My friend and colleague Sam Chaltain recently wrote a wonderful piece, "To (Re)Design School, We Need New Metaphors. Let’s Start With These Five" …
Read MoreI frequently enjoy the privilege of collaborating with Leadership+Design. Sometimes that means project work for schools, sometimes it means co-presenting at conferences, and sometimes it means writing for L+D's blog …
Read MoreWhat if we treated teachers like professional atheletes and gave them access to "game film" of their teaching? …
Read MoreDuring a recent workshop for a corporate client, executives debated the best way to give feedback to help develop talent, especially young executives recently graduated from college …
Read MoreWith reads from the Enrollment Management Association, Chalkbeat, and the New York Times …
Read MoreWhat if we had new metaphors for school?*
What if we exchanged murmurations for assembly lines, silos for aspen groves? …
Read MoreOn June 14, 2018, The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article titled "An Ultra-Selective University Just Dropped the ACT/SAT. So What?" in which they reported …
Read MoreRecently I asked an education leader, "What do you see as the most vital issues around great teaching and learning right now and over the next 3-5 years?" …
Read MoreWith reads from eLearningInside News, AIMS website, and Education Dive Brief …
Read MoreWhat if every school board of trustees had a Futurist Committee?
Read MoreA recent World Economic Forum article summarizes key insights from the May 2018 McKinsey Global Institute report on key skills gaps for work in the year 2030 …
Read MoreWith reads from World Economic Forum, McKinsey Quarterly, and Sam Chaltain …
Read More"When I think about how our schools might promote the notion of 'omnidisciplinary thinking,' I wonder if we shouldn't aim to be more collage-prep than college-prep …”
Read MoreMcKinsey Quarterly is a wonderful resource for the evolving demands of leadership. I was particularly struck by a recent essay, "Leading with Inner Agility," in which the authors make a blunt claim …
Read MoreWith reads from Frank Bruni, Inside Higher Ed, and …
Read MoreWhat if one of the primary goals of school were to foster a learner's ability to drop the skills they have already mastered, "learn something new, and prosper again"?
Read MoreMorgan Housel may be a professional investment advisor, but his weekly blog post usually contains at least one keen insight into how learning happens …
Read MoreWith reads from EdSurge News, Harvard Business Review, and the Getting Smart blog …
Read MoreWhat if tuition paid now guaranteed a learner a lifetime subscription* to your school? ..
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, we shared thoughts on what schools can learn about education innovation from Gartner's Hype Cycle …
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