Mission is the raison d’etre for any organization. Mission is the reason you exist. Mission expresses the intentions of the founding mothers and fathers of an organization. Mission expresses what those framers wanted to achieve by starting the organization. AND, mission must be reexamined and refreshed periodically if an organization is to remain dynamic. This […]
What Are You Good At?
In the late Peter Drucker’s book Management Challenges for the 21st Century, the management guru and former Marie Rankin Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate University, stated, “Most people think they know what they are good at. They usually are wrong.” Drucker continues, “More often, people know what they are not […]
Orbiting the Giant Hairball
Orbiting the Giant Hairball by Gordon MacKenzie draws on the author’s leadership at the Hallmark corporation, and describes how MacKenzie occasionally was able to escape the gravitational pull of stifling corporate bureaucracy, enabling him and those he worked with to achieve a state of creative achievement by “orbiting” the corporation. The author builds a metaphor […]
21 Things That Will Become Obsolete in Education by 2020
The following list prompts thought-provoking reflection on future educational methods from the viewpoint of current facilities, hardware, and methods. These are not my prophecies, but rather, those of Shelly Blake-Plock in her blog, TeachPaperless. The list made me think, so I am passing it along in the event that it lets you do the same: […]
Who is Using What on the Internet? Helps Explain why ACDA continues to Work and Develop along Dual Lines
9th World Choral Music Symposium
Returning from the World Choral Music Symposium in Porto Madryn, Argentina, here is a taste of the opening night's concert. There were many fine workshops, conversation with world colleagues, and special encounters, but it is the choral music, once again, that moves us to travel half-way around the world. And in Argentina, there is also […]