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Which new developments in K–12 education will prove disruptive?

Christensen Institute

When Clayton Christensen first met with Andy Grove, the prior CEO of Intel, to teach him about disruptive innovation, Christensen insisted that their conversation would be most valuable to Grove if instead of telling him what to think, Christensen took the time to teach him how to think using the theory. But that analysis takes effort.

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New value networks: The missing piece in the K–12 disruption equation

Christensen Institute

Disruptive innovations need three enablers: a technology, an organizational model, and a value network. When Disrupting Class was published in 2008, it predicted that by the fall of 2019, 50% of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion. What are the necessary elements for disruption? Key points.

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Constructing the innovation mandate

Paul Hobcraft

Normally this innovation mandate comes in the form of a document, generally build up by a small team of senior leaders, innovation experts and subject matter experts. This part of the document provides the guardrails and guidance and the essential encouragement to bring risk evaluations into all innovation conversations.

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Mastering the Art of Virtual Team Communication: Strategies for Success

Leapfrogging

Reliability : Opt for tools with a strong track record of uptime to avoid disruptions. To maintain structure and clarity, develop a communication protocol document that outlines these guidelines. This document should be easily accessible and regularly updated to reflect any changes in tools or procedures.

Strategy 100
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Mastering the Art of Virtual Team Communication: Strategies for Success

Leapfrogging

Reliability : Opt for tools with a strong track record of uptime to avoid disruptions. To maintain structure and clarity, develop a communication protocol document that outlines these guidelines. This document should be easily accessible and regularly updated to reflect any changes in tools or procedures.

Strategy 100
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Innovations linkages to Strategy is vitally important

Paul Hobcraft

Alignment of an organizations strategy and innovation approach is essential and this needs to flow and connect from the top, but I have often felt there has not been a suitable engagement platform to gather around and work through to build a robust, well-connected innovation capability.

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Most corporations don’t understand how much change is created by innovation. 

Paul Hobcraft

Horizon Two is the mid-point between “incremental’ change in Horizon One and “disruptive” change in Horizon Three. Successful innovation will create disruption for all three constituents. Disruptive/Radical. Explore and disrupt. This is the space where the most change will occur. Horizon One. Horizon Two. Horizon Three.

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