An animated highlight of John Seely Brown's Keynote Presentation, "Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Learner in the 21st Century," at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference.

Really interesting set of linked protocols for organizational planning. "The Collective Action Toolkit isn't a rigid template for problem solving. It's designed to be flexible and accessible, with an action map and activities arranged into six categories, from building a group, to imagining new ideas, to planning change. The toolkit challenges groups to move beyond discussion to action, continually clarifying their shared goals based on what they learn through the problem-solving process."

In this the author talks about educators from across districts and beyond "utilizing the collective wisdom of their peers." He sees the potential of providing an opportunity for educators where "Curriculum development and professional development are 'open sourced' with best practices being identified, implemented, and evaluated much more quickly across a group of schools since teachers are no longer working in isolation within their own schools or districts."

Action research paper that shares finding in how to "...understand creativity, innovation and critical thinking, and the conditions that allow these to flourish."

Within the "Report at a Glance" is a section labeled "Our Guiding Principles of Creative Leadership" that really is how I see the future of professional development...with a focus towards bottom up innovation rather than top down initiatives. To foster Innovation and Creativity, to really encourage a healthy school Culture, Professional Development needs to be Supported rather than Provided.

"Generating a good idea isn't reading a 'top-ten ways to boost your creativity' article…it is like delivering and nurturing a child.'We must constantly give birth to our thoughts out of our pain and maternally endow them with all we have of blood, heart, fire, pleasure, passion, agony, conscience, fate, and disaster.'"

"...Gardner's foremost conclusion is uncontroversial: creative breakthroughs in any domain require strenuous work and a willingness to challenge the establishment."

Recognizing PatternsPredictingQuestioningCoordinatingMasteringExperimentingDecidingNetworkingPersistenceOptimistic

1. Welcome authentic questions2. Encourage effective teamwork3. Be ready to go Big4. Build empathy5. Uncover passion6. Amplify worthy ideas7. Know when to say no8. Encourage breakthroughs

Great for teachers when we think about how to work with students.Perhaps...even more powerful if Admin were to read this as "How to Turn your School into an Idea Factory" with a twist of creating a climate to foster Innovative Educators.

If we are going to "push the thinking in innovation for learning" we should first consider our audience.