(from Ian Symmonds) What if schools created strategic plans and then didn't share them? Education consultant Ian Symmonds ponders what would happen if schools just decided to carry the plans out, like major companies do. Google, for example, quietly engages users for advice and then, one day, a new product emerges. Some of the new products delight and others dismay and fail -- but regardless, the company is dedicated to the act of doing, not saying, what it will do.
"I am not advocating that we stop communicating about our strategic plans," wrote Symmonds. "Good communication plays an important role in closing the feedback loop with our tribe of support, creates a foundation for a campaign, and builds trust in the community. But, I have noticed that schools and colleges love to tell the world where they are going yet tend to be very slow and inflexible in living out their plans."
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