As with most all change, leaders can run into frustrating resistance from many angles: those with vested interests in the old ways, those with unpleasant past experiences with change, and those who just don’t understand or buy into things as quickly as others. Such is certainly the case with a transition to “21st Century Learning”,…

By Steve Weathers President and CEO of the Regional Growth Partnership, Toledo, OH [email protected] Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a forum with economic-development leaders from around the globe. And, while there was a wealth of information shared among the leaders, what I found most interesting and valuable were some principles discussed for…

(Snowshoe, W.Va.) – As Snowshoe Mountain Resort prepares to host the Create WV Conference, October 20-22, the resort is looking forward to welcoming hundreds of attendees to the mountaintop. But the exposure and visitation is not the only thing exciting Snowshoe’s top executives; the mountain’s leaders are also planning on attending many of the Conference’s…

“School reformers have repeatedly tried to bash the system and confront it head-on.  A major lesson from our studies of innovation is that disruptive innovation does not take root through a direct attack on the existing system.  Instead, it must go around and underneath the system.  This is how disruption drives affordability, accessibility, capability, and…

Jeffrey Miller, organizing leader for “Quality of Place” sessions at the 2008 Create WV conference, has announced the line up for this year’s exciting track: Tuesday, October 21 Wednesday, October 22 “The ‘place’ track was one of the highest rated at last year’s conference,” said Miller. “We are very excited about this year’s lineup, which…