EP197 Creating systemic change and solving problems before they happen (with Dan Heath)
Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers
Angela Watson
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 April 2020
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
How do we reimagine schools and use this interruption to our lives to create a better normal post-pandemic?
My guest in this episode is Dan Heath, a New York Times bestselling author of 5 books, the most recent being "Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen." This book is a MUST read for anyone who's curious about how to create systemic change or how to improve our daily lives through pro-active problem-solving.
Dan explains why we spend more time and resources fixing problems than preventing them. He gives concrete examples of people and organizations that have gone "upstream" to identify what's creating havoc and fix things there, BEFORE the problems come to them downstream.
We have an unprecedented opportunity right now for change in many areas: healthcare, the economy, the environment, and so on. Every part of our lives and society have been touched, and will be changed ... and it's up to us to envision a better "new normal."
If you loved EP192 on reimagining schools and want more inspiration for how to move forward, I think you'll find this episode fascinating.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 197 of Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers. I'm your host |
| 0:07.0 | Angela Watson and I'm here to speak life, encouragement, and truth into the |
| 0:12.2 | minds and hearts of educators and get you energized for the week ahead. |
| 0:16.0 | Today I'm talking with Dan Heath, the author of the new book Upstream, The Quest to |
| 0:21.8 | Solve Problems Before They Happ happen. We're going to be discussing how to create much |
| 0:26.4 | needed change in our systems and institutions. Visit truth for teachers.com to get the transcript |
| 0:32.3 | or find our Truth for Teachers |
| 0:33.7 | podcast community on Facebook. This episode is brought to you in part by |
| 0:38.6 | ViewSonic. Their company has been dedicated to being part of the educational community for over 30 |
| 0:44.1 | years and now they want to help the millions of teachers and students who are finding |
| 0:48.1 | themselves trying to learn from home. They're currently offering free access |
| 0:52.1 | to their My View Board digital whiteboarding software, |
| 0:55.0 | giving teachers all the distance learning tools they need to continue to conduct classes. |
| 1:00.0 | And now My View Board includes new features released this month designed just for virtual classrooms. |
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