Innovative leadership in 3 simple steps: Know, Show & Let Go

Is our DNA evident across all we do?  Along with another colleague on the senior leadership team, I am responsible for ensuring that leadership and innovation are embedded deeply and are part of the DNA of the school. These two elements are essential to our identity. What is DNA? From a scientific perspective it isContinueContinue reading “Innovative leadership in 3 simple steps: Know, Show & Let Go”

Great question: If the mandate is for innovation, how much should best practice drive that?

A great question posed by @gcouros, deserves an answer that required more than 140 characters. Why is there a mandate for innovation? At the heart of the word ‘innovation’ is ‘nova’ – making things new, systems, ideas and products. The history of humanity is ‘nova’ – products, ideas and processes that change and (mostly) improveContinueContinue reading “Great question: If the mandate is for innovation, how much should best practice drive that?”