Everyone would like to be a wizard and change the world, but real change is rarely that easy. With one magic trick, the wish would be for everyone to share the university’s core values: openness, transparency, the search for truth and respect for others. Nothing more is needed than mutual respect, the ability to listen and the willingness to look at things from other people’s perspectives. Universities already strive for this, yet often fall short — which is why we need wizards, or in other words leaders, who can guide the community towards respect, truthfulness and honesty as the starting point for building the university of the future.