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  • Yes, and… Making Leaps in Education 

     In their book, Creative Confidence, Tom and David Kelley discuss the challenges, but ultimate benefits of taking “leaps” when approaching innovation. “While everyone has enormous potential for creativity, our experience suggests that successfully applying creativity in your work and life requires something more: the courage to leap. All that potential energy will just fade away if you don’t work up the nerve to unleash it, again and again” (p. 168). In education, I have found a lot of great ideas get caught in the “Yes, but…” trap. Anyone who spent time performing on stage will tell you the number one rule there is actually, “Yes, and…” Whether performing in a…

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