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The Power of the "Magic Third": Unlocking Transformational Change in Jewish Day Schools

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

Mid-Year Check-In: How Friction Can Fuel Your Success

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change leadership

Mid-Year Check-In: How Friction Can Fuel Your Success

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

Friction: The Leadership Tool You Didn't Know You Needed

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organizational operations

Friction: The Leadership Tool You Didn't Know You Needed

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

Harnessing AI in Education: How School Leaders Can Drive Innovation

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change leadership

Harnessing AI in Education: How School Leaders Can Drive Innovation

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

Thriving Together: The Power of Communication in Driving Process Forward

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organizational operations

Thriving Together: The Power of Communication in Driving Process Forward

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

Thriving by Design: The Importance of Process and Communication in Successful Change

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organizational operations

Thriving by Design: The Importance of Process and Communication in Successful Change

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

Creating Cultures of Growth and Coaching

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change leadership

Creating Cultures of Growth and Coaching

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...

Lead the Way: Focusing on Lead Indicators to Achieve Excellence This School Year

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organizational operations

Lead the Way: Focusing on Lead Indicators to Achieve Excellence This School Year

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

Using the Summer to Set the Tone for the Year

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effective environments

Using the Summer to Set the Tone for the Year

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...

What is the Future of Education? And Does it Even Matter?

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effective environments

What is the Future of Education? And Does it Even Matter?

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

Ethical Integration of AI: Asking all the Questions

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innovative education

Ethical Integration of AI: Asking all the Questions

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...

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change leadership

The Power of the (Intentional) Present

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...

Taylor Swift, Passover, and the Power of Moments

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change leadership

Taylor Swift, Passover, and the Power of Moments

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...

Embracing AI into Our Lives (Because it’s Already There)

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innovative education

Embracing AI into Our Lives (Because it’s Already There)

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

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organizational operations

Is ChatGPT “Intelligent”?

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

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change leadership

Living into Our Values

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...

Futures Futures Futures: Reflections on the Prizmah Conference

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innovative education

Futures Futures Futures: Reflections on the Prizmah Conference

Two weeks ago, the great city of Denver (proud Colorado native here) hosted the bi-annual Prizmah conference, welcoming over 1000 leaders...

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