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Innovation rarely begins with a breakthrough. More often, it begins with a quiet shift; an internal decision to step into the chrysalis and do the unseen work of transformation. A quote I encountered recently said, “You can’t have butterfly conversations with caterpillar people.” It echoed years of watching students raise caterpillars in the classroom: the energy, the uncertainty, the patience, and finally the moment of release. In leadership, the same is true. People grow at

A few weeks after I left a leadership role, one of the principals I had supervised reached out with a simple text: “I miss the way you...

Purposeful Professionalism If we are honest, we can admit work isn’t a friendship club. You will, at some point, have to work with...