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March 27 Creating A Future: The Essence of Leadership Gary Marx, Center for Public Outreach,Vienna, VA

Future-focused Leadership All educators are Leaders! As leaders, we must constantly create the future. . . In a fast-changing world The status quo is a ticket to obsolescence. Leadership Principles Handout: Change is inevitable, Progress is optional We need both hindsight and foresight, Expect the unexpected We need to build flexibility into our strategic plans Change is almost instant! Turbulent times can provide an opportunity to rethink what we've been and to conceive of what we want to become. Despair is not an option for education. Possible Roles of Education citizenship. . . Create "good" citizens Employability Lead more interesting lives Release genius that's already there When some people say "We can't do that," We need to ask "What are we going to do about that? Recommended Books: Creating a future: Futures Tools Trend analysis Issue analysis Historical/defining moments analysis Flexibility/innovation Analysis Reputation analysis Gap analysis Scenario development and planning, community conversations  16 Trends by Gary Marx:   World events: Tunisia, Egypt are experiencing a convergence of trends . . .  Think about . . . The implications of these trends for . . . As context for curriculum  *Gardner: Five Minds for the Future   Leadership basic Give permission to people to develop their own greatness and pursue their skills, talents, abilities, and insights    Consider two options. Choose a third. (David Perkins)  "Eighty percent of all the scientists who ever lived are alive today. . And they're on the Internet." Marvin Cetron, President Forecasting International Utube: Mercer Island school district, Washington Student entrepreneurs  Future-focused Leadership gmarxcpo@aol.com 703-938-8725  Reflection: Leadership must be future-focused! Interesting lens that leadership is about creating a future that we cannot even imagine today. Still processing this one. INTERESTING . ..