“Meaningful exploration, I will argue, involves making an active choice to pursue a course that requires effort and carries the risk of failure—what the mythologist Joseph Campbell called ‘a bold beginning of an uncertain outcome.’” (p.10) You would be interested in this book if: You’re an educator or leader who believes curiosity is a muscle…
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What Could Possibly Go Right?! “Even among AI developers, some believe that future instances of superintelligent AIs could represent an extinction level threat to humanity… As hard as it may be to accurately predict the future, it’s even harder to stop it… That’s because as much as collaboration defines us, competition does too… and that…
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“The argument over whether Elon Musk is a genius is really an argument about what our society values and what it is prepared to tolerate. A suite of behaviors that would otherwise be inexcusable are forgiven when they are the price of greatness.”— Helen Lewis, p.3 Helen Lewis opens The Genius Myth not with a…
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Thanks to Jason Rogers, my podcast-partner-in-learning, for recommending this book to me after listening to Claude Silver at a conference. This book is about her life and coming into how to lead herself and herself with others. If you’ve been following the “Leadership Lab”, part of the Cohort 21 community with @jmedved, @tfaucher and @gvogt,…
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In the epic tale, Jason lashed himself to the mast of his ship, commanded his crew of Argonauts to put wax in their ears, all to avoid crashing upon the rocks of the Sirens. But why didn’t Circe recommend wax in his own ears? Why was he yelling at his crew to change course? How…
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Book Review: A New Way to Think by Roger Martin ~Rethinking Strategy, Culture, and the People We Serve “When a model is failing you, it doesn’t mean you’re failing—it means it’s time for a new model.” ~ Roger Martin I picked up Roger Martin’s A New Way to Think expecting a book on strategy. What…
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Leading through Strategy brings to life the role of a Head of School in the Independent School world. Thomas Olverson is the former Head of School of Rivers School, outside of Boston. This is the retelling, by him, of his learning, growth and development as Head of Rivers, alongside it’s growth and development into one…
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The Smartest Person in the Room I’ve long believed that the smartest person in the room is the room—that is, the collective wisdom, curiosity, and experience of the people gathered together. As educators and leaders, we know this intuitively. We’ve seen the magic of collaboration when ideas spark across difference, when someone says “me too,”…
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Thanks to Adam Grant for this recommendation ~ I picked this book up because of its subtitle: “Why We Fight about Morality and Politics, and How to Find Common Ground.” The idea of “Common” is of great interest to me, and I found great meaning in this book of the power of commonality. His thesis…
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This book caught my eye from the cover design, and seeing that the forward was by Simon Sinek. This is very readable, and accessible, through Hadeed’s storytelling, and synthesis of leadership lessons that have made her the successful entrepreneur and business mind that she is today. Published in 2017, this book is more relevant…
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