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THE BREAKING EDGE OF CHANGE

Innovations come at us like great, crashing rollers. The pace of change is
hectic. Innovation is rampant and chaotic. How do we stay on top? How do
we ride these waves and keep abreast of all that is new?

Leading organizations forward during these times requires a risk-taking,
forward-leaning style which is the antithesis of bureaucratic, status-quo
maintenance and management.

"Leading Edge" fails to capture the challenging, questioning spirit
required.

"Bleeding Edge" is entirely too negative and too limited a metaphor.

"Breaking Edge" cuts in many directions. The leader is riding a wave. The
leader is breaking through. The leader is challenging and questioning. The
leader is out in front and on top.

How do teachers and library media specialists and technology coordinators
and tech coaches and directors manage this feat? This article offers more
than a dozen strategies to see the waves coming and catch rides on the very
best of them.

Remember Peter the rabbit
Throw away recipes and cookbooks
Think the unthinkable
Beware purple hat thinking
Join, join, join
Keep bad company
Rock the boat
Lean forward
Lean back
Scan the horizon
Hide the plan
Browse
Graze
Search
Ask lots of questions
Trust your intuition
Get lost
Take a hike
Go on an excursion
Remember to dream
Remember the kids

Jamie McKenzie
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"The soul is the source of its own unfolding."
Heraclitus