Rana Chakrabarti's Profile

I was a little surprised however that you did not give more credit to Clayton Christensen. The new products you describe are classic “low end disruptions” and the “keep the organisation separate model” you suggest is exactly what Clayton has been saying for 10 plus years. Also, you might have mentioned the “ambitextrous organisation” ideas of Michael Tushman since, I think you are describing exactly what he has been saying for 10 years.

FLVS’s leadership team also had a blank slate with which to rethink what education should look like. The team was not bound by tradition. FLVS put the student in the center and wondered how to best serve her. The outcome? Among other things a solution that does not follow the old agrarian calendar and is not tied to seat time.

LVS’s leadership team also had a blank slate with which to rethink what education should look like. The team was not bound by tradition. FLVS put the student in the center and wondered how to best serve her. The outcome? Among other things a solution that does not follow the old agrarian calendar and is not tied to seat time

Florida has been a leader in education innovation over the last decade, but one bill currently under review by the state senate's Policy & Steering Committee on Ways and Means--Senate Bill 1676--threatens to wipe much of that out with one misguided and foolhardy swipe.