by monica | Jul 1, 2020 | 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 11, 2020 | Design, Education
Want to change the world? I have some bad news. It’s a lot of work! It’s also a lot of listening and loads of grace and patience with your change partners. If you are changing even those smallest parts of your world, there’s a good chance you are embarking on new... 
by monica | May 25, 2020 | Design, Education, Strategy
It’s been a week since my last blog post and the world is still managing lots of change brought about by the pandemic. Organizations with rigid, less agile models are now finding that they can, in fact, be flexible when given no choice. And that my friends, brings us... 
by monica | Mar 27, 2020 | Community, Education, Projects
Jim Collins, in his book Good to Great, identifies key factors for why some organizations achieve greatness and others do not. His third chapter entitled First Who, Then What is about getting the right people in play or as he puts it “on the bus.” This idea is... 
by monica | Mar 26, 2020 | Education
Note: This post follows on a series that began here So, how do we go from “clueless” to “clued in”? Unfortunately, thirty years after my less than circuitous journey to my career destination, I still hear the same thing from students in my community (and probably... 
by monica | Mar 25, 2020 | Education
Clueless… …it’s how I felt in high school. And I’ll bet you did too. The swirling hormones, roller coaster mood swings, excitement, friends-related drama. The frequent inability to focus. And somewhere, in the background, the constant pressure of looming tests and...