Questioning the “Why” in Education

This morning, Simon Sinek’s TEDxPuget Sound talk “How great leaders inspire action” was played to start a meeting. Simon talks about the difference between the successes of people and businesses when they focus on WHY to do or design something, rather than the WHAT or the product. I loved the message in this video, and apparently so do 18,000,000 other views!

You can watch the video on TED’s site here:
http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action

 

The question posed to you: How does this relate to the students in your school? What is the WHY about the program choices your building and district make? If someone was to ask you WHY students should go to your school, what would be in the center of your Golden Circle?

 

I need to watch and read more from Simon Sinek. He has a site devoted to “Start With Why.”  https://www.startwithwhy.com/