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There is a disparity in my light

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  There is a disparity in my light Clarity, I've learned, doesn't guarantee a smooth landing. While the core recalibration manages the internal mechanics, you eventually have to look back out the window and confront the destination. Looking for a new perspective and a striking contrast to normalised assumptions, there is an abstraction to sort through. The abstraction gives way to a jagged, real-world landscape. As the light of intention widens, the splitting of the universe is somehow centred. On one side, there is a blinding, geometric clarity . The sharp, glowing decisions are on the horizon. It slices into deeply set teal patterns of clinical acceptance. It is the architectural precision of a fully realised destination that is cold and uncompromising. On the other side of the divide, the residue of regret refuses to be neatly filed away. They are vibrant, bleeding magentas and crash heavily like a restless king tide that refuses to stop. This is the whole of me. I carry...

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...