Narrative Agency, Responsibility, and Imagining a Preferred Educational Future
A hermeneutic reflection, published in the Journal of Applied Hermeneutics (2026), on a scenario-building exercise with doctoral students and senior education leaders imagining possible futures for assessment under different conditions of trust and disruption.
Developing Innovation Literacy Through Design-Based Professional Learning
Open-access original research by Penner and Friesen, published in Frontiers in Education (2026), on how design-based professional learning with scenario planning builds innovation literacy for educational leaders.
Cultivating Future-Ready Mindsets, Shared Language, and Symbolic Anchors for Innovation in Complex Systems
This integrative literature review examines how scenario planning can help educational leaders develop future-ready mindsets, shared language, adaptive capacity, and new ways of navigating complex change.
Findings from an Environmental Scan
This global environmental scan explores how innovation in education is defined, supported, and constrained through educational leadership. It highlights the conditions that enable innovation, the tensions between system-level direction and local responsiveness, and the need for relational and adaptive leadership approaches.
A Case Study in Inclusive Educational Leadership
This case study explores a complex school leadership dilemma involving a student who relies on a service dog and another student with a severe dog allergy. It examines competing rights, inclusive education, collaborative problem-solving, and leadership decision-making in challenging school contexts.
Connect with Elk Willow Consulting to explore how we can help your organization grow, innovate, and thrive.