Learning in the school environment is changing. Key to organizational success is "technology innovation" but it really isn't taught in education or at the workplace. What is needed are leadership and talent strategies to drive innovation. By identifying and fostering the key tenants of innovation, organizations are able to focus on producing innovators, not subject matter experts. By shifting our teaching and learning approaches, we can learn lessons from real leaders who possess the traits of risk-taking, curiosity, and creativity.
In common to the most innovative business leaders and companies are five teachable and learnable traits — providing a platform for adjusting our own teaching methodologies to nurture and promote innovation and creativity. Through the understanding of these five (5) processes noted below, both students and teachers can learn the practical and "teachable" skills that lead to innovation in academic rigor and sustainable success in schools: Questioning, Experimentation, Observation, Association, and Sharing/Networking By infusing our "hallway" meetings, sidebar discussions, and small team projects with a culture of "learnable" innovative practices, our schools can reap the benefits of creativity and passion as the drivers of productivity, collaboration, and long-term success.
"Technology is not a piece of the pie. It’s the pan. It supports and is integral to everything."