by monica | Jan 6, 2022 | Education, Strategy
Change is hard. So why do it? Why change and reimagine things like education and our current model for building a workforce? The fact that it has not adequately fed our local emerging industries and our shrinking number of people actually working, should give us all... by monica | Nov 14, 2021 | Community, Education, Makerspace, Projects
Here’s the latest on our K-Career Technology Pipeline. This past October, we even took it up another notch and put everyone in the room together to hash out our local talent development issues in emerging industries. By everyone, I mean the Kentucky Department... by monica | Nov 4, 2021 | Community, Design, Education, Projects
As an experience designer, research that involves understanding and communicating the student journey is my favorite. In that journey are the key motivators and insights into student behavior. Surprisingly many tend to skip this research phase. I think this... by monica | Oct 5, 2021 | Community, Design, Education
When I received a last-minute invitation from our achool superintendent to attend a round table discussion with a local tech company, I had no idea what it was going to be about. As I approached the beautiful stone and glass office space with its lush and meticulously... 
by monica | Jul 1, 2021 | Design, Education
Figuring out how to educate youth during a pandemic is a complicated mess. Anyone recently thrust into the role as a homeschooler or is a teacher managing their own children’s needs in addition to their classroom is acutely and painfully aware. Today, I’m... 
by monica | Jun 6, 2021 | Design, Education, Strategy
When I first started thinking about the strategy of schools, I was reading A.G. Lafley’s Playing to Win. I hadn’t really thought of a school district as needing to win per se. I thought schools were on a mission for equity and touted that “everyone is a winner and...