Principled Innovation 

Find resources and tools to help you imagine new concepts, catalyze ideas and form solutions, guided by principles that create positive change for humanity.

For educators

What is principled innovation? How can educators and education leaders practice principled innovation in their learning environments and influential roles? The following resources provide an overview of principled innovation, a deeper dive into the framework that underlies this work, and a card deck designed to help you encourage reflection and conversations around change, innovation and designed solutions. You’ll also find a matrix that demonstrates how you can begin to integrate principled innovation into decision making through the use of generative and reflective questions.

One-page overview   Framework   Card deck   Decision-making matrix

For MLFTC faculty and staff

By enacting the practices of principled innovation within MLFTC, our innovations are more likely to create positive change for humanity. Learn how and where to start with the PI Jumpstart, a website with modules dedicated to each practice of principled innovation. You’ll find generative and reflective questions to start conversations with students or your team, videos mapped with each practice, and activities to use in meetings or your classroom.

We’ve developed an additional resource for staff members, the EDGE Conversation tool, which can be used to guide employee reflection prior to quarterly conversations with their supervisors.

PI Jumpstart   EDGE Conversation tool