The purpose of this document is to provide the context for running Action Learning Sets as part of the IGUANA programme in your school; to offer some simple steps for setting them up and direct you to more detailed resources and guidelines on working in this way.
Category Archives: TECHNICAL MATERIAL
IGUANA School Peer Review Programme
This document provides an Introduction to a School Peer Review Programme which involves a number of schools working together on specific themes in relation to the work they are undertaking as part of the IGUANA programme.
Organisational Intelligence – Assignment 1: Developing a Theory of Change
This document sets out an assignment which is intended to help IGUANA users apply what they have learned from the Organisational Intelligence (OI) self-assessment and learning programme to address challenges and support innovation in their own school.
This particular Assignment covers: Developing and applying a ‘Theory of Change’
Systems Orientation
Systems orientation – the open-ness of the school to innovation and how it interacts with external systems
Introduction to Systems Thinking: understanding that what is happening in a group, department or community has a relationship to the wider environment and our behaviours are affected by that.
Systems Orientation Module Overview
Technical material including readings, weblinks and other resources to deepen your knowledge.
Systems Orientation Further Reading
Groupishness
Groupishness – how work groups operate and interact
Introduction to Groupishness: understanding group behaviour and working with identity, diversity and creativity.
Groupishness Module Overview
Technical material including readings, weblinks and other resources to deepen your knowledge
Evaluation
Evaluation – how the school defines its vision and how this vision is implemented and assessed
Click on any of the links below for material on this module
Holding Environment
Holding Environment – how leadership and authority works and how risk-taking and change are handled
Introduction to the concept of a holding environment: understanding how structures and systems relate to an organisation’s capacity to risk, experiment and innovate
Holding Environment Module Overview
Technical material including readings, weblinks and other resources to deepen your knowledge.
Holding Environment Further Reading
Good-enoughness
Normalisation
In the following links you can download three documents on this topic: