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The Need for Innovative Leadership | Connected Principals - 0 views

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leadership innovation Risk Taking

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    "So as we move forward we have to truly be open in our practice, share the process, and be comfortable with the mistakes that we will make along the journey.  We have to not only give permission for things to not work perfectly, we have to push and encourage our teachers to go out of their comfort zones to improve student learning based on the needs of today's learner."
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The Difference Between Improvement and Innovation - Vander Ark on Innovation - Educatio... - 0 views

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Innovation OngoingProfessionalDevelopment improvement

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  • Innovation is doing things differently.
  • Results from schools that are breaking the mold indicate that it is very possible to deliver very good academic results that are product of customized learning and more relationship time.
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10 mental traits of truly innovative leaders - GeekWire - 1 views

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Innovation EmpoweredLeaders risks model

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  • Truly innovative people have an ability to see connections across data and ideas, and then turn those patterns they see into even better ideas.
  • Great innovative leaders instead develop what is called peripheral vision. This is the ability to look not just ahead, but up and down the vertical you are working in and across into very different verticals.
  • Instead of looking at surface problems, try to figure out what is the root cause of that problem. You are more likely to uncover a profitable solution that way than the other way.
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  • Challenge established and popular mindsets and beliefs. This includes your own! Do not stand for hypocrisy or manipulation in your organization, especially when it is related to the creativity and execution of ideas.
  • so you need to make sure it is safe for everyone to discuss issues and ideas out in the open, building trust with your peers, those below you and those above you.
  • True innovative leaders never stop learning. They are very curious people and are often reading or researching. But they often look for feedback to, hoping to improve what they are doing.
  • True innovative leaders are masters of experimenting both big and small.
  • True innovative thinkers will land upon a project and see it to it’s completion. They may have dozens of ideas in their head or paper, but there are single-minded about one or two specific projects.
  • that they never give up. Even when they’ve failed or fallen to their lost point, they get back up and try again.
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