A Culture of No: How to Get Past Fear and Risk-Aversion to Make Things Happen — from gettingsmart.com by Trace Pickering
Key Points
- What are a few other straightforward moves an educational leader can make to ensure they can push break-the-mold, innovative changes needed in education today?
- Is the culture of education simply too deep and unmovable to be creative and move forward?
I’ve had the unique privilege of moving between business and education throughout my career, including getting to work with some highly dynamic and influential business leaders in my community. One of the biggest differences between business leaders and school and district leaders has been how quickly and easily business gets to “yes” while education seems to wallow in the purgatory of the “yeah but…” and the “no.”