CHAPTER 4

Leading for Learning

What’s the Big Idea?

Just the words in this chapter title are likely prompting a huge number of interpretations among readers. “Leading” and “learning” conjure up a wide variety of images and meanings. When the word “for” is added then new territory opens up in relation to the implied purposes and practices of the phrase. A brief scan of the literature will highlight this diversity of perspectives. This short chapter can’t encapsulate previous thinking and does not aim to do so. Rather, it serves as an introduction and exploration of practices that can help enable learning in complex systems. In a nutshell, and for the purposes of this chapter, leading for learning can be understood as the actions of individuals ...

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