Category: Organization Management

  • On Change, pt. 3

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    Surprise! Change comes! Expect it!  This includes expecting forgetfulness and inertia from self and others. We have limitations and tendencies as humans, and networks of humans. Without support, we can lose perspective, our anchoring in ourselves, or our agility. Acknowledging this, we can then create systems to help us meet the changing world well.  Whether…

  • On Change, pt 2

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    Sometimes, teams fail to account for change happening to them even when they have, as Agile Learning Centers do, explicit expectations and systems for responding supportively to changes in their students’ goals, clients’ visions, or the enveloping environment. In theory and practice, the team members embrace change, design for it, and may even be loud…

  • On Change, pt 1

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    ALC Network Starter Kit addendum There’s a section in the ALC Network Starter Kit called “Season Change and Maintenance,” which was added even though the guide was for teams just getting started for two main reasons. First, those of us working on the document realized that setting expectations and prompting folks to think long-term from…

  • Pandemic Planning School Year 3

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    Remembering the early days — the creeping sense of unease, moving to prepare and then close the physical school before the city fully realized what was about to hit us, refrigerator trucks in both my park meditation spots, and acute awareness that our neighbor’s sickness or safety was our own in these old apartments —…

  • Crisis Response Notes

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    In March of 2020, I went digging for information on best practices for supporting kids through the unfolding and ongoing crisis of the coronavirus’ arrival in NYC. Yesterday, January 6th of 2021, I pulled my notes back out to plan my response to the storming of the US capitol. I would love to feel confident…