Archive for August 2020
Scenario Planning & Plan B
Leadership: Scenario Planning and Plan B Life, John Lennon indicates, is what happens when we are making other plans. Man plans, God laughs. – Jewish adage Yes, we have already experienced a long, long list of things we never saw coming in the first six months of 2020: impeachment, pandemic, school campuses closed, sports cancelled,…
Read MoreTeachable Point of View
True North – Your Teachable Point of View What do you say when you don’t know what to say? One of the best leadership hacks is knowing your north star – the compass you steer by. What are your core values? What will remain stable no matter what? Choose your words carefully … and then…
Read MoreLeadership Hacks to Keep Equity Front and Center
Equity Hacks The COVID crisis stretches each of us as we seek to operate safely and stay focused on learning/equity. As I listen to colleagues – sitting superintendents across dozens of districts – I hear major concerns about the incredible detail of logistics and management. And for good reason. At the same time, racial justice…
Read MoreReview – Years That Matter Most
Review … The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us By Paul Tough https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07LC92MH2/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1 Getting into, affording, and completing college has become a full-time professional contact sport. You snooze, you lose. Big data, popularized by the book Moneyball, transformed much of professional sports. Now, no surprise, colleges use big data to decide…
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More … from my bookshelf Some binge reading this month: three books on the American Revolution; three books by John Kotter; some racial justice reading and some beach reads. Each with a brief note about what I found compelling. EQUITY How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi | Aug 13, 2019 Compelling book about racism that…
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