CONCLUSION

I have read your responses to the first three chapters and found them interesting and often from a different perspective.  Your last assignment is to read other people's response to the questions and comment on two people's answers.  Either agree or disagree and tell why. 

After you complete this final assignment, you are an official blogger and I will award your PLU.

Thank you for your participation in this course.

CHAPTER 6- CHAPTER 8

Chapter 6 --A culture of Discipline
Chapter 7 --Technology Accelerators
Chapter 8 --The Flywheel and the Doom Loop

After reading the above three chapters, which chapter was your favorite and why?  How will you be able to relate this particular concept to your school?

CHAPTER 5 The Hedgehog Concept

I found the story of the fox and the hedgehog interesting. Applying the HEDGEHOG concept to the three intersecting circles: 

• What are you deeply passionate about?
• What (you) can be the best in the world at?
• What drives your economic engine?

Briefly answer the above three questions as it relates to you and your school.

CHAPTER 4 Confront the Brutal Facts

Chapter 4 was very interesting.  I learned several things reading this chapter. The first was about confronting the brutal facts and the second was regarding motivating people was a waste of time.  My aha moment was based on ... "Spending time and energy trying to 'motivate' people is a waste of effort. The real question is not "How do we motivate our people?" IF YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PEOPLE, THEY WILL BE SELF-MOTIVATED.  (That one statement was my aha moment.  Collins is right, if you hire the right people, they are self-motivated.)

Question:  Did you have an aha moment when reading chapter 4? If so what was it.  If you did not have one, what part of chapter 4 do you agree with?