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Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations Dr. Scott McLeod dangerouslyirrelevant.org (a 2008 K12 Online presentation)
What is a disruptive innovation?
Disruptive innovations change the game.
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Effective leadership for disruptive innovations
1.Good organizations with good people will disappear if they dont understand the natural laws of disruptive innovation.
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2.Its very difficult for existing successful organizations to become dominant players in the new market.
3.Its much easier to create a new organization - or buy one - than it is to turn an existing organization around.
4.Its difficult to analyze the unknowable.
5.First-mover advantage is important when it comes to disruptive innovations.
Implications for school leaders
1.K-12 education is facing a disruptive innovation. Its personalized learning.
2.The existing educational model is not a given.
3.All of this is going to sneak up on most school organizations.
Cycles 1-20Cycles Were in here somewhere!
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Cycles 1-20Cycles Were moving this direction!
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4.To survive, school organizations must structure themselves to comply with the natural laws of disruptive innovations.
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Start with underserved student groups
Dont wait until it is good enough Start with underserved student groups Use different metrics of success
Dont wait until it is good enough Start with underserved student groups Use different metrics of success Compete directly with the existing organization
digital world dangerouslyirrelevant.org global world
The 21st century is here. (Isnt it time we started preparing students for it?)
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Current leadership models are inadequate for disruptive innovations Dr. Scott McLeod dangerouslyirrelevant.org k12onlineconference.org
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