Dan Pink asserts in this video that the modern workplace will thrive on three factors: autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
I especially like the idea of a FedEx day. What if teachers the district were given a full day to work on anything they wanted? We’d only need one rule:
You have to present your creation to the rest of the staff at the end of the day.
This kind of self-directed development reminds me of the Idea Stock Market that I wrote about a while back. With any luck (and leadership), the days of stale, stagnant professional development are numbered.
