Invent a New Route: Possibilities are Limitless with Dr. Jeffrey Darville
Dr. Russell Strickland 41:29
It becomes a huge data issue, but also an authentication issue, because I know a little bit about blockchain and how it works, but not enough to talk intelligently about it. The question I have is though, you know, who is who’s authorizing the authorizers? You know, someone says, He completed this class, or someone says, this is what this class is exactly. How did they get the ability to say, what this class is? Or how did they get the ability to say he successfully completed the class?
Dr. Jeffrey Darville 41:56
Yeah, yeah, and I would say that along the lines of this, there’s there should be multiple angles, 360 degrees, or however you want to look at it, where one person doesn’t determine it, but it’s that that student succeeded at another university. And they validated that, and other classes were taught at the same professor. And you can see along the way, I mean, it builds on itself. So, it’s not something that happens in a bubble. And it’s not something that’s easily done. But you know, and I’ve talked with other people about blockchain, but I hear what we were describing. And I think it’s the kind of thing that this type of technology or something similar to it, in the future might solve. And I think that it’s interesting for us to entertain this because I think there’s some issues with some of the problems in higher education in general, the accreditation and the journal article racket that can be going on, and I’m publishing a journal article, but there’s issues there in terms of how pay for publish publication, the accreditation, you know, bodies may or they’re, they’re kind of, like, extra governmental in some ways, like they’re related to department education. It’s like Fannie and Freddie Mac, Freddie, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac there, there’s connections there that, you know, you wonder, is it advantageous to the students? Or is it creating problems, and in some cases, they may be creating other problems, maybe unintended consequences of their intention. So, these are things that my experience in Dubai kind of helped me hopefully focusing on a little bit more gain some clarity on, you know, I got to travel to Istanbul, Turkey, keynote, a conference there, which is a lot of fun. And also seeing the city Hagia Sophia and others there really kind of sparked an interest in some of the history of the region in a way that was different than UAE because that’s, that’s a country that was founded in 1971 by Sheikh Zayed. And they’re very modern and really a very open and democratic liberal in the classical, you know, the liberal sense of the word, you know, meaning open to a lot of people very, you know, it’s not as restrictive I think they even have loosened up some of the maybe cultural issues that some people were familiar with, in terms of the integration of Islam and, and European kind of cultures, and they’re very open to many different cultures and religions and perspectives there that I think was very appealing. So, you know, Istanbul is that older city, and you can see the walls and the history there, that kind of got my brain thinking along the lines of where does the American experience connect to the European history that we have? Because there is a, there is a thread there, that we are not independent of our forbearers and our history, and I think that what we’re dealing with in America and many people, you know, I look at Africa as a continent to that we have relationships with. Positive and negative, you could say, but it’s not all. You know, they’re an independent country like I met a number of people from Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria and their interests, and their attitude is very, very abelian, very energetic, and very intelligent young men that I was inspired by. And it makes me want to say, like, we, we can’t treat these other continents and cultures, as if they’re secondary or subservient to the American Empire, if you will, that, that we are an extension of them. That are, we’re the newer, you know, in some ways, a newer country, and they were a kid on the block, and there’s other nations there, our constitution benefits, I think, in many ways, the, you know, the UN and the humanitarian, the human Bill of Rights and other areas of the world that we can, we can raise the standards, we can, we can help through our own ingenuity and technologies that other people are pursuing. So, I just I’d like to see a more integrated, holistic view of that visionary leadership that takes into consideration the past leaders and, and,
Dr. Russell Strickland 46:02
Well, at least, I think we are now getting back to, you know, kind of rejoining the global stage after the last four years so that that’s a step in the right direction, at least, that we’re trying to consider some of these other folks that are out there, which we’ve all done. Most Well, I don’t know about most of our history, but certainly since World War Two, we’ve been involved on the world stage. And I think that that’s a that’s a good thing. Right? in general. That makes a difference between the UAE and Istanbul got me thinking when I was in college, I studied for a while in Oxford. And when the if somebody was asking what have folks studying in America, when you go to college, what do you study? And I mentioned American history, and they literally laughed. This is American history. America doesn’t have history yet.
Dr. Jeffrey Darville 46:51
So yeah, in America, 1000 miles is is not a very long distance. In Europe. 1000 years is a very long period of time.
Dr. Russell Strickland 46:59
Yep, just different perspectives. Well tell me what do you think is coming up next for Dr. Darville?
Dr. Jeffrey Darville 47:07
I mean, I do enjoy teaching. This is something that we we’ve kind of talked around. But in the UAE, I was also an MBA director and a professor. So those are things that were a big part of who I am. I love teaching, teaching at LaRoche. So, I’ll continue to do so in writing and researching as a part of that, to me, it’s about thinking, speaking, and writing about these topics that I enjoy leadership and business management. So, you know, I have some articles coming out on servant leadership and the strategic human resources in emerging markets. Like the UAE and others, India, some work with some co-authors, they’re writing a book on kind of that Istanbul, Constantine, Constantinople connections to leadership in history of Europe, maybe getting into more of the Italian Renaissance and other areas of leadership studies that you can kind of pull from some of those stories of history. So, I’m possibly building a training program around those skill sets for, you know, business managers and others.
Dr. Russell Strickland 48:07
That’s one of the wonderful things about having this degree is that you can seriously sit there and talk about teaching in the UAE and writing a book about Italian Renaissance leadership. And it’s perfectly okay, that you can do those things. There’s a thread that connects them. I understand it makes sense. But those are just such far flung things. And those are just examples of the opportunities that are available to folks. Once you get to this point.
Dr. Jeffrey Darville 48:36
Yep, just pick up news, pick it and go for it.
Dr. Russell Strickland 48:39
Fun, like, well, if anybody wanted to kind of continue this conversation with you, they had more questions about either your work abroad or some of the things you’re doing currently. What’s the best way for them to reach out and get in touch with you?
Dr. Jeffrey Darville 48:51
Yeah, thank you the LinkedIn profile, my LinkedIn profile, Jeff Darville, Darville, is the best way to find me. You can also go to JeffDarville.com which I really don’t do a ton with, but you know, the more people have visited, maybe requested information, I have some videos up and some articles and other things. I mean, it’d be nice if all these threads connected. And that’s something that I’ll work towards in the future. But yeah, the LinkedIn profile and, and JeffDarville.com is a good place to start.
Dr. Russell Strickland 49:18
That’s great. Well, I want to thank you so much for for being here with us today and sharing your experiences. A very inspirational I think, for folks who are working on their doctoral degree to see all of these things that they can do, and I really appreciate the beginning of our conversation, all the the entrepreneurial insight. I think is really important as well, for folks not only who have that notion of being in the expert space, but also folks who just want to work the job with major company that’s that’s what it’s coming to these days. You got to you got to brand yourself, you’ve got to be you Inc in a way to keep progressing.
Dr. Jeffrey Darville 49:52
Absolutely .Thank you, Dr. Strickland. I really appreciate it.
Dr. Russell Strickland 49:55
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Dr. Jeffrey Darville 50:21
Thank you.
Dr. Russell Strickland 50:21
And everyone else, have a wonderful day, and go out and live your unconventional life.
Outro 50:31
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