The Biggest Barrier To Innovation - The #InnovatorsMindset Podcast S2 EP28

“Sometimes our biggest obstacle is our own way of thinking.” This opening quote starts off this solo episode with George Couros! In education, we face various barriers, we will always have constraints - it is not that we shouldn’t continuously refocus and improve, but sometimes it is that we hold ourselves back with our own thoughts. Couros reflects on how we change our practice and how we constantly improve. When we look at practices in education, there are instances where others believe that we cannot do things in education until someone proves that we can; then those same practices that were believed to be impossible become common practices. Hear the stories that Couros shares as examples of these once impossible practices being proven possible in this episode of The Innovator’s Mindset Podcast! Links: The Balance: Innovating Inside the Box with George Couros (Catlin Tucker Podcast) - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/innovating-inside-the-box-with-george-couros/id1485751335?i=1000523909568 Beverly Pham Tweet - https://twitter.com/gcouros/status/751473995229241344 Roger Bannister - https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/records/hall-of-fame/first-sub-four-minute-mile Digital Portfolio Teachable Course - https://george-couros-school.teachable.com/p/how-to-create-and-use-digital-portfolios Quotes: "I am not waiting for other people to change their practice before I can change mine - before I can. do something different." "Grades do not tell the story of a child." "Once it is done, people believe they can now do it..." "Are we sometimes holding ourselves back?" "I always want to be the reason (my kids) try something..." "We achieve greatness...when we set our goals and we don't let those constraints hold us back..." "What do we model to one another?" Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Instagram at #InnovatorsMindset. More at georgecouros.ca George Couros on Twitter: https://twitter.com/gcouros George Couros on Instagram: https://instagram.com/gcouros George Couros on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/georgecourosauthor/ George Couros on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/george-couros-a5146519 For the full audio podcast: https://linktr.ee/gcouros The Innovator's Mindset:https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Mindset-Empower-Learning-Creativity/dp/0986155497/ref=zg_bs_69830_7?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=ARY8KZTA242NVFMHF9X0 Innovate Inside the Box: https://www.amazon.com/Innovate-Inside-Box-Empowering-Innovators/dp/1948334127/ref=zg_bs_69830_12?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=75E0ZS6R2J330FAM9Y0A Music from Bensound - http://bensound.com/