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<\/a>The emergent practice of trying and experimenting with \u201cnew\u201d is necessary for complex situations and is not a solo act. Sheninger (2014) highlights for leaders in his article “Pillars of Digital Leadership” that to move boldly forward to lead a digital-age school, \u201cthe time is now” (p. 2). Leadership is about relinquishing control to stakeholders for the unleashing of creativity and passion.<\/p>\n
Reflecting about innovative leadership, I have this feeling of urgency in a positive way. In complex organizations, there are many moving parts and quick shifts can happen from domain to domain, clockwise or counterclockwise, depending on the skill in leadership. A successful innovative leader needs to be flexible and empathetic. I feel more affirmed in this statement than any other. To be inspiring to lead meaningful, innovative change, check your ego at the door. Value-based leadership is echoed here with the notion that leadership is not about the leader, but rather helping others find what their personal or team needs are (O\u2019Toole, 2008).<\/p>\n
The complexity of organizations or situations requires you to \u201clead with the learner in mind,\u201d whether that is students or faculty (Couros, 2015). In order to motivate and navigate change, a leader must be willing to model and be innovative. Working from a vision and experimenting and playing with \u201cnew\u201d to gather knowledge and data demonstrates risk-taking, participating in an empathetic model to build the next steps together.<\/p>\n
Digital leadership, particularly in education, should be viewed with the relationship of the leadership and its stakeholders as well as the environment. The adaptive model is holistic, allowing for flexibility and need for change (Khan, 2017). Being a keen observer, seeing situations with a new perspective to substitute or repurpose, having the sense to determine the next steps, whether it is to return to play and experiment on not.<\/p>\n
I hope for this. I will continue to strive for embodying the innovator\u2019s DNA to move others and myself into the rapidly evolving digital age, benefiting the learning of our students. Digital leadership must allow for flexibility and mistakes to grow, as well as time and space unleashing creativity and passion for learning.<\/p>\n
References:<\/p>\n
Couros, G. (2015). The Innovator\u2019s Mindset.<\/em> San Diego, CA: Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.<\/p>\n J Hurt. (2013, February 22). Technology Master Is A Must To Succeed Today [weblog]. Retrieved from https:\/\/velvetchainsaw.com\/2013\/02\/22\/technology-mastery-must-succeed-today\/<\/a><\/p>\n Khan, N. (2017).\u00a0Adaptive or Transactional Leadership in Current Higher Education: A Brief Comparison<\/a>.\u00a0The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning,\u00a018<\/em>(3).<\/p>\n O’Toole, James. (2008).\u00a0Notes Toward a Definition of Values-Based Leadership<\/a>.\u00a0The Journal of Values-Based Leadership<\/em>,\u00a01(1).<\/p>\n Sheninger, E. (2014).\u00a0Pillars of digital leadership<\/a>.<\/em> International Centre for Leadership in Education.<\/p>\n Snowden, D. (July 11, 2010). Cynefin Framework<\/em>. Retrieved from http:\/\/cognitive-edge.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With reflection on this course, and how it has directly collided my work life, I wish I could press pause and soak it all in. To think about next steps from this course, the innovator\u2019s characteristics, and truly how I may affect change is not a light load. The irony is that although wanting time, … Continue reading “innovation and leadership: final reflection”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[80,82,70,81,75],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lrnt525","tag-cynefin-framework","tag-digital-age","tag-digital-leadership","tag-innovative-leadership","tag-leadership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malat-webspace.royalroads.ca\/rru0004\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}