In an earlier post I asked: What skills and attributes does a principal need? I answered my own question, listing things like vision, endurance and the last one was courage. A tweet came back: “courage” is a key one. How often is the ‘courage’ of leadership raised? I watched a TED talk recently on vulnerability.ContinueContinue reading “Courage is at the heart of leadership. Vulnerability is scary. Both are necessary for 21stC leaders”
Category Archives: Leadership
Thinking like a start up: ‘Follow-through’ sets the innovative leader apart. My 5 step process #MakingItMobile
innovate (verb): to introduce something new; make changes in anything established When I was young the term ‘inventor’ was used instead of ‘innovator’. My image of the inventor was a lone, crazy-haired guy on the brink of madness, working alone in the lab, testing and retesting his ideas, then revealing the final product to theContinueContinue reading “Thinking like a start up: ‘Follow-through’ sets the innovative leader apart. My 5 step process #MakingItMobile”
Would you still want to be a leader if you didn’t have a title?
Browsing my Twitter feed the other day this question leaped out: What if leadership wasn’t a promotion Leadership happens everyday in every sector, with and without designated roles and titles. As we sail headlong into the 21st century it is timely to reconsider the requirements for leadership today, in a work context characterised by projects, rather thanContinueContinue reading “Would you still want to be a leader if you didn’t have a title?”
What skills and attributes does a principal* need for a school** today***?
If we think that school in 2025 will look like it does today, just think about the disruptive change that mobile technology has brought since the iPad was introduced 2010, in such a short space of time. The reality is that how learning takes place will transform, the place learning occurs will change and youngContinueContinue reading “What skills and attributes does a principal* need for a school** today***?”
Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 2)
I presented a talk at the CEFPI NSW seminar that reflected on what we can learn from Scandinavia. It is an amalgam of my trips there over the last couple of years, to see what ideas, philosophies, learning spaces and systems that are in use and are successfully engaging students in their learning. (There isContinueContinue reading “Nokia, Ikea & Pickled Herrings: Learning from Scandinavia #CEFPI #SCIL (Part 2)”
Thanks Sir Ken, I’m in my element! @SirKenRobinson
*When we are in our element we feel we are doing what we are meant to be doing and being who we are meant to be. Rarely do we attend a conference on the future of education and learning where Sir Ken Robinson is not quoted or referenced. The TED Talk that initially caught ourContinueContinue reading “Thanks Sir Ken, I’m in my element! @SirKenRobinson”
The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (how to convince family, friends, colleagues & strangers) Part 1
Like me, you may be an early adopter on the change continuum. We are excited by the new, we are intuitive and see that throughout history change, as the point was once made, is the only constant. This was particularly brought to mind in the last week with the bankruptcy announcement of Kodak. The mostContinueContinue reading “The imperative: Paradigm shift for school (how to convince family, friends, colleagues & strangers) Part 1”
Reflections of Rwanda: 3. Where are the girls? #Rwanda2012
A highlight of my time in Rwanda was meeting Joy. She was a three year old when the genocide took her father. A recent graduate of Sonrise School in Musanze, Joy is warm, articulate and intelligent. I was taken by the professional way that this young woman showed us around the school. She recently finishedContinueContinue reading “Reflections of Rwanda: 3. Where are the girls? #Rwanda2012”
Reflections of Rwanda 2012: 2. Pressing the ‘reset button’ on culture #Rwanda2012
We are one people. We speak one language. We have one history. ‘Culture change’, is usually considered an ongoing, medium to long term process of transformation. It recognizes that some people will be slower to adopt new ways and some will resist the change and each of these elements need to be effectively managed. WhatContinueContinue reading “Reflections of Rwanda 2012: 2. Pressing the ‘reset button’ on culture #Rwanda2012”
Reflections of Rwanda 2011: 1. You can dream big #Rwanda2012
This generation of young people in Rwanda can dream bigger than their parents could ever imagine. In the Musanze region in Northern Rwanda tourists come to Kinigi see the gorillas, the home of the ‘Gorillas in the Mist’. On the short drive from our hotel we traveled through villages, where Rwandan people were going aboutContinueContinue reading “Reflections of Rwanda 2011: 1. You can dream big #Rwanda2012”
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