clinical offerings into the three-year JD curriculum, it becomes more like the training of other professionals. But this isn’t enough. Other professionals also are expected to serve ... -
Private Governance and Rules for a Flat World
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 7-10, )In Rules for a Flat World, Hadfield argues that although the world is becoming increasingly connected and faster paced due to leaps in technological innovation, the prevailing legal systems —established by governments and ... -
A Brief Look at Legal Infrastructure and Its Implications for Migrants Along the U.S.-Mexico Border
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 11-13, )Hadfield’sRules for a Flat World describes how today’s legal infrastructure harms people globally who live in the “Bottom of the Pyramid” (BoP). People who pass through the Kino Border Initiative on the U.S.-Mexico border ... -
Introduction Letter: Disrupting Law, Reclaiming Justice: A conversation at Creighton on Gillian Hadfield's Rules for a Flat World
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 1-3, )Introduction letter to CJIL 5(1)'s special issue focused on Gilliam Hadfield's book, Rules for a Flat World.|---------------------------------------|OPENING PARAGRAPHS:|Gillian Hadfield’s remarkable book Rules for a Flat ... -
The Cognitive Dissonance between the Rule of Law and Rural Realities: Reading Gillian Hadfield’s Rules for a Flat World in the Context of Rural Identity and Politics
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 5, no. 1, pg. 4-6, )Rural communities – as well as other marginalized communities – see their access to legal infrastructure declining, so much so that they feel disconnected from the rule of law. Current complex law and legal infrastructure ... -
Using a Systemic Design Paradigm to Develop Sustainability Leadership and Build Organizational Sustainability Platforms
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 4, no. 1, pg. 35-49, )This article explores a doctoral sustainability leadership course in an interdisciplinary leadership program. Learners in the course study sustainability and sustainability leadership from a systemic design perspective. ... -
Educating the interdisciplinary civilian airman
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 4, no. 1, pg. 50-58, )Competency Based Education (CBE) is becoming increasingly popular with Department of Defense (DoD) training and education. Air University, located at Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB) Alabama, recently identified CBE as a key ... -
Developing and Sustaining Sustainability-Related Academic Programming: Observations of Emerging Practices
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 4, no. 1, pg. 3-16, )This paper offers an overview and summary of selected sustainability-related academic programs and certificates delivered by universities and colleges that are located within the same geographic area (Grand Rapids, Michigan, ... -
Dr. Jon Saphier Interview: Decades of Success in Educational Leadership
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 4, no. 1, pg. 59-63, )Dr. Jon Saphier is an international leader in education. His legend remains as he continues to expand on his Boston University’s ethnographic dissertation (1980), which later became the best -selling textbook, The Skillful ... -
Corporate Leadership in Sustainability: A Green Ranking Performance-Based Approach to Understanding the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Positive Marketing Impact
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 4, no. 1, pg. 17-26, )This paper analyzes several foundational concepts and questions regarding corporate social responsibility (CSR). Its primary contribution is a statistical examination of relationships between CSR and Newsweek's 2012 Green ... -
Leadership and Small Firm Financial Performance: The Moderating Effects of Demographic Characteristics
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 3, no. 1, pg. 2-19, )The present study builds on extant leadership literature by examining the role demographic variables (including age, tenure as a leader at the current company, experience in the industry, and level of education) play as ... -
A Descriptive Literature Review of Harmful Leadership Styles: Definitions, Commonalities, Measurements, Negative Impacts, and Ways to Improve These Harmful leadership Styles
(Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership. vol. 3, no. 1, pg. 33-52, )There are many harmful leadership styles — the egotistic leader, the incompetent leader, the ignorant leader, and leaders that are reckless, cruel, or even evil. To understand what ultimately are considered leadership ...