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  • The Spaces We Create

    The Spaces We Create

      Reflecting on leadership, empathy, compassion, and kindness this morning… What kinds of spaces do we create where relationships — authentic, caring, empathetic, and loving relationships — are…

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  • Becoming a True Learning Person

    Becoming a True Learning Person

    (Originally published on LinkedIn.) In one of his articles about “Learning Organizations,” Jim Collins presents the challenge to become a true “Learning Person”: How would your day be different if…

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  • Doing What is Best for Students

    Doing What is Best for Students

    (Originally published on LinkedIn.) Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of folks talking about “doing what is best for students.” I’ve even said it myself. In fact, the…

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  • Does #Innovation Have a DNA? Some #Education Applications…

    Does #Innovation Have a DNA? Some #Education Applications…

    (Originally published on LinkedIn.) I recently stumbled across this blog post: Does Innovation Have a DNA? — and I immediately started to connect this with the work that we do…

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  • A View From the Balcony

    A View From the Balcony

    (Originally published on LinkedIn.) In their book Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Leading, Martin Linsky and Ronald A. Heifetz explain how leaders can easily…

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  • Make Your Classroom Extraordinary

    Make Your Classroom Extraordinary

    A few years ago, immediately after Robin Williams passed away, I wrote a blog post titled “20 Timeless Ways to Make Your Classroom Extraordinary.”  The post was inspired…

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