Using the 5 skills of innovation to lead schools to productive and continuous change

1. I N N O V A T I O N
innovation

2. N A M E O N E I N N O V A T I O N
I N Y O U R L I F E T I M E

4. I N N O V A T I O N
innovation

5. 5 S K I L L S O F A S U P E R I N N O V A T O R

6. S K I L L # 1

7. 4 0 0 0 B C

8. 1 7 5 0

9. H O W D I D W E G E T T H I S I N N O V A T I O N I N 1 9 7 0 ?

10. B E R N A R D S A D O W 1 9 7 0

11. Robert Plath 1987

13. A S S O C I A T I O N

14. • How can I use ideas outside education
to solve problems in my school/class?

15. • Mash up unrelated concepts (Lucha
Libre and Jack Black)

16. - D R C R A Y M O N D
The new people who will be creative will sit at the
juxtaposition of two or more fields

17. S K I L L # 2

20. W H Y A R E T H E Y B U Y I N G
T H I S M I L K S H A K E ?

21. – Y O G I B E R R A
“You can observe a lot through watching.”

22. O B S E R V A T I O N

23. W H A T D I D Y O U
N O T I C E ?

24. T H I N K L I K E A
T R A V E L E R

25. S K I L L # 3

26. W H Y N O T ?
W H A T I F ?

27. W H Y ? W H Y N O T ?

28. W H Y D O W E H A V E
S T A F F M E E T I N G S ?

29. W H Y D O W E D O
R E P O R T C A R D S ?

30. W H Y D O W E H A V E P E O P L E
L I N E U P F O R
R E G I S T R A T I O N ?

31. Q U E S T I O N I N G

32. W H Y ? W H Y N O T ?

33. C H A L E N G E T H E T R I E D
A N D T R U E

34. Landfill Harmonic

35. S K I L L # 4

36. W H E R E D O G O O D
I D E A S C O M E F R O M

39. C H A N C E F A V O R S T H E
C O N N E C T E D M I N D

41. – S T E V E J O H N S O N
“Share ideas to make them better.”

42. – S I N G A P O R E E D U C A T I O N
“Give away all your ideas so you can come up with
new ones.”

44. N E T W O R K I N G

45. Where am I connecting with great
ideas?

46. S T A R T A B L O G ! ! !
T O D A Y

47. S K I L L # 5

48. - D A V I D K E L L Y
“Treat life as an experiment.”

49. WD-40

50. 5128 Failures

51. C O M B O C L A S S E S

52. I H A V E N O T
F A I L E D . I ’ V E J U S T
F O U N D 1 0 , 0 0 0
W A Y S T H A T D O N ’ T
W O R K .
A L B E R T E I N S T E I N

53. E X P E R I M E N T I N G

54. H O W C A N I P U T T H I S
I D E A I N T O A C T I O N ?

55. J U S T D O I T !

56. W H E R E D O W E N E E D I N N O V A T I O N I N
E D U C A T I O N ? L E T M E C O U N T T H E
W A Y S …
• Registration Day
• Kinder Orientation
• Lunch Procedures
• Staff Meetings
• Professional Development
• Teaching Reading

57. W H E R E D O W E N E E D I N N O V A T I O N I N
E D U C A T I O N ? L E T M E C O U N T T H E
W A Y S …
• RTI
• Parent Conferences
• Recognition of Awards
• Teacher Evaluation
• Walkthroughs and Observations
• Cohort Planning

58. T H E W O R L D N E E D S Y O U R
I N N O V A T I O N

59. P A L E S T I N E , 1 1 5 3