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Make School Different: Digital leadership & Transformation

#11 of 60: How is human-centered leadership different from the dominant way schools are led today? 🤔🤔🤔

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In an earlier post, the question of first principles of learning was posed: What are the principles of learning on which we can build human-centered systems and organizations? A number of years ago, my colleague Lynn Fuini Hetten and I asked a related question regarding leadership: If the transformation of education requires a paradigm shift […]

#10 of 60: How might we embrace a mindset for foresight? 🤔🤔🤔

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In October 2020, the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) delivered a report titled A Stitch in Time? Realising the value of futures and foresight.  Foresight is the capacity to think strategically about the future. In the report, five building blocks are shared for organizations to begin embracing longview thinking more deeply: Broaden time […]

#9 of 60: What are the first principles of human-centered learning? 🤔🤔🤔

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If we are talking about transforming K12 education to be more human-centered we are talking about a shift of mindsets and organizational structures. As Allan Cohen shared on a podcast, transformation is… “…a kind of change that actually let’s go of the past and creates something entirely new. As a practical matter, that means breaking […]

#8 of 60: Is a flow state a key to an optimal learning environment? 🤔🤔🤔

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You’ve probably experienced flow at some point––the state of mind where you are completely immersed in an activity, losing sight of anything outside of your work. Learning intensely. In The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance, author Steven Kotler writes, If you’ve ever lost an afternoon to a great conversation or […]

#7 of 60: Enrollment. A new leadership skill? 🤔🤔🤔

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Welcome to Day #7 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —– A week ago the NY Times published an Op-ed from Wharton School organizational psychologist Adam Grant, The Science of Reasoning with Unreasonable People: Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help […]

#6 of 60: Transformation is slow. How does this framework shed light on the leadership work? 🤔🤔🤔

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Welcome to Day #6 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —– In a recent talk by futurist Andy Hines, he shared four types of values for the future he’s distilled from the World Values Survey. I haven’t dug into the validity of the […]

#5 of 60: What is success? 🤔🤔🤔

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Welcome to Day #5 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —– I found this quote recently on Simon Sinek’s Instagram account. It resonated with me… Success is when reality catches up to our imagination. Let’s put education and schooling as a backdrop to […]

#4 of 60: What is at the intersection of longevity and education transformation? 🤔🤔🤔

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Welcome to Day #4 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —– One of the benefits of living in a world of abundance is that technology fuels medical achievements we previously thought impossible. Case in point: the COVID-19 vaccine. What previously took almost a […]

#3 of 60: What will the world be like in 2033? 🤔🤔🤔

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Welcome to Day #3 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —– I’ve always been curious about the future. I think it’s because I actually like change, and the future is really all about change. I’m certainly not an expert in futures thinking…but very […]

#2 of 60: Shouldn’t we create the conditions for agency among the adults in the organization as well?🤔🤔🤔

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Welcome to Day #2 of the #60DayChallenge! See this post if you need to be brought up to speed!  Thanks and welcome to everyone who is accepting the challenge to engage in this group and the conversation. I loved engaging with everyone on post #1! OK…let’s dive in…🌊🌊🌊 —- Two different scenarios…notice the two levels […]