Default chili: What AI writing still needs from humans
When we bring it purpose, experience, judgment and a taste we are willing to defend, AI can help us make something distinctly ours.... Read more.
What this horror movie taught me about K12 accountability
Every year brings another measurement, another rating, another adjustment to the rules. The goalposts seem to shift just as people begin understanding where they... Read more.
This is why smart leaders continue to suffer
The desire to prove ourselves can cause us to answer a question before we fully understand its depth, history, or complexity.... Read more.
One powerful leadership question to ask: ‘Compared to what?’
"Compared to what?" appears to be a question about alternatives. In practice, it is usually a question about assumptions.... Read more.
AI & the automobile: How we make revolutionary tech safe
Somewhere in our classrooms right now sits the future engineer who will design safer AI systems. Somewhere sits the future legislator who will shape regulatory policy.... Read more.
Here are the top 10 rules for earning a promotion
There is a quiet misunderstanding that lives in almost every organization. People believe promotions are given when, in reality, they are revealed.... Read more.
What 19th century tech reveals about AI in schools
As steam engines became more efficient, the expectation was that coal consumption would decline. Instead, the opposite occurred.... Read more.
Binary thinking: How to avoid the trap of two
Binary thinking does more than simplify. It constrains. It compresses complex realities into opposing positions. It creates false urgency.... Read more.
Why school leadership after spring break looks different
The final months of the school year are not about planting anything new, they are about harvest. This is where leadership changes posture.... Read more.
Know thyself: Leadership lessons from the baseball diamond
To truly lead effectively, one must first understand their own tendencies, strengths and blind spots.... Read more.