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Bo Adams

In 2017, a New Push to Find the Balance Between Work and Life - Independent Ideas Blog - 0 views

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work_life_balance email health wellness

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  • “Telepressure is a workplace problem, not a worker problem. We learn how to respond to email through our colleagues’ behavior, and it’s a consequence of the social dynamics within a work environment,”
  • In this world of stress and pressure, how do school leaders become enablers of work-life balance? Most research points to starting with how we as leaders model that balance.
  • “If we are to serve as stewards of productivity and engagement, we must pursue excellent performance as leaders in all four domains — work, home, community, and self — not trading off one for another but finding mutual value among them.”
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  • Be Real.
  • Be Whole.
  • Be Innovative.
Bo Adams

Re-Designing American High Schools for the 21st Century | Stanford Social Innovation Re... - 0 views

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wayfinder d.school School Change redesign #MustRead #mvifishares

shared by Bo Adams on 06 Aug 16 - No Cached
  • Bo Adams on 06 Aug 16
     
    HT Education Reimagined, Pioneering Issue #17
Bo Adams

No grades, no timetable: Berlin school turns teaching upside down | World news | The Gu... - 0 views

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grades assessment School Change #MustRead #mvifishares innovation passion curiosity

shared by Bo Adams on 06 Aug 16 - No Cached
  • the most important skill a school can pass down to its students is the ability to motivate themselves
  • “The mission of a progressive school should be to prepare young people to cope with change, or better still, to make them look forward to change. In the 21st century, schools should see it as their job to develop strong personalities.”
  • “The more freedom you have, the more structure you need,” says Rasfeld.
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  • The main reason why the ESBC is gaining a reputation as Germany’s most exciting school is that its experimental philosophy has managed to deliver impressive results.
  • “In education, you can only create change from the bottom – if the orders come from the top, schools will resist.
  • Bo Adams on 06 Aug 16
     
    HT Education Reimagined Issue #17
T.J. Edwards

Why Finding Your Niche Is Just Plain Bad Advice - 0 views

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#mvifishares innovation advice

shared by T.J. Edwards on 20 Jun 16 - No Cached
  • Why what people think matters more than where they’re from
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      T.J. Edwards on 20 Jun 16
       
      focus marketing on customer core ideas/beliefs, not demographics
  • The truth is my tribe is eclectic.
  • Since this may be a new practice, here’s a formula you can follow to begin figuring out what it is you believe. Just fill in the blanks of this statement: “Every [BLANK] can/should [BLANK]”
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  • For example:
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      A potential SPARK for "tribe finding", tug of war VTR, thinking big, or disruptive creativity
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    Find your tribe by focusing on core values rather than demographics.
Bo Adams

Design Thinking Comes of Age - 0 views

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design thinking #MustRead innovation

shared by Bo Adams on 21 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • Bo Adams on 21 Aug 15
     
    HT @JimCollinsTA
Bo Adams

The Marriage of Formal & Informal Learning - 1 views

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assessment Badges microcredentialing LRS #MustRead Learning learning analytics dashboards

shared by Bo Adams on 01 Aug 15 - No Cached
  • important that integration of formal and informal learning have champions
  • Web 2.0 technology is a key enabler for this marriage
  • Technological tools and leadership support alone will not be enough to make the marriage of informal and formal learning work. The shared values, beliefs, mental models, habits, and behaviors of the workforce in an organization – its culture is key.
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  • How do people feel about knowledge – is it power to be hoarded, or a gift to be shared?
  • The two key advantages of informal learning are that it happens at the point of need and what is learned is usually applied right away.
  • In the cooperative model, the learning and development group can shift from being the producer of content to being the guide, initiator, facilitator, and coach.
  • Based on alignment with agreed upon organizational and learning goals, the learner takes responsibility for his or her own learning – with the support and guidance of the organization.
  • People who are not used to working in a learning organization culture, where cooperative learning within communities of practice is the norm, need the knowhow and a new mindset regarding learning to cooperatively in the workplace.
  • The positive is that this incidental learning doesn’t take people away from the work. The disadvantage is that when they are so caught up in doing, people often miss an important ingredient for learning: reflection.
  • The combination of structured and incidental learning can give us intentional learning.
  • The key to solidifying this learning is reflection.
  • David Kolb, wrote about a model of experiential learning consisting of the following cycle: action, observation, reflection, concept formation, and back to action.
  • Morgan McCall and George Hollenbeck asked managers to stop once a week and answer just two simple questions, “What did you do last week?” and “What did you learn from it?” They found that this simple process of reflection enabled the managers learn from their experiences and to change the way they managed.
  • integration of formal and informal learning can create a virtuous cycle that leads not only to increased productivity but to the real innovation that is necessary for long term success in a dynamic marketplace.
Bo Adams

An Open Letter to Educators From TrueSchool Studio - The Teachers Guild - Medium - 0 views

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schooldesign School Change teachers_guild TrueSchool #MustRead educators teachers innovation schoolreform

shared by Bo Adams on 05 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • We support educators in this process to go from idea to impact, but we do not prescribe the solution — you are the source of ideas and leadership for transformative solutions.
  • We believe the best ideas for the present and future of education will come from educators
  • No policymaker or president is as powerful as a teacher when it comes to shaping the student experience.
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  • No policymaker or president is as powerful as a teacher when it comes to shaping the student experience.
  • With your unique knowledge of student needs and school challenges, you have the potential to create powerful new solutions and lead change.
  • Bo Adams on 05 Nov 15
     
    HT @TeachersGuild
Bo Adams

A strategy for thriving in uncertainty - Bain Brief - Bain & Company - 0 views

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strategy uncertainty innovation #MustRead

shared by Bo Adams on 21 Jan 16 - No Cached
  • Bo Adams on 21 Jan 16
     
    HT Brett Jacobsen Very valuable read for thinking about one's own company/school strategy, as well as frameworks for helping and consulting others. 
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