Why do you need an Innovation Hub?

Why do you need an Innovation Hub?

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...

Growing Talent – Starting the Conversation

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...
An Education Rescue Kit

An Education Rescue Kit

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...
Schools and Strategy – Playing to Win

Schools and Strategy – Playing to Win

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...