Inventing the Future
     Nick Burnett
       Director
        i-for-k
The only way to predict the
 future is to invent it – Alan
 Kay
Inventing the Future
NCSL Research
Background
   Personal
   Professional
Key Themes
   Change
    •   Radical Shift in Challenges
    •   Understanding Change
    •   Coherence Making
    •   Leaders as Change Agents
   Partnerships
    •   Support
    •   Diversity
    •   Share
    •   Effectiveness
    •   Boundary Spanning
   ICT
    •   Responsive and Adaptable
    •   Reduction in barriers to learning
    •   Connected Learning Communities
    •   Outsourcing
Key Themes
   Innovation
    •   Leadership
    •   Curriculum
    •   Pedagogy
    •   Design
    •   Funding
    •   Professionalism
   Qualities
    •   Abandonment
    •   Resolve Conflict
    •   Vision and Passion
    •   Strength and Courage
    •   Effective relationships
    •   Ability to transform
If you don't like change, you're
  going to like irrelevance even
  less - General Eric Shinseki -
  Chief of Staff, US Army
changing cultural context
partnership provision
   school as gateway to networked
    provision
   schools as 'solutions assemblers' in a
    personalised system
    • extended schools
teachers as facilitators
   independent flexible learning
    pathways
   co-production
    • e-learning
advocacy
   work with students to facilitate
    learning
funding
   entitlement to funding amount
Leadership
influence not control
   stakeholders beyond authority of
    leaders
    • CIA
         change
         influence
         accept
building and sustaining alliances
   risk management
   accountability
leaders as change agents
   tackling obstacles to change
   filtering role
school capacity
sustainability
change that
   promotes sustained learning
   lasts over time
    • Succession planning
   be supported by achievable/available

    resources
   doesn't impact negatively on the
    surrounding environment
   builds future capacities
Fight the change or grab hold
 and enjoy the ride - Tom
 Peters
charismatic leadership is not
           good for this
   Transformational Leadership
Nothing ever changes by staying
           the same!
policy levers
leaders
   moral purpose
   understanding change
   coherence making
   relationship building
   knowledge creation and sharing
relational trust
   culture/climate
   respect
   competence
   personal regard for others
   integrity
There are three categories of
 people; the ones that make
 things happen; the ones that
 watch things happen and the
 ones that wonder what the
 hell is happening – Barbara
 Prashnig
moral imperative of school
       leadership
make a difference
   1-individual
   2-school
   3-beyond school
   4-in society
BLAME NO ONE!
     EXPECT NOTHING!
      DO SOMETHING!

New York Jets locker room
Nick Burnett
   nick@i-for-k.com
   Mobile Number: 0405411871
   I-for-K Pty Ltd
    • Behaviour Management
         Team-Teach
    • Leadership Development
         Transformational Leadership Questionnaire
    • Consultancy
         Special and Inclusive Services
    • SEN Resources
         Books
         Mind-mapping Software
         UK Based resources

Inventing The Future

  • 1.
    Inventing the Future Nick Burnett Director i-for-k
  • 2.
    The only wayto predict the future is to invent it – Alan Kay
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5.
    Background  Personal  Professional
  • 6.
    Key Themes  Change • Radical Shift in Challenges • Understanding Change • Coherence Making • Leaders as Change Agents  Partnerships • Support • Diversity • Share • Effectiveness • Boundary Spanning  ICT • Responsive and Adaptable • Reduction in barriers to learning • Connected Learning Communities • Outsourcing
  • 7.
    Key Themes  Innovation • Leadership • Curriculum • Pedagogy • Design • Funding • Professionalism  Qualities • Abandonment • Resolve Conflict • Vision and Passion • Strength and Courage • Effective relationships • Ability to transform
  • 8.
    If you don'tlike change, you're going to like irrelevance even less - General Eric Shinseki - Chief of Staff, US Army
  • 9.
  • 10.
    partnership provision  school as gateway to networked provision  schools as 'solutions assemblers' in a personalised system • extended schools
  • 11.
    teachers as facilitators  independent flexible learning pathways  co-production • e-learning
  • 12.
    advocacy  work with students to facilitate learning
  • 13.
    funding  entitlement to funding amount
  • 14.
  • 15.
    influence not control  stakeholders beyond authority of leaders • CIA  change  influence  accept
  • 16.
    building and sustainingalliances  risk management  accountability
  • 17.
    leaders as changeagents  tackling obstacles to change  filtering role
  • 18.
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    change that  promotes sustained learning  lasts over time • Succession planning  be supported by achievable/available resources  doesn't impact negatively on the surrounding environment  builds future capacities
  • 21.
    Fight the changeor grab hold and enjoy the ride - Tom Peters
  • 22.
    charismatic leadership isnot good for this  Transformational Leadership
  • 23.
    Nothing ever changesby staying the same!
  • 24.
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    leaders  moral purpose  understanding change  coherence making  relationship building  knowledge creation and sharing
  • 26.
    relational trust  culture/climate  respect  competence  personal regard for others  integrity
  • 27.
    There are threecategories of people; the ones that make things happen; the ones that watch things happen and the ones that wonder what the hell is happening – Barbara Prashnig
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    moral imperative ofschool leadership
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    make a difference  1-individual  2-school  3-beyond school  4-in society
  • 30.
    BLAME NO ONE! EXPECT NOTHING! DO SOMETHING! New York Jets locker room
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    Nick Burnett  [email protected]  Mobile Number: 0405411871  I-for-K Pty Ltd • Behaviour Management  Team-Teach • Leadership Development  Transformational Leadership Questionnaire • Consultancy  Special and Inclusive Services • SEN Resources  Books  Mind-mapping Software  UK Based resources