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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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2

3

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

IncubateAmplify

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

Clarify

IncubateAmplify

Agile Methods

The 3 Critical Skills

Embracing Agile Leadership +

Harnessing Coaching Approach

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