Week 8: Navigating interdependencies and building a culture of continuous iteration
Leading Complex Change: Why New Initiatives Fail and How Mindsets Must Shift Welcome to the eighth and final week of why initiatives fail and how to shift mindsets. Below, you’ll have a chance to preview an…
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Whole Child Education in the Age of AI: What Mamaroneck Is Getting Right
A Discussion with Assistant Superintendent Dr. Jeffrey Moore What is the first thing you think about when you hear “AI use in schools”? Cheating, plagiarism, deep fakes, kids outsourcing their thinking to machines? Those concerns are…
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Week 7: Why New Initiatives Fail and How Mindsets Must Shift
The traps of stopping too soon and measuring activity instead of outcomes Like many school systems, a mid-sized district decided to launch an ambitious initiative to introduce inquiry-based math problem solving across all middle schools. The…
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Why conflict styles matter for leaders and educators
Handling disagreement without losing influence or respect Most of us were never explicitly taught how to handle conflict. We picked up patterns from parents, bosses, colleagues, or culture. Some of us learned to push harder; others…
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Week 6: The myth of infinite capacity and mistaking training for implementation
Leading Complex Change: Why New Initiatives Fail and How Mindsets Must Shift Welcome to the sixth installment of our 8-week series examining the 15 systemic barriers that stall organizational transformation across K-12 education, businesses, nonprofits, and…
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Beyond Calm Down: What Happens When We Treat the Symptoms and Ignore the Root Cause
Even after spending years researching, speaking, and writing about MindShifting, I still get triggered. When injustice strikes or things go sideways, the surge of anger hits me in a fraction of a second. In those moments,…
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Week 5: The dangerous informational vacuum of fear and silence—and how to fix it
Leading Complex Change: Why New Initiatives Fail and How Mindsets Must Shift Welcome to the fifth installment of our 8-week series dissecting the 15 hidden barriers that sabotage organizational transformation. Over the first four weeks, we’ve…
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Six questions every leader should ask before the momentum disappears
A new initiative launches. There is a kickoff meeting. People participate in training. New tools or materials arrive. Leadership explains why the work matters. Everyone is engaged. But what happens six months later? What happens when…
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