Three Lenses for Leading Change in Education: Systems Thinking, Systemic Thinking, and Strategic Thinking 

Education leadership is complex with common patterns persisting across the leaders we coach. Stakeholders, external pressures and flux, and the emerging challenges at a local and global level are making an already tangled web, unfathomable.  

Leaders must be able to competently and confidently navigate uncertainty, lead innovation, and respond to challenges with clarity and foresight. But not all thinking is developed equally. To lead effectively, it helps to know when and how to think strategically, when to think systemically, and when to use systems thinking.