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The Empire of the Primrose

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  The Empire of the Primrose - Station 1 Do you have recurring dreams? Travel Sketches by metamodernist artist JJFBbennett It is always dusk when the cycle resets, like waking inside the cold architecture of an unyielding, repetitive dream. I walk the wet, cobbled veins of an ancient European city, passing beneath stone arches hung with heavy, lifeless flags, heraldry drained of colour, damp cloth clinging to wooden poles like dead skin. There is no breath of wind, only the low, humming pressure of an era turning in its sleep. I reach into an iron sconce and tear loose a torch of roaring, ragged fire. The flame casts jittering amber shadows against the masonry as I plunge down the same discrepant corridor, a passage that bends against geometry, narrowing and widening like an inhaling throat. Be Creative and Innovative with Knowledge John Bennett - AKA JJFBbennett , is an independent artist. You can view and subscribe to my work via  Blogger , YouTube , Flicker , Facebook...

Challenging Imperatives of school leadership

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‘What are the challenging  imperatives of school leadership and what does international literature offer to the task of developing 21st century school leaders in Australian Schools?’ Theme: Organisational Culture and Disruptive Technology. The line of discussion: Leadership and Disruption - School preparing students to be work ready to a changed work future: The scope of discussion: 10 years - 2015 to 2025 The complexity of the discussion: Disruptive technology and school's culture / Automated Efficiency to Augmentation to Human Machine Leadership: Experimental, Transformational and Contrarian  Leadership and Technology Exponential Change Introduction “In the agricultural era, schools mirrored a garden. In the industrial era, classes mirrored the factory, with an assembly line of learners. In the digital-information era, how will learning look?” Lucy Dinwiddie Global Learning & Executive Development Leader, General Electric  (Center for Cre...