Change is often seen as something forced upon us—a reaction to crisis, failure, or necessity.  But what if change wasn’t just about...

Excellence is a tricky word. It sounds aspirational, but it can also feel intimidating.  Too often, we associate it with perfection – a...

Too often, we talk about Jewish day schools in purely transactional terms—tuition is paid, services are rendered, and parents assess...

Let’s address the robot in the room: Artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction.  It’s here, it’s everywhere, and it’s shaking...

In Jewish day schools and organizations, we are accustomed to thinking in terms of the whole: whole organization improvement, whole-child...

It's about this time of year that I start to get reflective (full disclosure: I'm pretty reflective year-round...just especially...

When you think of friction, you might picture something that slows us down—think of dragging furniture across carpet or hitting every red...

In recent months, it has become increasingly clear that artificial intelligence (AI) is making waves across various industries, and...

I say that my work is about empowering excellence and innovation in Jewish education, and that’s true. It’s the driving force behind...

At first glance, the different projects I take on might seem varied, even unrelated. My current project load includes the following:...

When you think about a coach, what do you picture? Coming off a season of summer baseball, my first thought goes to the parent volunteers...

As someone who has spent most of my professional career working with a school-year/academic calendar, there is just something about...

Summer is a weird time for those of us who follow an academic calendar. For much of the school year, we keep a running list of the things...

I was invited to an event, which (sadly) I cannot attend, called, “What Might Education Look Like in 2040?” I love events like this....

I like to ask a lot of questions. One of my core values is curiosity, and I lean into that heavily, believing that embodying flexibility...

I spent the first two weeks of April in a whirlwind of all of the things – taking my daughter to Dallas for Taylor Swift, taking all four...

There’s a quote from the 2001 movie Riding in Cars with Boys that I will always remember – “One day can change your life. One day can...

In his book Start with Why, Simon Sinek discusses The Law of Diffusion of Innovation. He breaks the population into five groups, from...

With the word “intelligence” literally in its name, the question has to be asked – just how “intelligent” is AI? And what is...

In my work with nonprofit organizations, I often hear the term “values” thrown around as part of a mission statement, or I’ll see it on a...