Aug 13, 2026 · 43 min · 10 segments
Episode 5 of The AI Inflection Point — the third of four conversations on coalitions. Dan Greenstein has 35 years of data from the UK and the US. His conclusion is direct: scale is the primary hedge…
Kirsten, what did you take from this podcast?
There are many steps in between, and each one involves a different level of trust, shared decision-making, and shared value.
So the further you go, the more you can potentially gain, but you also give up more decision-making autonomy.
I reckon the question becomes, where does your institution actually need to be, and how quickly do you need to get there, right?
You're absolutely right, and that's probably the uncomfortable and unknown bit.
For some institutions, organic growth just isn't going to come fast enough, and that's one of Dan's main points too, that collaboration isn't necessarily about doing something that's nice to have.
For some institutions, it may be the thing, perhaps the only thing, that gives them a realistic path to scale.
But I think there's another thing that really matters, and that's the policy environment.
So now we've got the Australian Tertiary Education Commission playing a more active role in shaping our system.
And the compacts, which are pushing institutions to think differently about how they potentially work together, So I'd say there's a real policy window here.
I think that's a very good way of putting it, Kirsten.
Kirsten, what did you take from this podcast?
There are many steps in between, and each one involves a different level of trust, shared decision-making, and shared value.
So the further you go, the more you can potentially gain, but you also give up more decision-making autonomy.
I reckon the question becomes, where does your institution actually need to be, and how quickly do you need to get there, right?
You're absolutely right, and that's probably the uncomfortable and unknown bit.
For some institutions, organic growth just isn't going to come fast enough, and that's one of Dan's main points too, that collaboration isn't necessarily about doing something that's nice to have.
For some institutions, it may be the thing, perhaps the only thing, that gives them a realistic path to scale.
But I think there's another thing that really matters, and that's the policy environment.
So now we've got the Australian Tertiary Education Commission playing a more active role in shaping our system.
And the compacts, which are pushing institutions to think differently about how they potentially work together, So I'd say there's a real policy window here.
I think that's a very good way of putting it, Kirsten.
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