Educational leaders are constantly seeking new and innovative ways to drive change and improve outcomes for our students. Too often, we rely solely on our own expertise and experience to shape the direction of our schools and districts. …

Thriving organizations don’t happen by chance. They happen by intention (and yes, I know sometimes it just seems like a matter of some luck). But there is enough evidence to support that intentionality plays a part in growing, scaling, and building our organizations for innovation. Neuroscience demonstrates that the capacity…

I am a lucky gal. I’ve had the pleasure of hiring fantastic people in the education and nonprofit sectors. Every person I have ever hired has worked in some way to support the development and facilitation of a learning organization. While HR is not my area (by any stretch), I…

I came across a friend’s GoodReads list and was delighted to see “Radical Candor: Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity” by Kim Scott among their top recommendations. Written in 2019, I grabbed it when it was hot off the press. …

If you are looking for ways to reduce stress, minimize procrastination, decrease time wasting, improve decision-making, and finally feel like you control your to-do list (not the other way around), a strategy referred to as the Eisenhower Matrix might be the answer you need. The Eisenhower Matrix was (unofficially) named…

I was reading an article recently that talked about the meeting epidemic. In short, the idea is that we are having more meetings than ever before, and too many of those result in minimal action, change, innovation, or increased accountability. …

As a parent, you want to give your children the best opportunities to learn and grow. Often we get sucked into a competitive thought process that only with specific academic, focused, or directed opportunities will our children develop and learn. Considering the research, we couldn’t be more wrong. Play allows…

These past few weeks, I have met with business leaders, nonprofit leaders, start-up entrepreneurs, teachers looking for an exit strategy, and public education leaders needing data to help them through their next big push for excellence before the end of the academic year. Each conversation serendipitously led back to one…

A friend recently sent me Patricia Hoover’s new book, “Problem Solvers: 15 innovative women engineers and coders.” …