It’s been a while since I last posted. My apologies. The past 12-18 months have been a real journey for all of us, and I’m really looking forward to getting back to writing, researching, and sharing. I have a couple of exciting developments to share!
In August 2020, I successfully defended my dissertation on The Role of Leadership and Group Processes in Innovation. Over the past few years, I’ve shared a lot of my dissertation research focused on PROPEL innovation teams I lead at American College of Education. Presenting the full body of my research at my dissertation defense was exciting, and I’m eager to share the current status with you all in upcoming posts! You can also access my entire dissertation through ProQuest Dissertations (citation below).
In December 2020, I officially graduated from Arizona State University with my doctorate in education leadership and innovation! Woohoo!
In February 2021, my husband and I welcomed our first child into this world a whole month early! The rollercoaster ride has only just begun.
Just last week, my first solo author scholarly journal article, The Role of Team Processes in Innovation Development to Sustain Learning Organizations, was published in an upcoming special issue of The Learning Organization! It’s available through Early Cite HERE and recommended citation info is below. In this article, I share a bit about the factors that impacted success of PROPEL innovation teams in relation to American College of Education as an active learning organization. I’ll share excerpts from my research in upcoming posts as well as highlights from the leadership thread of my work not included in this publication.
The innovation process and PROPEL teams at ACE have also evolved over this time, and I will be back soon to share more with you all!
Recommended Citation Format for Above Referenced Work:
Witherspoon, A. (2020). The role of leadership and group processes in innovation: An emerging theory of leadership for active learning organizations in higher education. Dissertation. ProQuest.
Witherspoon, A. (2021). The role of team processes in innovation development to sustain learning organizations. The Learning Organization, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-09-2020-0164
