About The Book

About the Book

Unfinished Business

Higher Education, Artificial Intelligence, and the Decisions That Cannot Wait

In Unfinished Business, Sarah Leedberg delivers a disciplined masterclass in institutional foresight. Drawing on her experiences during the 2008 financial crisis and the global energy downturn, she applies a systems thinker lens to five converging forces reshaping higher education’s shifting status quo. This is not a collection of comforting reassurances; it functions as a focused, urgent roadmap for leaders navigating AI disruption and declining public trust. It asks decision-makers to confront timing, capacity, and consequence before constraints decide for them.

What decisions are you prepared to confront before the system forces them?