I have new favorite show. Ted Lasso, on AppleTV, tells the story of an American football coach who goes to England to coach a soccer (also football, everywhere but the US) club. It’s surprisingly funny and heart-warming, and it’s shockingly smart. So smart that, as I watched episodes the first time through, I found myself... Continue Reading →
I have new favorite show. Ted Lasso, on AppleTV, tells the story of an American football coach who goes to England to coach a soccer (also football, everywhere but the US) club. It’s surprisingly funny and heart-warming, and it’s shockingly smart. So smart that, as I watched episodes the first time through, I found myself... Continue Reading →
I have new favorite show. Ted Lasso, on AppleTV, tells the story of an American football coach who goes to England to coach a soccer (also football, everywhere but the US) club. It’s surprisingly funny and heart-warming, and it’s shockingly smart. So smart that, as I watched episodes the first time through, I found myself... Continue Reading →
I have new favorite show. Ted Lasso, on AppleTV, tells the story of an American football coach who goes to England to coach a soccer (also football, everywhere but the US) club. That’s as much as I’m going to say about the premise and plot of the show for now because, you know…spoilers…but it’s surprisingly... Continue Reading →
Like the past three years, we started our 2020 school year at Lincoln School Costa Rica with a school-wide theme to create a clear, common message among our faculty and staff. Our theme this year: Leading Forward. This post is a personal variation of what we presented to staff as a leadership team on our... Continue Reading →
Shortly after starting the 2019 school year, I met in small groups with teachers, students, and parents to talk about a few simple rules that, if adopted by all, could help to make our community a more emotionally safe and academically sound place of learning, living, and working for all. These are those rules: Rule... Continue Reading →
By 2019, Entrepreneurial Thinking and Action had become a fundamental part of who we are at Lincoln. We'd partnered with Babson College the year before and had members of the Lewis Institute visit our campus for three days to introduce us to their model of entrepreneurial education and the EPIC curriculum. They helped us understand... Continue Reading →
Ok, one last example from 2018. We started the year with a presentation on Moonshot Thinking and then followed that up with Houston, We Have a Problem which included the Marshmallow Challenge. I felt like we needed one more thing, dessert. So, once again with groups of faculty, students, and parents we convened small groups... Continue Reading →
Shortly after the 2018-2019 school year began, I started a series of faculty professional development sessions and parent coffees aimed at continuing our work in engaging stakeholders in moonshot thinking and examining our beliefs, policies, and procedures. The first of these centered on what we now refer to as Entrepreneurial Thinking, but at the time... Continue Reading →
2018 at Lincoln School Costa Rica began again with us coming together as a full faculty and staff to set a course for the year. This time, our theme would be Moonshot Thinking, and again I began with a story. This time the story was true (or at least I think it's true, or based... Continue Reading →
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