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Using Innovation to Transform School Culture
Center for Secondary School Redesign
February 16, 2017
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Academic Program
Innovation
Using Innovation to Transform School Culture
Center for Secondary School Redesign
February 16, 2017
The Power to Change….Everything!
Center for Secondary School Redesign
February 16, 2017
2%
Innovation =
75%Have nothing to do with
technology.
Innovation =
Micro-Testing
Innovation =
“I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.”Jeff Bezos, Founder of Amazon
Business Tool: The 2-by-2
High-LevelInnovation
PlentifulResources
Water is leaking from the ceiling
We’ve always been good…why change?
Strong mindset for innovation, but competing with core needs
Innovation Zone
Low-LevelInnovation
ScarceResources
Innovation =
Distributed Leadership
Grow capacity for leadershipDevelop trust across teams
Create autonomy and agility
Innovation Leaders…
Innovation =
John Kotter
Roger’s Law
Roger’s Law of Innovation Diffusion
Innovation =
Test case5-Year Implementation
150 ideas annually6 major programs
50% staff engagement
Innovation =
©2016 Unlabel Innovation 28Minnetonka Public Schools
What is innovation?
empathize
define
ideate prototype
test
…or “Here’s why are we so terribly bad at innovation"
What if we solved real problems?
What if the process was repeatable?
What if teacher morale increased?
What if it changed everything?
Systems Innovation 2.0
What if student achievement increased?
What if community support increased?
STUDENT EXPERIENCE TEACHER ENGAGEMENT RAPID RESPONSE
What if it changed everything?
Systems Innovation 2.0
Test case5-Year Implementation
150 ideas annually6 major programs
50% staff engagement
“I wish every school or district would start
an Innovation Fund tomorrow
…and fund the best innovative ideas
from teacher teams.”
-Tony Wagner
FALL WINTER SPRING
Create a Dedicated Innovation Team
Build Team from the Ground Up
Anticipate (& Manage) Conflict
Conduct Disciplined Experiments
Gather Evidence
Evaluate Leader on Experiment PROCESS, not Outcome
Six Imperatives for Innovation
Year #1
183IDEAS
671PARTICIPANTS
1247COMMENTS
4,434LOG-INS
49,454PAIRWISE
VANTAGE TONKA CODES TONKA ONLINE
Year #3
Year #1
Transformational
Adjacent
Incremental
Year #2
Big = $5,000 plus
Medium = $1,000 to $5,000
Small = less than $1,000
X
Year #3
Leadership LadderInnovation Project Leader
Year #4
Year #4
208 ideas submitted
18 medium and big ideas will be tested this winter30
small ideas either still advancing or in full implementation
2016-17
©2016 Unlabel Innovation 59Minnetonka Public Schools
What is innovation?
Creativity
“Unleashing creativity requires that we loosen the controls, accept risk, trust our colleagues, work to clear the path for them, and pay attention to anything that creates fear.
Doing all these things won’t necessarily make the job of managing a creative culture easier. But ease isn’t the goal; excellence is.”
Ed Catmull, President of Pixar Animation and Disney Animation