And why that invisibility is actually a leadership risk Last week was spring break. Which means this week, every system gets tested. Devices reconnect. Passwords are forgotten. Tickets spike. The quiet hum of operations either holds…or it doesn’t. And most senior leaders don’t realize: When everything works, no one notices. When one thing breaks, everyone…
There’s a moment I still think about. I was standing in front of our school board. Slides ready. Data polished. Language precise. Huge, impactful initiative ready to share. I said the word interoperability, and I watched the room go still. Not confused. Disconnected. In that moment, I realized something uncomfortable: It wasn’t that they disagreed…
Next Friday, I’ll facilitate three AI-focused workshops as part of our district professional development day. We’ve done the technical groundwork and policy work needed to support AI responsibly. The infrastructure is in place. But infrastructure alone doesn’t create change. The tool doesn’t fail. The trust does. That’s the part I’ve been thinking about most as…
Data Privacy Week + a Birthday Reflection There’s a kind of leadership work that never gets applause. No ribbon cuttings. No launch-day selfies. No “look what we built” moment. And yet, everything depends on it. This week is Data Privacy Week, and it also happens to be my birthday. That overlap feels fitting. Birthdays make…
I didn’t set out to write a book about marketing. I set out to write a book about survival. Long before I sat in cabinet meetings or analyzed enrollment reports, I learned a lesson no teacher prep program ever mentions: when you teach an elective, your job security is directly tied to enrollment. No butts…
