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In Cynthia Barton Rabe’s outstanding book, she explains how organizations of all kinds and promote Zero-Gravity Thinking in order to solve all kinds of problems. If you want the low down as to how organizations squash innovation, start with my summary then purchase the book. If you want to know how to avoid the needless killing and suppression of innovative thinking, look no farther than these two vital resources.
Click here to see the summary of The Innovation Killer book.
This is a summary of Chris Anderson’s latest book. As Editor-In-Chife of Wired magazine, Chris is the guru of hipness. This book offers timely advice that can help anyone navigate the electronic world that surrounds us. If this summary grabs your interest, the details in the book offer a roadmap for survival today’s digital world.
Click here to see the summary of this book.
Updated 4/1/2010 after announcement of round one winners (Start with slide 15 for update.) I couldn’t help but notice how the current madness associated with the Race to the Top finalists and the Obama Administration’s blueprint for reauthorization of NCLB are analogous to the other madness associated with March. Don’t forget that the secretary of education was a basketball player. Thanks to information from the New York Times, Education Week, and my own thinking, I have a humorous (I hope) and factual take on the current status. Let me know what you think (dgreen@stny.rr.com).
Click here to see Dr. Doug’s March Madness..
Today, school safety is a much bigger deal than ever. Schools desperately want to avoid the kind of reputation that comes with violent activity. Several years ago, New York State started gathering data on violent and disruptive incidents from all schools. The problem that I noticed when looking at the first set of data was that schools did not all report incidents the same way. Incidents of assault were particularly misreported. Some schools reported pushing and shoving as assault, while others listed violent attacks that resulted in serious injuries as something else or not at all. In order to help the schools I was working with improve their reporting, I put together the slideshow linked below. It includes summaries of actual assaults form the Brooklyn, New York police blotter along with some generalizations. In addition to the fact that the large majority of assaults occur among family members and friends, it also points out that just about anything can be considered a weapon if used as part of an attack. While I tried to add some humor to this post, I am certain that these events weren’t funny for those involved.
Click here to see the slide show on assault..
Geoff Colvin’s book by this title is cited often by writers in the leadership and education business. This book is based on abundant research and explains what deliberate practice is and how anyone can use it to be better even if they don’t become one of the greats. Like other books I summarize, I encourage you to purchase this one for yourself and/or your organization.
Click here to see the summary of this book.
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