Imagination in Leadership

Stories of Imagination in Action in Educational Leadership

The Power of Imagination: From Possibility to Reality (By Laurie Reid and Robert Iannuzzi)
“You belong among the wildflowers…”: A reimagined school community blooming into a new way of belonging. (By Alexa Charles)
Imagination for Inclusion in a Pandemic (By Golda Janzen)
Imaginative Leadership: Building Shelves (By Jonathan Sclater)
From Panic to Possibility: The Power of Imagination to Transform (By Laurie Anderson)
Building Relationships in Leadership: Empathy and Imagination (By Courtney Robertson)
EDvent, An Event for Educators (By Rose Pillay)
Parking: The Imaginable (or Unimaginable) Final Frontier (By Craig Mah)

Breaking New Ground: Imagination’s Role in Educational Leadership

What’s The Story on Imagination in Educational Leadership? (By Gillian Judson)
Mission Possible: Shifting Our Leadership Lens to See Imagination (By Courtney Robertson)
Re-Imagining School Leadership: Beginnings (By Gillian Judson)
Re-Imagining School Leadership With Cognitive Tools (By Gillian Judson)
Effective Leaders are Affective Leaders: Imagination’s Role (By Courtney Robertson)
Once Upon A Time…A Story of Learning Through Leading (By Courtney Robertson)
The Leader Reader: Stories Of Leadership, Inspiration, Growth, & Change (By Scott Lowrey)

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Judson, G. (2020). Conceptualizing Imagination in the Context of School Leadership. International Journal of Leadership in Education. DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2020.1818289

Imaginative Leadership Mindset?

Leading with An Imaginative Mindset Through A Pandemic: Being Adaptable Part 1 (By Jonathan Sclater)
Leading with An Imaginative Mindset Through A Pandemic: Being Networked Part 2 (By Jonathan Sclater)
Leading with An Imaginative Mindset Through A Pandemic: Being Hopeful Part 3 (By Jonathan Sclater)
Leading with An Imaginative Mindset Through A Pandemic: Being Curious Part 4 (By Jonathan Sclater)

The Imaginative School Network Symposium Series

Read the following posts to learn about the community engaged research project that began in the Fall of 2019. The work brings together SFU’s graduate students in the Imaginative Leadership and Imaginative Education cohorts with educational leaders from the local community.