A Little More About Steve Jobs, and How His Approach Led to My 3->4->5 Theory
Tetrahedronics is all about seeing how things work as a system. In other entries in this site, you’ll find why there needs to be at[…]
5 Reasons Why Every Elementary School Needs a Full-Time Advancement Director – Part 2: Budgeting and Planning for Succession
Last week’s Tetrahedronics article apparently touched a few nerves, so we’ll continue to touch a few more, especially with some reports of what’s happening at[…]
5 Reasons Why Every Elementary School Needs a Full-Time Advancement Director – Part 1: Reasons and Rationale
You know the conversations that start out, “I have good news, and I have bad news,” and then the speaker asks the listener which one[…]
Tetrahedronics: Systems Thinking for Education
A number of years ago, a contact at a school asked why I call my approach to systems thinking “Tetrahedronics.” I thought it would be[…]
What’s More Important? Mission or Vision?
This is a trick question. They’re BOTH important. Yet, we want to believe that something needs to happen first, and then next. Something always has[…]
The Five Systems of Your School – Part 5: FAITH
This last system was an interesting one to find. As I’ve said in my “3 leads to 4 leads to 5” theory, the 3 elements[…]
The Five Systems of Your School – Part 4: TEACH
I begin some of my presentations with a line that alludes to the classic closing lines of Sesame Street: “This presentation is brought to you[…]
The Five Systems of Your School – Part 3: SIGNS
The first two articles in this series dealt with the two systems most frequently talked about in schools. The first described the 5 elements that[…]
The Five Systems of Your School – Part 2: ARMED
This second system actually began to be examined before the other four were. The site that I started and have administered for over 20 years[…]