I have neither the time or depth of knowledge to make this a scholarly post. We celebrate the opportunities and economic challenges of a flattened world. Some win and some lose as commerce, investment, and jobs flow more freely since the end of the Cold War, that "last" gasp of centuries of imperial expansion and [...]
In the last week or so since my article in Independent School Magazine came out I have had calls with three leaders of reputable, successful independent schools. All three have developed a solid vision of learning that recognizes the changing demands our students will face in their futures. All three lead strong faculties who build [...]
My older brother, Brad, has just retired after a life-long career in secondary education. He was a legendary AP US History teacher, vice principal and principal of large public high schools in southern California, and retired as Asst. Superintendent of San Marcos School District. He and I have been discussing what we all now call [...]
Last fall, David Kelley was kind enough to participate in a fireside chat on the popular weekly #DTK12CHAT that links educators who are interested in how design thinking can be embedded more deeply and purposefully in K-12 education. If you don’t know, David was co-founder of global design thinking firm IDEO and a principal founder [...]
Am sitting in on a workshop with Howard Teibel and business officers related to leading and managing change. He used this video; it totally cracked up the room and is SO appropriate in so many ways! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg Happy Sunday!
“When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people…” American Declaration of Independence “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say ‘Why not?’ George Bernard Shaw, and later, Robert Kennedy My musings today are just another [...]
If you are attending NAIS 2014 and/or NBOA in Orlando in the next two weeks, or members of your team plan to attend, I just wanted to pass along my schedule of workshops: NAIS: Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1 PM: "Why School?", with Will Richardson, Susan Droke, and Cathy Kyle. Friday, Feb. 28, 8 AM "Mutation, [...]
Yes, I am a very proud dad. But most of my readers are involved in education, so what lessons can we share with our students from what follows? At least two, I think: the powerful link between passion and purpose, and the untapped potential of "one person doing". As many of you know, our daughter, [...]
I may have lied; I think this series may be seven posts, not six. I leave open the possibility of corrections along the way, and last night I realized I had left out a key step in shifting from worn out strategic planning models to a more nimble and dynamic approach. And it is a [...]
I have studied problem solving and the arts of strategy for decades, and their application to schools for more than 15 years. Simply, school organizations have gotten strategy wrong; we have been active but ineffective problem solvers. During times of relative stasis, that is a condition we can live with; during times of dynamic change [...]