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Leadership in Education

Photo by Clark Aldrich

All Short Sims are made in New England.

Photo by Clark Aldrich.

The mission of education is to help everyone discover what they are good at, discover what they care the most about, and connect the two in a sustaining way.

That's it. Everything else gets in the way.

- Clark

Aldrich Mission

Oct 18

Webinar: Four Short Sims

In 2 days, I am hosting a special "Ask Me Anything" webinar hosted by iSpring to show a range of real-world Short Sims and answer questions.

Sep 19

Short Sims are also essential for improving schools. (Five 1-2 minute video snippets)

Short Sims may be a necessary technology to make lasting, critical changes to schools. (Photo by Clark Aldrich)

Aug 25

Clark Aldrich Talks to Will Wright, Warren Spector, and Jane Boston about Games and Simulations

I wrote my first article on the gamification of learning for Gartner in 1999. A few years later, I talked to a few masters. From my archive.

Aug 3

The Short Sims Leadership Suite. Coming Soon.

An Off-the-Shelf Leadership Suite of core skills for new managers is our single biggest client request. Sounds good. Coming soon.

Jul 19

Does it matter where your educational content is made?

All Short Sims are made in New England. Here is why that matters.

Jul 1

Schools reward studying leadership over practicing leadership. That has cost society everything.

Natural leaders and experiential learners accurately understand that schools are rigged against them. Photo by Clark Aldrich.

Jun 25

Are Colleges Worth It? (2.5 minute video clip)

In Unschooling Rules (2011), I described colleges as "the hardest no-win decision your family will ever make." The decision is now easier.

Jun 20

Get good at experiential learning. Before VR. Before the Metaverse. (2 minute video clip)

If you're in charge of learning programs, and considering experiential learning, practice now with Short Sims. Photo by Clark Aldrich

Jun 13

How Short Sims Change the World (2 minute video clip)

When we share Short Sims with colleagues, something very powerful happens. And it predicts how Short Sims will change the world.

Jun 4

Get Good at Presenting Your Sims

One of the best skills in good sim design is learning how to present your sims to an audience. Through practice, get good at taking...

Jun 1

Instructional designers must get as good with visuals as they are with words. (2.5 minute video)

Instructional designers don't have to be artists, but they have to be as adept in working the visuals of a course as they are with words.

May 12

What are Short Sims? (1 Hour video presentation)

Clark Aldrich discusses Short Sims, with examples, in this one hour conversation with ISPI SoCal.

See why Charles Koch listed Clark Aldrich's fifth book, Unschooling Rules, as one of Mr. Koch's 20 most influential books of his lifetime in his own book, Believe in People.

Leadership in Education

Photo by Clark Aldrich

The mission of education is to help everyone discover what they are good at, discover what they care the most about, and connect the two in a sustaining way. That's it. Everything else gets in the way. - Clark

The mission of education is to help everyone discover what they are good at, discover what they care the most about, and connect the two in a sustaining way.

That's it. Everything else gets in the way.

- Clark