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Last week I blogged about core innovation—that level of innovation that draws upon what anthropologists call cultural ratcheting. Core innovation requires, first and foremost, the ability to pass on knowledge from one individual to another, or from one generation to the next, until someone comes along with an idea for an improvement. We take ideas […]

My definition of innovation is “a sustained act of creativity.” We innovate every time we make a creative change for the better to an existing pattern of behavior or pattern of operation, and then continue to sustain this creative change. As I work through my various levels of activity and engagement, I have learned to […]

I want to frame innovation in a three-tiered classification system that helps me as I direct the work of the American Choral Directors Association. Using the categories of core innovation, adjacent innovation, and transformative innovation, my aim in my work is to survey “Promising Practices” in the choral art, as well as survey innovation taking […]

Hello choral friends! I must give a shout out to Dr. Scott Dorsey who invited me to be a weekly blogger this academic year for ChoralNet. I will do my best to write things that inspire, motivate, and reassure you that we are a part of the most honorable profession. I am a university choral […]

It has been a delight to work through the concept of "Innovation" at the GALA Leadership Symposium this weekend in Denver, Colorado. GALA is meeting in Denver as they prepare for a national festival there next year. These are some thoughts I shared at the GALA Symposium:   Referencing my definition of innovation last week […]

I'm so pleased to announce the people submitting blog posts for ChoralNet this fall!     Tim Sharp is back on the blogging roster with a first post yesterday.  I'm thrilled to see what Tim will be sharing.  As the Executive Director for ACDA, he has incredible insights into the world of choral music and […]