Change That Sticks - Howard Johnston

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Change that Sticks:Managing the Deep Structure of

School Reform

Howard Johnston

University of South FloridaTampa, Florida


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Changing Deep Structures

Make it Simple

Make it Concrete

Make it Human

Make it Emotional

Make it (Y)OursAdapted from: Heath, C. and Heath, D. (2007). Made to Stick. New York: Random

House.


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Make is Simple

John F. Kennedy

We will put a manon the moon and

return him safely

by the end of thedecade.


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If JFK were CEO

Our mission is to become the

international leader in the spaceindustry through maximum, team-

centered innovation and strategically

targeted aerospace initiatives.

Heath, C. and Heath, D. (2007). Made to Stick. New York: Random House.


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From the Ridiculous

The Nori Middle School exists to serve the uniqueacademic, physical, social, and emotional needs ofstudents who are in a special and critical period of theirlives as they change from childhood to adolescence. The

staff of Nori Middle School is committed to creating andmaintaining an orderly, trusting, and caring environmentwhere teaching and learning are exciting and students areassisted as they develop responsibility. All aspects of theschool's organization, curricular, and cocurricularactivities are child centered and designed toaccommodate individual learning styles so that all mayexperience maximum success commensurate with theirunique talents, interests, abilities and future aspirations.


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To the Sublime

I have a dream thatone day on the redhills of Georgia, the

sons of formerslaves and the sonsof former slaveowners will be able

to sit down togetherat the table ofbrotherhood.


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To the Goal

I have a dream that

my four little

children will one day

live in a nationwhere they will not

be judged by the

color of their skin

but by the contentof their character.


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Planning vs. Intention

No plan survives contact with

the enemy.Colonel Tom Kolditz

Chair, Behavioral SciencesWest Point

Reported in Heath & Heath, Made to Stick


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Simple Responsibility

You can lose the ability to execute theoriginal plan, but you never lose theresponsibility for executing the intent.

When the intent is clear, people begin togenerate their own ideas andsolutions.


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Finding Your Intention

Fill in the blanks

If we do nothing else tomorrow, we must___________.

The single most important thing we can do

tomorrow is_____________.


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Find your Core Idea

A designer knows when he has

achieved perfection not when thereis nothing left to add, but when there

is nothing else to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery


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Communicating Your Core Idea

If I could achieve

one thing in my

school this year, itwould be

To achieve this

core outcome, on

Monday, the mostimportant thing I

can do is


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Ho HumOrganizational Paralysis

A survey of 23,000 employees found

37% said they had a clear understanding of whattheir organization was trying to achieve and why.

20% were enthusiastic about their teams andorganizations goals.

20% said they had a clear line of sight betweentheir tasks and organizations goals.

15% said their org fully enables them to execute keygoals.

Only 20% fully trusted the org they worked for.

Stephen Covey, The 8th

Habit


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But Suppose it Was A Soccer Team?

Only 4 of 11 players on the field would know

which goal was theirs.

Only 2 of 11 would care.

Only 2 of 11 would know which position theyplayed and what they were supposed to do.

All but 2 would be competing against their

own team members rather than the

opponent. All but 2 would think the coach was setting

them up to fail.


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If Its Human, It Must Have Emotion

Suppose someone really flubbed a playa golf

shota tennis returnwhatever.

What would you say to DRAIN his or her

emotional tank?

Emotional Tank Activity

Jim Thompson

Positive Coaching Alliance


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Changing the Emotional Rules

Nowwhat would you say if your jobwas to FILL his or her emotional

tank?


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If I look at the

mass, I will

never act. If Ilook at the one, I

will. Mother Teresa

Motivating Action


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The Need Is Overwhelming

Food shortages are affecting nearly 40 million

people in central and east Africa.

War and drought have brought nearly 11 millionpeople to the brink of starvation in Ethiopia

alone.

Impure drinking water kills nearly one child inthree in the poorest African countries.


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But Its Up to YOU!

Ishmael will die before this yearis over.

Only you can save him.

For $150 you will give himanother year of life.

For $1200, you will give him alife.

PleaseFeed the Children.


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Smile Train

It costs $250.

It takes 45 minutes

It gives a child alife


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Emotion Drives Action

Data puts people to an analytic frame of mind.

It overwhelms usand makes us hopeless.

Emotions make us act.

Turning data into understandable information,then into emotion, turns thought into action.


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Making Change (Y)Ours

Take responsibility I will cut the deficit in half by the end of my first

term. (Barak Obama)

Put your money where your mouth is

Visit your checkbook and your calendar

Enlist people in a noble (and maybe scary) mission

We will not suspend any student this year.

We will have no grade retentions this year.


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Tell the Right Stories

Use meetings to show how to act.

Challenge Plots

David and Goliath

Connection PlotsGood Samaritan

Creativity Plot

The Breakthrough MacGyver

Heath, C. and Heath, D. (2007). Made to Stick. New York: Random House.


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Finding the Courage and the Support

Heath, C. and Heath, D. (2007). Made toStick. New York: Random House.


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Recommended Reading

Made to Stick

by Chip and Dan Heath

New York: Random House, 2007


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Contact

Howard Johnston

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL813-240-2620

Email: [email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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