Scott McLeod

Scott McLeod

Associate Professor of Educational Administration, Iowa State University

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Kentucky. He also is the Founding Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), the nation’s only academic center dedicated to the technology needs of school administrators, and was a co-creator of the wildly popular video series, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). He has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association. In Spring 2011 he was a Visiting Canterbury Fellow at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. Dr. McLeod blogs regularly about technology leadership issues at Dangerously Irrelevant and Mind Dump, and occasionally at The Huffington Post. He can be reached at scottmcleod.net.

Some quotes that I’ve used on this blog in the past… They say, “Sure, we need change.”I say we need revolution now. They say, “We can’t handle this much change.”I […]
Dr. Rosabeth Moss Kanter , who is perhaps our nation’s leading expert on organizational change, outlines ten reasons that drive resistance to educational change initiatives: Surprise, Surprise! Decisions or requests […]
Gladwell. (2002). The tipping point: How little things can make a big difference. Connectors, mavens, and salesmen. These are the folks you want as your allies. These people may or […]
This is the way we ought to be approaching our change initiatives, whether directed at students, staff, parents… [from http://tinyurl.com/2a9rt5]
n One step is easy. One step isn’t enough. n Two steps is tempting. Two steps means that everyone understandsnwhat you’re up to when you pitch an idea to them. […]
Peter Block, author of The Empowered Manager , noted that the apparent power of those at the top is much less than absolute. What leaders can do from the top […]
Buckingham & Coffman. (1999). First, break all the rules: What the world’s greatest managers do differently. A really, really great book for leaders and change agents.