Landing the gig is the beginning. Often, it’s also the end. Passionate school leaders move up the career ladder eager to make a mark and help...
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John Dewey and Thinking
“We only think when we are confronted with problems.” – John Dewey Yes and no. Yes, our thinking is pushed into strategic cognition when confronted with...
Continue reading...What is the Planning Fallacy?
The theory was first proposed in the late 1970s to explain our human tendency to overestimate our abilities in completing a task. We tend to estimate...
Continue reading...Why Do We Struggle With Time Management?
One psychological explanation for why we struggle with time management is the planning fallacy. The planning fallacy causes us to feel out of control with our...
Continue reading...Laughter and the Most Wasted of All Days
The most wasted of all days is the one without laughter. Laugh today, not merely because of comedy, but because life is meant to be experienced...
Continue reading...Herd Mentality
Cattle herd. Sheep herd. We herd. Herding is done for safety. Yet, it’s only those in the center of the herd who are safe. A herd...
Continue reading...Availability Bias
So many biases can trip us up. We’ve previously discussed the human flaw of conformity bias and attribution error. Those two errors can cause many missteps....
Continue reading...Conformity Bias
There are many pressures that resist change. Chief among them is the conformity bias. In our evolutionary history, this bias served a powerful role – conforming...
Continue reading...Not A Laughing Matter
It’s not a laughing matter. Well, it really is. Outstanding leadership depends on it. What’s that, you say? Laughter. A study was published at Boston University...
Continue reading...Hot Coffee, Warm Hearts
People are strange. We really are. A 2008 Yale study found that participants in a study were more fond of the researcher when they had warm...
Continue reading...Attribution Error, Devilish Little Error with Big Impact
Attribution error was a major concept discussed in the podcast (Season 3, Ep 1) and is a common factor that limits performance on teams. What is attribution...
Continue reading...This Is Your Brain On Delay
Your brain is powerful. But you already knew that. You might not know about this powerful brain addiction. It’s a subtle, yet paralyzing addiction: the drug...
Continue reading...Amygdala, Survival Tendency
Survival is about fear, aggression, instinct, and reaction. These survival tendencies work for the short lifespans of animals in savannahs, forests, and jungles. They don’t work...
Continue reading...The Failure of Fidelity
In today’s podcast, Episode 4 of Season 2, I challenge the RTI concept of fidelity. Should it be in your intervention systems? Has it failed? What is the evidence?...
Continue reading...Why Reading Growth Stalls
By or about 3rd-grade, the shift in reading instruction moves from learning to read to learning to comprehend. Much of the time that means learning to...
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