Many business scholars struggle with the notion of seeing themselves as writers. They may excel in research, teaching, and mentoring, but when it comes to writing, they often feel out of their depth. This blog emphasizes the need to change one’s self-perception from researcher to research writer, and the role of courses in faculty writing development for scholars.

In academia, the managerial notion of time is brought to bear on academics through the idea of "publish or perish". It catalyses anxiety and fears about thinking, experimenting and writing against a ticking clock. But academics are not managers and don’t need to use managerial time. They’re artisans, and need to work on artisanal time.