It’s All About All Of It
When I began working with school administrators in the early 2000’s, many were lamenting the fact that parents were disenrolling their students because tuition was[…]
The Five “E-Izits” of Evaluation
(Author’s note: Soon, these articles will move to STAFFAdvancement.com under the navigation heading of “Systems Thinking.” It’s part of the realignment project happening this summer,[…]
The 5 Why’s – Determining the Root Cause
If you’ve been a visitor to SchoolAdvancement.com, you’ll know that according to systems thinking pioneer Peter Senge, a complete system has 5 elements. Several years[…]
Your School: A System of Systems
Author’s Note: This is a long, but very important, article when it comes to systems thinking. It’s the third type of thinking that’s necessary for[…]
Tetrahedronics: Metasystems Thinking (or, Systems Thinking About Systems Thinking)
It seems that everyone has a “system” these days. From Stephen R. Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People” to Jim Collins’ “Hedgehog Concept” in[…]
The Difference Between Systems Thinking and Linear Thinking
Some time ago, a LinkedIn article compared the similarity between Learning and Change as well as link between the business side and the educational side[…]
The Five Qualities of Leadership
One of my favorite people to have lunch with was Sr. Gertrude Foley, a former President of the Sisters of Charity. She passed away on[…]
The Need for Five
Steve Jobs said a person can only hold 3 ideas in their mind at the same time. A few people can hold 4. The iPhone,[…]
Quintelemental Systems
“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names” – Chinese proverb Since new knowledge requires new words to convey the learning[…]