A locked down school in response to a “potential” safety threat no longer makes the news headlines. School lock downs happen too frequently these days. But, that does not make locking down a school a daily routine. It isn’t. Enacting … Continue reading
Bull Roar Meter – A New Basic Skill
Reading, writing, arithmetic and a Bull Roar Meter. Should these be our new basic skills for an educated child? I hope so. We readily recognize that reading, writing and arithmetic endure as necessary basic skills in the education of every … Continue reading
What Do You See? What Do You Think? Good Questions Always
What do you see, what to you think When I sit with grand daughters at our local park looking at the sky and horizon over the waters of Green Bay, they can anticipate two questions. “What do you see?” And, … Continue reading
“Tell Me” and “Show Me” If You Want To Be Understood
I can hear Robert Shaw’s voice. “Do ya folla’?”, Quint, the shark-hunting captain of the Orca, asked Martin Brody (Roy Schneider) and Matt Hooper (Richard Dreyfus) in Jaws. “Do ya folla’?” was Quint’s way of checking if the Sheriff and … Continue reading
Five Dimensions of an Organizational Selfie
How are we doing as an organization? Are we successful? Are we doing a good job? How do we know? Perhaps we need an organizational selfie; a snapshot using data not pixels. Smile! In our selfie culture we are accustomed … Continue reading