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Simon Breakspear, PhD@simonbreakspear
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AGILE MINDSET, LEARNING CONVERSATIONS
Conversations as an Enabler for Change in Complex Adaptive Systems
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Important & Hard
Default approach to educational change
Long & detailed plans Setting precise targets for future performance A focus on implementation fidelity Assumes predictable, linear & sequential change in a
stable system Leaders acts as though they can do things ‘for’ and ‘to’
people
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Improvement-as-delivery
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Big Ideas
Planning
Budget
Development
Implementation
TRADITIONAL EDUCATIONAL CHANGEA solution
looking for a problem Over
PlanningBig budget
without evidence
No feedback from the frontline
Low motivation & ownership
from teachers
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Leading change in complex-relational systemsOur People work
GROWTH FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS
ADOPT COLLABORATIVE, EVIDENCE-INFORMED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
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DEVELOP HIGHER-ORDER OUTCOMES
Our Pioneering WorkLeading change when we don’t know the answers
LEARNING INNOVATIONDesigning new frontiers for learning & teaching
> Requires rapid testing, failure and learning
We need to change howwe change
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EMBRACING AGILE LEADERSHIP
Mindset Method
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AGILEMINDSET
Focus Learn
Iterate
Clarify
IncubateAmplify
Embracing educational change as a creative, complex-responsive & collective journey
AGILEMINDSET
Focus Learn
Iterate
The ThreeElements
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“Continuous improvement is better than delayed
perfection.”- Mark Twain
Clarify
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Agile Methods
The 3 Critical Skills
- Peter Senge (p1990, p64)
“Small, well-focused actions can sometimes produce significant, enduring improvements, if they’re in the right place. Systems thinkers refer to this as ‘leverage’ …. Tackling a difficult problem is often a matter of seeing where the high leverage lies, a change which – with a minimum of effort – would lead to lasting change.
Pursue fewer change initiatives with more evidence & greater resolve
Feedback
Feedback
Iterate
Launch
Learn
START SMALL LEARN FAST FAIL WELL
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–Leonardo da Vinci
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
Make it simple to start
Cultivate Team TrustMore than a fortnight. Less than 5 years
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Agile Methods
The 3 Critical Skills
Embracing Agile Leadership +
Harnessing Coaching Approach
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