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This phrase, “failure is inevitable along the path to innovation,” is something we regularly hear referenced in books, talks, and interviews with people who have experienced the connection. It is common advice shared by successful innovators with people who read or listen to them. When each one of us reflects on anything we have…
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Composing a Life, a book written by Mary Catherine Bateson, explores the artistic achievement of four of her successful friends, as well as her own life as a writer, researcher, and anthropologist. Through studying the life histories of her friends, she discovers that composing a life is possible in the midst of confusion, failures, and…
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Physicians learn early in their education that adopting an ethical position as it relates to treating patients is of utmost importance to their medical practice. They take the Hippocratic Oath as they enter to a lifetime commitment to not doing harm. The expression, “first do no harm,” is often the phrase that comes to mind…
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On the heals of working with some school leaders on conflict, I read and listened to these interesting pieces that connect to our work as educational leaders. First, a piece appeared on Brain Pickings, David Foster Wallace on Leadership. In the article and podcast, Debbie Millman reads about leadership from the writings of David Foster…
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I am not big into resolutions, although I have a goal to challenge myself to get out of my “comfort zone.” As I move into summer 2017, I want to promise myself this: appreciate the Earth’s grandeur as Mary Oliver expresses in her poem, Starfish. while I lay on the rocks, reaching into the darkness, learning…
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