CHANGE IS POSSIBLE

I’m in this leadership module right now with a group of brilliant, passionate people. We’ve been deep in conversation about 12 Angry Men. To be honest, I didn’t know much about the movie before this class — but boy, have I learned a lot. It’s one of those films that shows up everywhere in leadership training: one man challenges bias, stands for fairness, and changes the minds of eleven others. It’s tidy, cinematic, and morally satisfying — which is probably why it’s lasted so

Last year, I was named a Notable Emerging Leader by Twin Cities Business Magazine . At the time, I didn’t stop to really take it in. I...

People in education love to say this. “I meet students where they are.”  It sounds compassionate, progressive, and thoughtful. But let’s...