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Blindingly obvious statement: how we access information and interact with each other has (disruptive) implications for educational institutions as well as leadership models. Openness and transparency, as guiding principles for organizational design, are now readily acknowledged by business leaders and educators. The recent American election and current spirit of the new administration reflected these ideals. What is to come of university leadership in this climate? The wiki-way and university leadership states: “At the heart of new university leadership is the reframing of the leader (professor, department chair, dean, vice president, president) as less than perfect, without perfect knowledge, and in pursuit of persistent improvement.” As goes information so goes society’s organizations (business, universities, schools, politics). How soon can we expect to see fundamental change? I’m pessimistic on change cycles. It seems, as General Motors attests, that we can recognize the need for change for decades before we respond. And then change is considered only when survival is at stake.