by edtosavetheworld | Jan 23, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
“Culture eats strategy for lunch.” Well, almost. What great business mind Peter Drucker actually said was “culture eats strategy over breakfast.” The time of day was wrong, but the idea was right: If you don’t have culture, the best strategy in the world won’t make...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 22, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
One key component of change leadership is a deep dissatisfaction with the status quo. Knowing that your school must change is the first step. But how do you solve the problems of your current reality in order to push toward your vision? New problems are sure to arise...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 21, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
What’s the difference between change leadership and change management? In an article in Forbes, John Kotter, whose organization Kotter International helps leaders deliver transformational change, describes change management as: a set of basic tools or structures...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 20, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
“Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The United...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 16, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
Usually, school puts the teacher in the position of “expert” whose job is to teach students what they do not yet have expertise in. But what if we flipped that scenario? What if we asked students to teach us about themselves and their experiences?...
by edtosavetheworld | Jan 15, 2014 | Stage 1: Adult Learning and Leadership
In the book Schools that Learn, Peter Senge and several other authors seek to challenge the assumption that school is the place for learning and the adult world is the place for knowing. They assert that the development of children depends on the development of all...
